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Old 12-28-2010 | 01:30 PM
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im about to get sparco r100 seats and was wondering what sliders and brackets would fit these seats perfectly? i know that sparco makes both for the z but i heard it sits kind of high. I saw some megan racing brackets and was wondering if they would fit? thanks in advance
Old 12-28-2010 | 01:38 PM
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the megan brackets will work, I have a g35 coupe bought the megan brackets for $120 shipped both driver and passenger, and the drivers side worked but passenger didnt. This is most likely because I have a g35 and the brackets are made for a 350z, so yea grab yourself the megans, they are perfect height...

I have the sparco chrono road seats and i am 6'1 and i love the height, that's pretty much the whole reason i bought aftermarket seats, because the stock seats were too high for me

these are the ones i bought

http://cgi.ebay.ca/Megan-Racing-Seat...item35ae4c08a1





this is how my seats are now, the passenger side isn't hooked in though, i need an authentic sparco bracket for that side, but driver side is perfect height for a guy whos 6 foot over like me



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Old 12-28-2010 | 01:40 PM
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yea im about 6'1 myself and the standard bride rails i had sat very high. i got lowmax rails now and seating position is perfect.
Old 12-28-2010 | 01:52 PM
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man you guys are AWESOME! that was a really helpful response adon! what sliders did you use? the sparco ones right?
Old 12-28-2010 | 01:54 PM
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^ yup I used the sparco sliders, they cheap, lke $50 each i think...

yea you lucky man, ahha when i had the same question and posted a thread nobody had any answers for me, i just had to suck it up and buy
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^ dude thats again for the help! i thought i was going to suffer the same fate you did. yea im happy that the sliders are pretty cheap and now im freakin excited to get my seat on now! and the megan brackets comes in pairs for probably 110 bucks not like the sparco ones where its like 130 each side!
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Not sure what other sliders/brackets would work but i will tell you that Sparco rails suck ma *****. Beware. We had alot of fun putting those chit things on my buddies Z when no holes lined up right (had to drill out holes) and you had to put the whole kit together like legos.

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^ haha, yo man stop confusing the kid, he says he has sparco seats and he plans on using sparco sliders with megan seat brackets. These all line up to the cm and I just confirmed it works, and work well, so I don't know what issues your buddy had...

and you're confusing him further by talking about Bride rails and Veilside seats, different setups man, kid's all excited to get it all up and running, leave it alone bro, what he has planned will be totally fine and suit his needs.
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^ haha, yo man stop confusing the kid, he says he has sparco seats and he plans on using sparco sliders with megan seat brackets. These all line up to the cm and I just confirmed it works, and work well, so I don't know what issues your buddy had...

and you're confusing him further by talking about Bride rails and Veilside seats, different setups man, kid's all excited to get it all up and running, leave it alone bro, what he has planned will be totally fine and suit his needs.
Ya i know Just sayin man, i have to play devil's advocate from my past experience not too long ago. I guess it depends on the Sparco type used maybe, but we had NOTHING but problems with the Sparo rails/brackets and nothing lined up right....and my buddy also has the same Sparco R100 seats as OP mentioned, black with red stripe. You dont even have the same seat as OP, are you confident its the same rails as R100?

Every vendor i spoke to when i was pricing Torinos said the same thing about Sparco rails...do not get them they are too much trouble and have had fitment issues. Better that he know that there is a possibly of issues rather than you guys telling him it will go 100% butter smooth. If he runs into problems with Sparcos, better he know its a possibility instead of jumping to thinking wrong rails were sent or something.

Ill remove possible "confusing" points....lol

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I had bride rails on my seats when I bought them off someone that were for another car... I am 6'1" I just had a local speed shot refab the rails to fit the car and in the process make them sit allot lower.

Now I can sit in the car with my helmet on and not hit the roof
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i have these seats with the sparco hardware and they sit a little high but not by much from stock.

btw the rails/sliders had no fitment issues when i put em together.

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i am in love with these seats any pics with the door open
Old 12-28-2010 | 09:23 PM
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sparco seats with sparco brackets

here is a picture of the head space


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I understand Buddy Club sliders sit low, may help.
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^^tody, thats the same exact one that im getting! its pretty comfortable and im glad that your set up went smoothly. im gonna stick with adon with the megan brackets and the sparco track set aka rails.. and pray to god that it works perfectly without head aches..
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Originally Posted by Barnabas
I had bride rails on my seats when I bought them off someone that were for another car... I am 6'1" I just had a local speed shot refab the rails to fit the car and in the process make them sit allot lower.

Now I can sit in the car with my helmet on and not hit the roof
wait a minute bride rails fits the sparco r100?
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hmmm.. nismo_nate^ your seats doesnt seem like it sits too high at all. looks good!
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just got these today! yay
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Those are sweet. I didn't have any fitment problems with my sparco rails but I feel like I do sit pretty high and I'm only 5'8". :/
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Originally Posted by gs400speed23
wait a minute bride rails fits the sparco r100?
sorry should have specified i have bride seats as well.

I was just talking about getting the rails to sit lower.


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