View Poll Results: which seat is more comfy?

blue stock recaro for evo 8

15.04%

black stock recaro for evo 9 (not leather)

84.96%

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Jan 12, 2009 | 03:18 PM

#16

heel2toe

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Wow I never realized there was a difference in the seats between the VIII and the IX besides the obvious difference in upholstery. I have sat in a couple of IX's and I sit in my leather VIII seat almost everyday and have never really noticed a difference. I guess I will need to pay attention a little more next time and see if I can feel a difference.

Is there actually any hard evidence in the seats being different? Couldn't theoretically they just feel different from being broken in by different body types?

Jan 12, 2009 | 04:57 PM

#17

CJ2X

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Is this a serious question?

Jan 12, 2009 | 05:02 PM

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cybertrax

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the evo 9 seats without a doubt

Jan 13, 2009 | 05:50 AM

#19

Spier74

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Seats..seats..seats...

I just think the quality of the stitching and the ablility to clean the evo9 seats are better. One other aspect, I know this isnt a "family car", but I cant get around I have an 11 month old and if I need to twist around to reach her, its much easier in the evo9 seats than the evo 8. They are wider. Well seems that way. lol. Anyone ever measured. Give me a day I have one of each side by side and I will do the measurements.

Jan 13, 2009 | 06:18 AM

#20

Greg Haymann

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For my build the VIII JDM seats fit like an expensive glove!

Jan 13, 2009 | 06:41 AM

#21

ExplosEvo

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Im deprived and have never sat in a IX seat. So VIII it is!

Jan 13, 2009 | 06:50 AM

#22

Tsurugi-san

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From: NW Arkansas -- Land O' Twisties

The driver's seat in my Evo 8 actually cracked --- somewhere within the back support. You could get the plastic to seperate within the seat and pop if you had to reach in the back to get something, and yes, I'm 6'3" and about 240. My Evo 9 seats are optimal, and have had no such issues. I guess they addressed any weaknesses in the supports between? Maybe I'm just lucky.

Jan 13, 2009 | 09:05 AM

#23

MyEv08u

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From: s0mewhere

besides my evo8 recaros which are not bad, the only ones I sat in were my civic type r recaros...and they were WAYYYY better than the stock evo 8's....man I shoulda put them in my ev0...

Jan 13, 2009 | 01:41 PM

#24

James Bond

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Sparco Evo FTW!!

Opps I mean IX seats FTW (the fabric/color)

Jan 13, 2009 | 03:12 PM

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Evo8ftw

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I never even noticed a difference... I have sat in both

Jan 13, 2009 | 10:42 PM

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eVo_mAc

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From: lOng beAch

i like the evo 8 ones better because i feel more secure lol i seem to slide around in the 9 non leather but the actual leather one lol i feel like water in a bowl in an evo lol all over the place