how many pounds are the stock seats anyone know.

 

In the 37lb range with the brackets.

 

that's all? that's not bad at all...


geez.. even the seats in my 993 were 55 pounds EACH.. replaced by aluminum full on race seat in the 11 pound range

 

damn, stock recaro's give me massive low back pain after long distance driving.

sorry.. offtopic

 

Mine wiegh 7lbs

 

Are you sitting on one of those blowup chairs? 7lbs is very light

 

7 pounds sounds like a carbon fiber or fiberglass recaro like pole position or other...

 

They dont look like much but here ya go:

http://www.thedrunken.com/gallery/ma...2_itemId=18750

 

Ouch!! can you say hemmoriods!!

 

try changing the way u sit. with stock recaros u kinda need to get into a proper sitting position to distribute ur back's pressure on the seat evenly. play around with tilting the seat back a lil (not get-o drive style). if u sit properly in it, it feels really comfortable even on long rides. i never wanna get outta the car after i park it.

 

^+1 sit almost upright so you dont have to stick your head foward as much

 

thanks man

 

ya quick thought on the comfort as i think these are some of the most comfortable i have ever sat in

 

yeah, I was playing with my tilt to find a good comfy position but still struggling. And I never drive in a "ghetto" drive position, not even in a auto. However, I've tried sitting upright with a small pillow as a back-rest behind my lower back.

My local chiropractor is telling me not to drive for a long time
whats funny is my RECARO SRD felt comfy and didnt give me any aches before. The pain is only my left lower back, not left and right.

 

it might actually help to tilt back some more. this way the weight of ur upper body is not on ur lower spine but instead ur back will be half-laying on the seat. i have a problem sitting too upright, so i try to tilt back as much as possible while still being able to touch the top of the steering (steering tilted all the way down). Since i don't hold the steering on top gangsta style, but at 9 and 3, i never have to reach out and my back is comfy. it's somewhere between get-o and normal driving position lol. looking from the side, the headrest is about 1-2 inches behind B pillar. for autox i usually put the seat up though. try sliding ur butt back and forth till the curve of ur upper back matches that of the seatback and ur lower back just touches the lower part that sticks out.