Fiat 500 bucket seat guide

Fiat 500 Bucket Seat Guide

The Fiat 500 story...

The Fiat 500 (2009+) is a two-door, four-passenger, transverse front-engine, front-wheel-drive A-segment city car manufactured and marketed by the Fiat subdivision of FCA since 2007. It is available in hatchback, coupe and fixed-profile convertible body styles, over a single generation. Once you start using your Fiat 500 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 Fiat 500 guide.
The resulting recommendations are based on previous customer car installations.

Recommended brackets: (Bucket seats)
We recommend these 3 pieces of installation equipment so successfully install the bucket seats we suggest in our guide. 
Each frame we have available fits base mounted seats matching the same brand or recommended brands. 

Bucket seat – Side mounts – Sliding runner – Fitting frame – Vehicle 

  • Planted Technology Fiat 500 Seat Bracket – Driver

    From £185.50 Excl VAT £222.60 Incl VAT
  • Sparco Seat Sliding Runner Kit

    £39.00Incl VAT£32.50Excl VAT
  • Sparco FIA Steel Side Mount Brackets

    £84.00Incl VAT£70.00Excl VAT
  • Planted Technology Fiat 500 Seat Bracket – Passenger

    From £185.50 Excl VAT £222.60 Incl VAT
Recommended brackets: (Reclining seats)
We recommend these 2 pieces of installation equipment so successfully install the reclining sport seats we suggest in our guide.  

Cobra seats – Planted Technology fitting kit – Vehicle 

Recaro seats – Recaro fitting kit – Vehicle 

Auto Style/Sparco/OMP/Corbeau seats – Sparco fitting kit  – Vehicle 

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    Recaro Seats – Fiat 500 Direct Fit Sub-frames

    From £295.00 Excl VAT £354.00 Incl VAT
  • Planted Technology Fiat 500 Seat Bracket – Driver

    From £185.50 Excl VAT £222.60 Incl VAT
  • Planted Technology Fiat 500 Seat Bracket – Passenger

    From £185.50 Excl VAT £222.60 Incl VAT
  • Sparco Seats – Fiat 500 (New) Direct Fit Sub-frames

    From £91.50 Excl VAT £109.80 Incl VAT
Recommended bucket seats:
We recommend these 8 bucket seats based on previous Fiat 500 customer cars.
The interior cockpit is very tight and only narrow fit seat fit successfully.
Each seat we recommend has narrower shoulders allowing them to fit against the B pillar.
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    Sparco Sprint FIA Motorsport Bucket Seat

    From £194.50 Excl VAT £233.40 Incl VAT
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    Cobra Monaco Pro FIA Motorsport Bucket Seat

    From £235.00 Excl VAT £282.00 Incl VAT
  • Auto Style Type K5 Bucket Seat

    From £175.00 Excl VAT £210.00 Incl VAT
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    Recaro Pole Position with ABE Bucket Seat

    From £825.00 Excl VAT £990.00 Incl VAT
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    OMP TRS-E Velour FIA Motorsport Seat

    From £193.00 Excl VAT £231.60 Incl VAT
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    Sparco Sprint Sky FIA Motorsport Bucket Seat

    £285.60Incl VAT£238.00Excl VAT
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    Cobra Monaco 40th Edition Bucket Seat

    From £395.00 Excl VAT £474.00 Incl VAT
Recommended reclining seats:
We recommend these reclining sports seats based on previous Fiat 500 customer cars.
Tried and tested we know they fit the Sparco/Recaro or Planted technology bases with sliding runners nicely.
We’ve picked different styles of seats based on different price brackets and styles.
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    Recaro Sportster CS Reclining Sport Seat

    From £1,255.00 Excl VAT £1,506.00 Incl VAT
  • Auto Style Type RS6-II Reclining Seat

    From £258.33 Excl VAT £310.00 Incl VAT
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    Corbeau Sportline RRS Tartan Edition Reclining Sport Seat

    From £730.00 Excl VAT £876.00 Incl VAT
  • Finance available

    Sparco R100 Martini Racing Reclining Sport Seat

    £390.00Incl VAT£325.00Excl VAT
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    Sparco SPR Reclining Sport Seat

    £1,858.94Incl VAT£1,549.12Excl VAT
Recommended roll cages:
We recommend these roll cages based on previous Renault Clio MK3 customer cars.
Each roll cage is specifically designed for your Clio MK3 from each manufacturer.
We only work with trusted brands including Safety Devices and Custom cages.
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    OMP Fiat 500 Bolt In Roll Cage

    £1,327.01Incl VAT£1,105.84Excl VAT
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    Sparco Fiat 500 6 Point Bolt In Roll Cage

    £861.54Incl VAT£717.95Excl VAT
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    Sparco Fiat 500 Nuova 6 Point Bolt In Roll Cage

    £933.23Incl VAT£777.69Excl VAT
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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    TRS Clubman Bolt In 3 Point Harness Belt

    From £80.00 Excl VAT £96.00 Incl VAT
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    TRS Clubman Clip In 4 Point Harness Belt

    From £85.00 Excl VAT £102.00 Incl VAT
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    Amazing value

    TRS Magnum 4 Point FIA Harness Belt

    From £205.00 Excl VAT £246.00 Incl VAT
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    TRS Magnum 6 Point Superlite FIA Harness Belt

    From £245.00 Excl VAT £294.00 Incl VAT
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    Takata Drift II Snap-On Harness

    From £171.00 Excl VAT £205.20 Incl VAT
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    Takata Drift III Snap-On Harness

    From £260.00 Excl VAT £312.00 Incl VAT
  • Delays expected
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    Schroth Profi 3×2 FIA 6 Point Harness Belt

    From £345.00 Excl VAT £414.00 Incl VAT
  • Delays expected
    Finance available

    Schroth Profi 3×3 FIA 6 Point Harness Belt

    £390.00Incl VAT£325.00Excl VAT
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