Help Me Choose New Seats
 

Guys which seats do you like? I'm looking to get some new seats within the next year and I've narrowed it down to these two brands...Recaro and Cobra. Whichever I choose, it will definately be black leather.

I also forgot to mention, if I go with the Cobra seats, I'm going to have them shipped directly to Recovery Room and get the insert that says "COBRA" removed. Sorry, I just cannot have a seat that says "COBRA" in my car. :_paranoid The reason I'm sending them to Recovery Room is because I know they deal with very high end interiors and for a seat that expensive I will only trust them to remove the leather and make an insert, then put the leather hide back on tight and in a quality manner. I'm also going to be getting the Fesler door panels in which I will have them shipped directly to Tracy @ Recovery Room to have the matched to the seats.

If your lookin at rears I have. A set of 2006 Pontiac gto seats!!

Recaro makes a great seat, but that Cobra seat looks comfortable. I voted Cobra.
Good luck!:thumbsup:

the headrest on the recaro looks huge! whats the overall height on both of those?

i vote cobra.

What are the prices of each, also?

The Recaro is 36" tall and the Cobra is 34" tall. I think the shoulder bolsters are cut just a tad bit lower on the Recaro, which makes for the larger looking headrest.

Recaro $1890 and the Cobra $1500.

I was torn between the same two seats, both are very comfortable -- the Recaro's were actually bit better but I ended up going with the Cobra's as they weren't as tall and not to mention they cost less! I am with you on getting the Cobra logo removed haven't done it yet but will probably do it soon.

Yeah, I have loved the Cobra Misano ever since I first saw it 6 years ago. But, now I'm actually gonna pull the trigger and get them. Can you post some pics of yours in this thread? I would love to see some real pics instead of the itty-bitty pics on the posted on website store pages.

I will try to get some pics of another car with the Misano's...mine is actually in the paint shop right now....

Here's some in Josh's Killer 69:

https://lateral-g.net/forums/show...&postcount=167

And one in a Porsche...

I sat in Josh's car and hated his seats. They really squeezed my legs together to tight. Josh is skinny so they are fine for him. Moral of the story, sit in your seats first if possible.

Edit: What he said.^ lol

Have you actually sat in both, checked adjustments and rear vision? Some seats fit better for some people than others, and if you're not happy with the fit/convenience then you might be looking to replace them later on. Also, you may be able to get some things like fitment adjusted if you install them for a while and try them out.

I added Corbeaus to mine and have a couple minor things to get used to like seat adjustment, and it is a little snug. The seats I swapped out before weren't as comfortable as I kept reading about. They were nice, just didn't work for me. Seats sometimes make the entire car seem different.

Thanks Ron, you always come thru.

I have Corbeau's now. I just want something different. As previosuly mentioned, I wanted this seat way back when I bought the Corbeau's. I just didn't feel like spending $1500/per seat when I got the pair of Corbeau's for $1500 total.

If that's what you've wanted all along then by all means do so. I was only relaying my experience with both the Corbeaus and the previous seats. Both were different than I had expected.

We have done a tone of Chevelle and the Recaro is the most comfortable in that car by far. We also make a rear matching seat if you are interested along with Door panels and a center console. You could do your complete interior in one place. We can even wrap them for you or you can send it to your guys to do all that. Give us a call 480-748-2000

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I've got Gen I Dodge Viper Seats in my Camaro, and I really like them:

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Looks really good.

Those Viper seats look nice, I was thinking about those as well, how big are you? I am 6ft 200lbs, I sat in the Recaro Sportster C5 yesterday and it fit me like no other seat I have sat in. I have Recaro SE seats now and the side bolsters are too low so it wants to throw me out of the seat in turns. I sat in the Cobra seats and did not find any of them comfortable. The Sparco EVO 2 were very comfortable but no tilt back. Has anyone had experience with the Recaro Speed seat? Price is reasonable on the Speed but they did not have one in the showroom to compare where I went for a look. I had Corbeau seat years ago that looked like Recaro SE seats but they were waay to small for me and seemed cheap.

Mike

Sportster CS
 

Just pulled the trigger on a pair of Recaro Sportster CS ... BIG thanks to Mike at Fesler for having a set IN STOCK !!

Cheers
Steve