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#1 · (Edited)
I'm considering getting Bride Seats.

I want the Japanese ones but am curious how big a difference there is between them and the EBay ones from Taiwan? Is it just a quality difference or a comfort one? Are the shells the exact same shape?

How would the stock seat belts work since the bolster are so high? Do you run them through the slots on the side?

For those daily driving with them, is the seating position decent? I know I'll be giving up some comfort and the ability to recline, I'm cool with that. Just curious if it's really bad as far as comfort. I'm pretty thin, maybe 30 to 31 waste. 6'2" 175lbs so I will fit them fine.

What about girlfriends? Lol anybody have problems with girls fitting? Not that I'm basing my decision on that, it's just girls usually have a different shape than guys. I'm sure they will hate them but that's fine.

Only reason I was considering the Taiwan ones was they are cheap enough to test that style seat out and if I like it I could sell and get the Japanese ones. But I'm also looking at used Japanese ones so just thinking about options at this point.

Thank you
 
#2 ·
i'm shocked nobody actually answered this
DO NOT GET THE FAKE SEATS. unless you want your seat to break on impact in the case of a car accident
driving position isn't bad to set and is super comfortable for myself at least, and i drove in one all the way to Mexico from Canada couple years ago in my civic

my girlfriend didnt mind them, i had a Zeta 3 and Bride Stradia III Sport. i would switch them between driver/passenger depending on how i was feeling every so often. she just didnt like driving in them lol
 
#4 ·
What leads you to believe the fake seats from China are unsafe? Other than the stereotypical and invalidated "they're from china" argument

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#7 ·
Who knows if they are safe, or not. They are not FIA or DOT tested, sot here is no telling. It could be just as strong, but its unlikely. The same goes for harnesses. Sparco actually tested a knockoff in a crash test just to see, and the belts stretched something like 6", enough to smash your dome off the dash board.

The point is the isnt a guarantee to be safe like the authentic counterparts... With low cost being the number one goal with the fake seats, i cant imagine they are produced just as strong as authentic ones.


BTW, this thread is ancient.
 
#5 ·
Personal opinion: if you wanna pay full price, make sure the seat is FIA rated. Otherwise it's a waste of money.

If the seat is not FIA rated, you may as well buy the chinese/Taiwanese version

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#9 ·
I've never heard of anything you guys are talking about. Something tells me you don't have any experience with Chinese stuff. I've purchased a lot of things from China before, mostly from Alibaba. My work also gets a million things manufactured there.

I know chet rickerman runs Chinese bride seats. He's pretty satisfied with them.





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#10 ·
I've never heard of anything you guys are talking about.
You can google for all of it. It was all over the news.

I'm not saying everything from China should be avoided (who cares if an LED light is of average quality, right?), I'm saying the steady history of fakes should make you think twice and try to make sure what you're buying is safe.


There was another video that was good also. A guy used similar amounts of force with a hammer. The Chinese helmet with all its ECE and DOT stickers broke into 3 pieces, including a split in the chin, the real one was scuffed up but stayed in one piece. The force absorbing "foam" in the Chinese lid was probably even less useful than cardboard.

And given how corners are cut in things like Harbor Freight tools, would you trust a Chinese Bride seat not to collapse?

Not sure who rickerman is, but did he test those seats in a crash?

You're saving a few hundred bucks per seat and risking your life, or worse yet being paralyzed for life. Sell your PS4 and get a real seat :)
 
#11 ·
I think my point is that bottom line, if safety is your concern, get an FIA rated seat. Anything else is a crap shoot, Chinese or not.

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#13 ·
get an FIA rated seat. Anything else is a crap shoot, Chinese or not.
Not really. Even without FIA/whatever rating, a real company puts their name behind the seat. If they sell enough, the seat will eventually be involved in an accident, with a report on how the seat fared. If it failed, the company will likely go out of business, or design a better product.

Do Chinese companies have a name? Or are they all nameless, faceless. Any problems and they'll just re-brand themselves and sell the same crap with a new name and a new set of paid-for reviews.

I dunno, buy cheap Chinese chin spoilers, carbon fiber wrap, vortex generators and other non-critical stuff like that. Not a seat.
 
#17 ·
Again, my point is even with an FIA rated seat, it is more dangerous than 100% oem unless it's with a full package. Do with that bit of info what you will.

Also if you watch crash test videos from NHTSA, you'll see the seat backs do something similar like the video above.

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#18 ·
FYI the seats in above videos are genuine Recaro, which are one of the biggest racing seats manufacturers in the world. So I'm not sure what point you were trying to make.

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