meaker

This is in line with what was posted above. The LWB are 38lbs each. The 4 ways are 48+ each and 18 ways are 61 each.
I would guess the folding buckets are almost the same as 4 ways. Maybe a pound or two lighter.

Drifting

I agree 100% percent, but I suspect you've never had serious back or hip problems.

I would love to have LWB in my car, but its' not worth it to be in serious pain after 2 minutes. I know plenty of people also who prefer the look and connected feeling of LWB, but if you're really uncomfortable, it's not worth it to them or to me.

Really depends on the type back problem though which is why it is so important for anyone considering LWBs to take a ride in someones car with LWBs, as some people with mild back or hip issues, can still get the LWBs and be fairly comfortable driving for a few hours.

qbix

Talking LWB vs SBS is nothing else but a joke. People praising LWB are only rationalizing their higher spending on them and Porsche is selling them at higher price cause it's their rip off politics. It's fresh option on GT3 so it needs to be more expensive.
Don't sell bs telling that LWB are stiffer then SBS! Did you measure it any way? I am saying it's the other way around and I have never even seen not to mention sit in LWBs. This statement has same value as yours regarding LWB.
Same goes with sitting in them lower! I understand higher as they have heavy electric system to raise them up but no way you can sit any lower than in SBS.

The only way to pick the seat for you is to actually put your **** in them and have a ride around a track. It all comes to the size of your back and how it fits in that particular seat. The rest is subjective.
SBS are foldable so it's a huge advantage over the LWB but that again depends if you need that feature in your GT3.
And don't forget to put on your helmet as that also might make a difference I am not aware of yet.

neuroguru

I have LWBs in the 1.1GT3 and easily added about a 1/2 inch of dense foam in the lumbar region for additional support. The pads are simply velcro'ed in.

I would echo the positive ergonomic and 'connected' praise they receive. I have commuted from SF to LA and back many times in these seats (and the 997.1 OMP carbon cup car seat as another reference point).

However, I do not find the headrest on the LWBs to be raked posteriorly enough to allow a helmet and HANS to fit comfortably with the seat in the lowest position on the electric adjustment.

I have driven a 987 Spyder with the folding LWBs and the padding was uncomfortably thin near the bottom of the seatback and it rubbed my lumbar region. The seat was not damaged in any way.

FWIW, my favorite race seat is the Recaro P 1300 GT and I've gone through my fair share of shells. It has marked rigidity and this imparts the 'connectedness' you are feeling in the LWBs.

928cs

Thanks.

What about the folding bucket seats?

gmgracing

No problem. We don't have the folding bucket seat as an option here in the states, so my closest available data point was the Sparco SPX carbon-backed folding bucket seat.

-Andrew

928cs

I think that you have had them, with the 997 GT2 (and GT2 RS), haven't you?

gmgracing

Yes, on the older 997-gen had them as you say. For the US they have never been an oem option on the current 991 batch. Next time there is a set here at the our place, I will absolutely slide a scale under one.