Cobra seats

[Doogle]

Will cobra seats fit in a haynes/saturn chassis? With MT75 box?

Origonally I wanted a pair of monaco's but then decided to keep with weight saving and go with grp buckets, but I think my dad may find these a bit too uncomfy (going to be a shared car) plus I plan on a few driving trips.

I have found a brand new pair of cobra monaco's for sale locally for a reasonable price, so do I go and grab them or stick with the idea of something lighter?
They are monaco pro seats, brand new. I did have some monacos a couple of years ago in a land rover, they were second hand when I bought them so about 5 years old? and quite wide and weighty but I havnt seen their new designs to know if they have improved in any way.
Does anyone have monaco's in their own cars? Fitting is also something Im concerned about to keep the IVA man happy.

Thanks,
Doug.

[Talonmotorsport]

Most buckets seats are 480-520mm wide due to the sides that restrain your thighs. Unless you can find some narrow seats they might not fit, the other way round it is to make the tranny tunnel 125mm wide instead of 165mm and to make the chassis 100mm wider. Only thing is then all the body work has to be custom made from the nose cone back, not a problem if your making it from ali but fibreglass panels won't fit. Been there got the tape measure out.

[Doogle]

Thanks very much, maybe I will give them a miss, could be £100 saved but maybe not in the long run, probably best to sort out the chassis first!

[twinturbo]

There are very very few seats that fit.

TT

[mr henderson]

One of the big issues, if you are tall especially, is whether the angle of the seat matches the angle of the back panel. NMost fixed seats seem to slope more than the back panel, which means the base of the seat gets pushed forwards. I think you would find that to be the case with cobra seats.

[Doogle]

Hi,
Im not too tall, 5'10 and built like a rake. Though cant say the same for my dad

What does anyone think of GRP seats and pads? And whats the best way to mount these?