F355 with aftermarket seats, what rails to use?

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Not sure what mounts are in my car. I've bought parts from bcwawright before - as I think you have - and with his extensive parts listing I would think he has a good handle on what works.

 

Curious what seats you are thinking of installing ?
Are your seats manual ?
Wonder if anybody has installed aftermarket seats in a spider with electric seats ???
If yes what type, model and cost.

 

Without slider. Pole positions will sit perfect with that base plate. With slider, might be a bit high. The trick is to find a low profile base plate or a slider system specifically for our cars.
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ASM Recaro side brackets
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ASM Recaro side brackets are low profile and discreet unlike the general recaro brackets most others know of. They can only being sourced through GoTuning in the U.S and shipped from Japan. Supposedly several months wait. I am currently in Japan so I'm going to see if they have any readily available.
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Car specific seat rails. I am trying to find if they were ever made for the 355 or any that close. This would be the perfect low profile solution.

 

Update: No go on Ferrari 355 specific recaro seat rails.

I visited Super Autobacs, which is the sole distributor for Recaro Japan. One of the Recaro "specialist," said Recaro had tried to make a slider for the 355, but often found their jig to be inconsistent because 355s are hand made and measuremeants are usually off. I dont know if i really believe that, but whatever. He said youre better off having a shop customize your brackets/adapters to ensure proper/accurate mounting.

Recaro does sell a universal slider for recaro seats and they are readily available in the U.S. They are about 22mm tall. You will still need to fabricate an adapter for the car.
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Ken I had told Ryan that a custom built adapter would probably be the best way to go.

This is such a simple project and can be done by anyone who has a metal brake and mig welder. If you don't have a brake just get some 4"x4" angle steel.

3/16" plate(4"x4"...2ea per slider) welded to the bottom section of the slider....drill holes for chassis mount. This will keep seat height down low especially when you use the correct slots on the side mount brackets.

After welding just clean up the welds and prime/paint.

The side mount seat brackets bolt to the sliders without any issues/problems

 

Thats a really nice seat Ken. I love recaros had them in an old 930

 

recaro pole position like seats... You can see how they sit in the car with a slider.

All Ferraris

 

Ken that looks awesome.....like those just as much as the 355CH Factory seats. The Recaro seats appear to be a little more on the user comfort side while still maintaining race track performance.

 

Any updates where I can get f355 aftermarket seat rails?

 

Just curious how are these mounted? Are they attached directly to the floor with no rails?

I'm trying to figure out how best to mount a set of bucket seats to my 355 but can't find the proper hardware without getting custom brackets.

 

new Stradale seats from Italy and the old Racing seats
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interesting, I like how your console is completely clean of any indicators or markings, like a true race car. are those custom brackets?

 

True race cars had their instrument clusters and consoles placarded and labeled like this Porsche 917K...


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And to a lesser extent, My F355 Challenge...


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My driver's side OMP racing seat is mounted on an OMP slider which in turn is mounted on OMP brackets. The passenger side seat is fixed...


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The universal omp brackets fit just fine?

 

I'm still letting signs go. At the Moment I have other works...
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