I have a set of Recaro Pole Position Seats, and am not sure what seat rails to use. SOS had some of their own, but are not in stock at this time. Do the Bride super lowdowns work? Any help would be great!
-David G.
-David G.
Recaro Pole Position Seats, what seat rails?
- Thread starter DPG
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Recaro produces rails and sliders for the nsx, perhaps try those? You can also modify your OEM seat rails to accomidate the seats, like these sparco's:
What the hell? OEM brackets work on Recaro pole position? Please elaborate...Do they still power front and back? cool idea!!! I have SOS brackets, I swear they are higher than OEM...:smile:
The OEM seat brackets can be disassembled and modified to accomidate aftermarket seats; Jason (nsxsupra) posted a DIY writeup on this process a few months ago, it is a cool procedure, but you will have to disassemble the base of your OEM seats.
On the sparco's above (which are on ebay for $200, with 8 days left) the owner went to the extra step of affixing the stock seat controls to the buckets, which looks very slick. These are buckets, so obviously you cannot recline the back, but the forward/reverse functionality can be retained.
Most aftermarket seats, with the sliders, end up being slightly higher than OEM, even the nsx-R and nsx-S seats suffer from this. The best solution seems to be bride-style rails, which are designed to be as low as possible. Some bride bottom mount seats also have special low-profile integrated sliders, and can result in a headroom gain. The primary motivation behind aftermarket seats seems to be either weight reduction, or BLANG. Headroom is given as a cause, but is difficult to realize in the nsx.
Bride's fixed bucket lineup is considerably more narrow than the Pole Position so you'll want to verify fitment before you start spending money.
Also, I'd be very careful making your own stuff. The OEM rails were designed specifically to work with the OEM seats. When you start taking things apart you could compromise your safety.
Also, I'd be very careful making your own stuff. The OEM rails were designed specifically to work with the OEM seats. When you start taking things apart you could compromise your safety.
So, anybody know which seat rails work that I can just buy? I have almost perfect factory seats, so I am not inclined to tear them apart. Thanks for the option though.
The Taitec rails are width-adjustable but I have no idea if they'll go wide enough to fit a PP. SoS says no wider than 279mm but that's less than 11 inches so I can't see that number being accurate.
Any ideas what the best set up is for head room? I am looking for seats and rails to get some more headroom with my helmet. I did a couple of searches but struck out. I am only 5'9 and my helmet hits on the roof of my NSX-T. Any help would be appreciated.
