Is anyone here running an Aftermarket Racing Seat ie. Sparco or Corbeau? I am looking at getting a set of Corbeau, Clubmans or Forza, I do auto-x and run alot of Twisties. My stock seats suck and they have no lateral support, plus i can never get them the way I like them. So Basically i was wondering if any one had seats installed and how they installed them, bracket wise. Did you reuse the stock brackets or does someone make brackets for our car.

 

ust curious, how do your seats compare to the racars that come with redline/g85?

 

I have the stock base Seats, The ones I want are true racing seats

 

I think you have to buy new brackets for the seats. I was looking into aftermarket seats since I couldnt find anyone that wanted to sell their SS recaros with blue inserts.

 

I am just curious in the comparison. Do the Racaros hold that much better than the stock cobalts, or no?

 

Can you even order the Recaros with colored inserts? I was under the impression that if you wanted the G85 package, you had to choose all black.

 

the recaros in 04-05 redlines had blue centers in a mesh fabric, 05-up Cobalt ss had grey centers and so do 06 redlines...


BTW I saw several sets of blue recaros on ebay..might want to check em out!

 

I dont want the Recaro's I think they are ugly

 

I saw an SS S/C at a local dealership with blue insert SS Recaro seats.

 

There is a problem with changing the seats, If you have a LS or a LT it comes with the passenger detection system for the air bag, if you put in aftermarket seats you lose that plug-in, you flash a airbag sensor, and get a message on the info line, everytime you start the car.

 

bomb diggity, my bros got a non-G85 and his seats are all streched out and soft. mine are firm and so comfortable. but not on long drives

 

Maybe need some retrofitting then

 

The only thing i dont like about the Stock LT seats or the SS-SC seats is that they dont sit low enough in the car.

 

I put my friends SS seats in my car and so far.. the best i got was a location of the sensor, Chevy wont tell me how to take it out.. or how to get the sensor by passed..

 

Where is it, but by retrofit I'd probably rig it always on

 

I am putting in some APC racing seats. I removed the brackets from my stock seats and will still have to have them welded to a plate that is welded to the new seat's sliders. The base of the stock seats is wider than that of the new ones. Having said that, removing the brakets is a major pain in the ass. You have to drill out the rivet type bolts used to hold the brackets on. There is no other way to get the brackets off. This takes a long time and by the time you are done the seats are now in many pieces. The cost of getting stock brackets made up wouldn't be cheap and perhaps you can just get a welder to weld the new seat's brackets in.
No matter how you look at it, unless someone starts selling stock style brackets, installing racing seats will take some time and money.

 

Its under the padding of the seat.. its a sensor that turns the air bag on if there is 60+ pounds on the seat,

So right now im hoping that is works by default... were going to try to get the sensor out next week

 

Ok so I made a Call to Corbeau(sp) THEY HAVE BRACKES FOR OUR CAR. They are 99 a piece

 

thats nice.. take a look under your passenger seat and check out the plugs, how are you going to rig it i want some ideas, does your LT have heated seats... bc i lost though gettin the SS seats

 

Also, check the build book. It talks about there being seat brackets available. I think Roush makes them.

 

Where was all this wonderful info before I butchered my seats

 

Ask and you shall receive

I am not for sure where I read it, but I was pretty sure that it is Roush that makes the brackets.

 

I can tell you the base's dont have that sensor because I've driven with TV's in the passenger seat before with no problems

 

Most like the sensor is sandwiched in the pad somewhere, i look tonight after class, but no heated seat.

 

It's the 05 that dont have the sensor. I have an LT and it does.