355 Seat Options - Non Unobtanium

Not easily answered.......everyone is in their own boat with one oar for this journey.

I found these seats and decided I would MAKE them work. The more narrow floor space on the driver side was a challenge. Seat
belts were another hurtle. I think it took me near 6 months to finally get it done.

The oem seats are terrible. Reminds me of 240Z seats with no side bolstering. The 430 seats are so comfortable and really feel like you sitting in a bucket. Seats are often overlooked in how they can transform the feel of the drive; being glued into the seat gives the illusion of more power.

 

Exactly what I’m trying to accomplish! Also as a former 280Z owner, no wonder why this felt familiar. Did you document the process at all?


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Here are Recaro Pole Position ABEs with BBI side mounts that work with the factory sliders.

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Those look so good in a 355. I had them in my 993 as my track seats and they were a pain getting in and out when used the car for street driving....how bad is it climbing in when you also have to levitate over a 355's half-mile wide door sill?

 

You can avoid that by getting into the car NASCAR style...


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Not properly.

 

Honestly, it doesn't bother me. I am a little on the younger side, though, so that might help.

 

Well then you can practice egressing your car like this...

 

Me after successfully egressing my 355:
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But seriously, Brandon, not only do I have the wide door sill and high-bolstered racing bucket seat to contend with but also the side bars of the roll cage. I grab onto the roll cage bend by the A-pillar to assist my ingress and egress of the car.

 

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one to dislike the factory CF seats for the same reason (too large).

 

I'm going F40 buckets with period correct Connolly autolux beige. I didn't buy this car for resale so making it how I want it. Should be complete in 10 weeks or so

 

Did they send you photos of what the seats would look like ?

 

Here’s a sample in Coiou



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Here’s a set in black.


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When they’re in the car, the side profile and height are very similar to 355 carbon seats.



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Much appreciated

 

Ken posted a few nice shots of F40 seats but to my knowledge no one has done them with leather and alcantera like I plan to do. Here is a picture of what I’m going for but these are 355 buckets. I think the F40 seats will look even better, especially with the raised Cavallino in the headrest (not done in the F40 seats)


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Thanks for posting. Is this a turnkey service for 10k ? When will your seats be finished? Looking forward to seeing the end result.

 

Just curious where did you get the 10k figure? Much more than that.

Hopefully 10 weeks or so from now

 

Pay attention to the Cavallino on the black leather F40 seats. Should turn out fantastic.

 

The black leather seats also went out of its way to employ french stitching around the headrest to look even closer to 355 seats. Other F40 seats I’ve seen were done the traditional way. Just mentioning it as there are several ways to go about this.



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ShineKen said: ↑
$10k for a pair.