Hi there,


I would appreciate some advice on regards to sourcing the best < outright & bang / $$$ > reclinable Sport seats for DD/ Track.

Firstly; will these seats lower my position in the car? OEM seats on my JDM Corolla FX* are too high; I'm 183cm & my helmet hits headliner (car has sunroof).

Aside from that; they are absolutely useless on a circuit and frankly not that great on DD duty either; sure they look good but anyone that's got them will now they have little thigh bolstering - you sit on them not in them. They're generally only good for 1-2hrs of driving before I get back pains / leg cramps

OEM AE92 Trueno/Levin seats seem lower / better bolstered than those in AE92 FX but even those probably wouldn't cut it for Track use.

I like the TRD** sport seats ( have sat in them before) but aside from being 30% more expensive than Bride seats (that I've never sat in); the TRD rails for AE92 are NLA (like most TRD stuff for any car 10+ yrs old - I wonder why they bother with the catalog sometimes).

** Used TRD seats can be found easy enough on Yahoo Japan but AFAIK you can't ship seats to AUS via EMS or Surface. . . and even if you could, you can't get rails for them. . .

Questions:

1. Will any other rails work with these TRD seats; i.e. > http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Recaro-Sp...-/130361419787 ?

2. Is there a way I can ship seats (incl. 2nd hand @ found on Yahoo) from Japan to AUS?

3. How do Bride (which seem most common) and Recaro compare with TRD and is there anywhere locally I can source these 2nd hand. Tried the Brindabella Rally Forums but couldn't see a single seat for sale.

PS: I don't want anything too disco w.r.t. material colour; black or grey's the go. . .


GS