BMW 3 Series E90 Bucket Seat Guide
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Once you start using your BMW E90 for fast road and track use, you’ll soon realize just how much you need new bucket seats to provide more support.
On cornering, you may find your self holding onto the steering wheel tighter than usual, tensing your thighs and legs against the central console and/or door card. You’ll probably find your weight shifting in the seat and having to re-position your self after the corner.
None of this is correct. Your seat should provide the right level of support so that you can grip the steering wheel only for steering, your legs should be supported and your weight shouldn’t shift around. The recommendations we provide are to ensure that you feel comfortable and supported allowing you to focus on the job at hand.
We’ve worked closely with our customers to create our BMW E90 seat guide.
The resulting recommendations are based on previous customer car installations.
Recommended Brackets:
We recommend these pieces of installation equipment so successfully install the side-mounted bucket seats and base-mounted sports recliners we suggest in our guide.
Corbeau/Sparco frames and sliding runner kits use a 345mm bolt pattern, which will only work with standard-sized bucket seats and recliners (not Recaro or Cobra Recliners).
Planted Technology brackets work with everything, both standard and XL bucket seats and sports recliners. They also work with Cobra base-mounted bucket seats and Cobra recliners that use a smaller 291mm bolt pattern.
PCI all-in-one fitting kit works with standard-sized bucket seats and includes a sub-frame, sliding runner kit, and side mounts all in one piece. This is our favourite frame for installing standard-width bucket seats, thanks to its simple installation design.
Cobra frames and sliding runner kits use a 291mm bolt pattern that only works with Cobra base-mounted steel frame bucket seats and Cobra recliners.
Bucket Seats:
Option1: Bucket seat –Universal side mounts – (optional) Correct Universal Sliding runner – Planted Technology Fitting Frame – Vehicle
Option 2: Standard-sized bucket seat – PCI Fitting Kit – Vehicle
Option 3: Cobra Bucket Seats – Cobra side mounts – Cobra Sliding runners – Cobra frame – Vehicle
**NOTE** Cobra fitting frames are for Cobra seats only!
Reclining Sports Seats:
Option 1: Reclining seat – Endurance Sliding runner – Planted Technology Fitting Frame – Vehicle
Option 2: Cobra reclining seat – Cobra sliding runners – Cobra frame – Vehicle
**NOTE** Cobra fitting frames are for Cobra seats only!
Option 3: Corbeau reclining seat – Corbeau frame – Vehicle
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Recommended bucket seats:
We recommend these bucket seats based on previous BMW E90 customer cars.
Tried and tested, we know a wide range of seats, narrow and wide fit your BMW nicely.
We’ve picked different styles of seats depending on the level of protection you need.
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Recommended reclining seats:
We recommend these reclining sport seats based on previous BMW E90 customer cars.
We’ve picked different styles based on different budgets.
Match these up with the right fitting frames to ensure a perfect and easy installation.
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Recommended roll cages:
We recommend these roll cages based on previous BMW E90 customer cars.
Each roll cage is specifically designed for your BMW from each manufacturer.
We only work with trusted brands including OMP and Custom cages.
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Recommended harness belts:
Once you’ve picked the right bucket seats or reclining sport seats. You’ve got your roll cage set up and ready to go. It’s time to get the right harness belts. We’ve listed the 8 most popular harnesses on the market today. We’ve listed a few road and race harnesses along with some FIA harnesses depending on your requirements.
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