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A bucket seat on direct fit side mounts sits as low as an E46 will physically allow. Here are the two ways a seat mounts in an E46, what each one does to your driving position, and what both builds cost per side.
A Clio Mk2 owner with one Cobra Suzuka T wants a second, a size up, for the driver’s side. Cobra’s own dimensions for the Standard and GT drawn side by side, what 30 mm means in a Clio, and the frame, runner and side mounts that put a Suzuka on a Mk2 floor.
The five reclining sport seats we rate for the Audi A4 B8, with the Cobra direct-fit subframe that bolts to the factory floor points and includes the sliding runner. Plus the B8-specific airbag wiring note.
The question we get asked most: can you run a harness without a roll cage? Yes, two proper routes for road and track day cars, the E-marked clip-in route from £102.00 and the FIA route from £246.00, with the anchorages and the seat that make either work.
The five reclining sport seats we rate for the Audi A3 Mk2 (8P), with the Cobra direct-fit subframe that bolts to the factory floor points and includes the sliding runner at no extra cost.
A customer sent in his MG ZS track day build: Sabelt GT3 seats and Corbeau three point road harnesses supplied by us, fitted on his own fabricated brackets over universal side mounts. The full setup, and why it made Garreth’s morning.
The five reclining sport seats we rate for the Audi A1 Mk1, with the Cobra direct-fit subframe that bolts straight to the factory mounting points, runner included.
Sparco R100 Vinyl seats in a Ford Ka Mk1: the Sparco Ka sub-frame with its bridge piece at £131.77 a side, the Sparco sliding runner kit at £41.94 a seat, and the R100 Vinyl at £282.00. The fitting order, the stack diagram and the pair price.
Sparco GT and Cobra Le Mans photographed together in the showroom, with the published dimensions drawn to scale, the styling differences up close, and the two bolt patterns and the frames that go with each.
A pair of Sparco R100 recliners in black with red edge trim for a 2015 Civic Type R FK2, and the fitting kit that actually fits: not a Sparco frame, not the Planted ninth generation bracket, but the genuine BRIDE MO rail coded for the FK2 at £282.00 a side. The full stack, priced.
The five reclining sport seats we rate for the Renault Clio Mk2 Facelift, with the Cobra frame route that bolts each one to the factory mounting points. Covers both standard height and lowered cars.
A 260,000 mile Astra H needs two comfortable front seats. The Sparco R500 package and what it costs, three alternatives, the five-door frame check we will not guess at, and what has to happen to the airbags and belt wiring.
