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Old Sep 3, 2006 | 11:54 AM
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Racing Seats

Who got black leather racing seats in their car? My seats cracked due to the hot heat. where ya get them? How is your seat belt set up?
Old Sep 3, 2006 | 06:28 PM
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Who got black leather racing seats in their car? My seats cracked due to the hot heat. where ya get them? How is your seat belt set up?

I dont have racing seats exactly, but there similiar. I have 350Z seats, and I use the factory seatbelt.

Old Sep 3, 2006 | 08:31 PM
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I have black racing seats that are not leather, I have custom brackets for them to bolt to the car, and made extentions to keep the stock seat belt thing to click the stock seat belt into...also made a custom bracket for the racing seat belts but thats gay, so dont do it, you will get tired of how long it takes to put on/take off the belts
Old Sep 3, 2006 | 08:46 PM
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Originally Posted by matts95max
I have black racing seats that are not leather, I have custom brackets for them to bolt to the car, and made extentions to keep the stock seat belt thing to click the stock seat belt into...also made a custom bracket for the racing seat belts but thats gay, so dont do it, you will get tired of how long it takes to put on/take off the belts
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Old Sep 3, 2006 | 08:56 PM
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i got 2002 maxima seats that are black leather and are heated. almost a direct bolt in but will require some work.
Old Sep 3, 2006 | 11:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Flava_24/7
I dont have racing seats exactly, but there similiar. I have 350Z seats, and I use the factory seatbelt.


Nice setup!
Old Sep 4, 2006 | 12:29 AM
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Nice setup with the Z seats...how hard was that to do? I wanna swap seats so bad but I figured doing the driver power seat would be a pain in the ***....anyone have a write-up or is it not that bad?
Old Sep 4, 2006 | 05:51 AM
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Are the 350z seats lighter than the stock maxima seats? I sat in a 350z at a car show and it feels comfortable but do you have any comparison opinions? Thanks
Old Sep 4, 2006 | 05:51 AM
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Are the 350z seats lighter than the stock maxima seats? I sat in a 350z at a car show and it feels comfortable but do you have any comparison opinions? Thanks
Old Sep 4, 2006 | 07:03 AM
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Are the 350z seats lighter than the stock maxima seats? I sat in a 350z at a car show and it feels comfortable but do you have any comparison opinions? Thanks


They are much lighter then the OEM seats.
Old Sep 4, 2006 | 07:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Godson
Nice setup with the Z seats...how hard was that to do? I wanna swap seats so bad but I figured doing the driver power seat would be a pain in the ***....anyone have a write-up or is it not that bad?
IIRC you use the A32 seats' base and simply put the bottom cushion of the 350Z seat on that. Then you just use the 350Z back.
Old Sep 4, 2006 | 07:31 AM
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no I dont have any pics sorry, im in va and car is in ga
Old Sep 4, 2006 | 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Tatanko
IIRC you use the A32 seats' base and simply put the bottom cushion of the 350Z seat on that. Then you just use the 350Z back.
Very cool,thank you.now I have to get my hands on some 350Z seats
Old Sep 4, 2006 | 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Tatanko
IIRC you use the A32 seats' base and simply put the bottom cushion of the 350Z seat on that. Then you just use the 350Z back.


Well, its not that simple. Yes you use the Maxima's seat rails, but when bolting the 350z bottoms to the rails, the holes DO NOT line up. You will have to create a bracket of some sort to bring them together.
Old Sep 4, 2006 | 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Godson
Nice setup with the Z seats...how hard was that to do? I wanna swap seats so bad but I figured doing the driver power seat would be a pain in the ***....anyone have a write-up or is it not that bad?

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....350z+seat+swap

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....350z+seat+swap
Old Sep 4, 2006 | 12:03 PM
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hmm, i might try that. i need black leather 350z seats though....
Old Sep 4, 2006 | 01:22 PM
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hmm, i might try that. i need black leather 350z seats though....

Be prepared to spend some $$$$
Ive seen the leather ones go for 600-750.00
Old Sep 4, 2006 | 01:50 PM
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gheesh! what about 300z seats?
Old Sep 4, 2006 | 02:33 PM
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here are pics of my seats.



Old Sep 4, 2006 | 04:05 PM
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here are pics of my seats.



Are these leathers from a 350Z? Yea I'm sure the seats are pretty expensive,in the OP pics they look like they are cloth seats,are they? I have cloth interior now and putting leather up front would obviously look ridiculous. I would imagine a 350Z cloth seat to be much cheaper right?
Old Sep 4, 2006 | 04:49 PM
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those seats are from a 2002 maxima.
Old Sep 4, 2006 | 06:09 PM
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how would the 350z seats look in my tan interior? It's the SE tan interior, so there's still some black inside, like the steering wheel and stuff. Do they make tan interior for 350z's?
Old Sep 4, 2006 | 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by vsamoylov
those seats are from a 2002 maxima.
whats needed to make these work...mine are getting warn so i was gonna get a Recaro but i like the newer maxima ones too
Old Sep 4, 2006 | 06:25 PM
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the biggest thing is the mounting points. the front ones are simple but the rear ones need to be removed from the 4th gen rails and welded to the 5th gen rails. also that means that you will have to remove the rear mounting points from the 5th gen rails before you can weld the 4th gen brackets back to the rail.
Old Sep 4, 2006 | 09:38 PM
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o2 maxima seats look heavier and bulky than the ones i got! What if u get these ebay ones and use the stock base with something like these.....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2-X-C...rdZ1QQtcZphoto
Old Sep 5, 2006 | 08:30 AM
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its actually 02 not o2 and second of all they are lighter then the 4th gen seats when the airbags are removed from them.
Old Sep 5, 2006 | 08:36 AM
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eBay seats suck unless Recaro, Sparco, Corbeau or Cobra....it they are knock offs dont waste ur money....i did that on my last 4th gen...the Wedge engineering brackets u need are great but like i said unless name brand seat they are horrible
Old Sep 5, 2006 | 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by vsamoylov
its actually 02 not o2 and second of all they are lighter then the 4th gen seats when the airbags are removed from them.
well excuse me, and i said they LOOK heavier!
Old Sep 5, 2006 | 10:36 AM
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actually they LOOK exactly the same as the 350z seats.
Old Sep 5, 2006 | 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by vsamoylov
actually they LOOK exactly the same as the 350z seats.

Similiar, but not exactly. The side bolster are shaped differently as well as the headrests. The 350Z seats look more like a racing seat.
Old Sep 5, 2006 | 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Flava_24/7
The 350Z seats look more like a racing seat.
to be honest i dont agree with that
Old Sep 5, 2006 | 01:34 PM
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to be honest i dont agree with that

I guess to each there own, but in all honesty, I dont see how you can think the 02 maxima seats resemble racing seats over the 350z seats.
The 2002 seats are nice, but I see them as more luxury then racing.

Recaro seats from an EVO


350Z seats


2002 Maxima seats
Old Sep 5, 2006 | 09:48 PM
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to be honest i dont agree with that
your car's not a race car
Old Sep 5, 2006 | 10:40 PM
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Reactive makes very nice racing seats. The frames are made by the same company that makes the frames for Bride. You can get them in multiple materials but you will have to make an adapter plate to go between the mounting bracket and the seat. I had a machine shop make mine out of 1/8 inch steel and once the mounting holes were drilled, they cut the center out of the steel plate to lighten them up. According to the machine shop, you would have to get hit by a train to bend them! Very strong and light. I have had the seats for over a year and they are still perfect.
Old Sep 6, 2006 | 11:26 AM
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i want some racing seats, like those black leather ebay ones. has anybody tried taking the seat off and hitchin it to the base of the stock seat? Im not liking the 02 maxima seats and I dont have 800 to spend on some 350z leather seats...
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