speed12sil

Since the last time I sat in racing seats was many years back, I definitely need to try out racing seats before I buy one. I think I came across a thread that mentioned there's shop here in the south bay area that sells racing seats as well as doing roll-cage install (amongst other track related prep/install) a while back. I did a search again and can't find it anymore. The shop has track or something in its name. I know I need to bookmark the website but I didn't so

Greatly appreciate to whoever can tell me what that track shop is.

Thanks,

Jon

LVDell

mooty's garage?

Serge944

Go to a track event (maybe Sonoma Raceway) and sit in peoples' cars.

mooty

lol
dell is sort of right. I have many seats but they are all the same
we have a SPg Hans XL, SPG Hans regular
the. shop u mentioned is TC design but he doesn't have them in stock to try
wine country Motorsport in Sonoma (sears point) has cobra and maybe three other seats u can try.

easiest is find a NASA race day
goto trk
bug the racers and try each for a few seconds.

mooty

damn serge thinks like me now
dangerous for him

LVDell

being around any of us is dangerous

entityx

+1 for wine country. You can also try griffin motorwerke, I think they have the largest selection (http://www.g-werke.com/).

996FLT6

If u wearing a Hans device u may want seats that are Hans compatible. If not back of seat push your head forward due to the Hans. Mike

mooty

oh boy is terry still own the joint?
he was a hoot 20 years ago, i heard after LOTS of marajuana he mellowed out. he's cool, but if u feel he's about to chew ur head off, he actually likes u.

entityx

Ha! Yup, he's still there. I spoke with him a couple weeks back when I was trying to figure out what seats to get. He was really helpful / knowledgeable about the seats they sell...I ultimately went with the GT2 buckets but would recommend OP visit his shop.

I've also had great experiences with Rob at wine country. I just purchased a helmet, hans, gloves etc from them two weekends ago.

speed12sil

Thank you all for the answers! I think it is TC Design, I think I will check out the G-werke place in Berkeley and maybe wine country moto when I need to go bug racers to let me try their seats at Sonoma raceway.

I have always wanted to try going to track days, but did not have the appropriate car to do so. I figured I want to get a seat that keeps me secure. No idea if the kind of track days I have in mind need HANS, as I'm new to all this.

Also, what's a "halo" seat? See that referred to here and there, but googling turned up nothing.

entityx

Halo seats have "arms" that protect the drivers head from horizontal movement (think side impact), see the below example

mooty

halo seat aka elephant ear seats

996FLT6

So u doing 3 pt belt or u have half cage and harness already? What car u have? Mike

Boostin

All great advice. Please do not do harnesses without at least a half cage, and please do not do harnesses without a HANS. There are many posts and opinions on this, but better safe than sorry in my mind. So basically you go all the way (half / full cage, harnesses, HANS) or don't go at all (use factory 3 points). I think there is a HANS out there that works with 3 points but I'm not familiar with it.