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Old 07-16-2005, 06:06 PM
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Default My new Porsche GT3 seats

I just want to post some photos from my 968 Turbo Cabriolet, with a pair of Porsche factory GT3 seats that I recently purchased at Ebay. The seats were originally black, but I changed the center pads to a Recaro original gray cloth to match my classic grey interior. I purchased the seats with Bray-Kraus brackets installed. I really like the colorfull Porsche crest with the Recaro logo engrave on the cloth.
Old 07-16-2005, 08:17 PM
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Wow!!!
Very very nice. If you don't mind me asking, how much did you get them for?
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Raj:
I purchased them for $1600 including the brackets. I has seen them from a low $2100 to a high $2800 on ebay.
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Very nice! How are they for long trips?
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WOW! Nice. I hate you

BTW is your car officially midnight metallic? I'm trying to pick a similar color for my repaint. TIA
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Bruce:
I only did a 50 minute trip to my work and back home. I don’t really feel uncomfortable. Definitely, the factory seats are more comfortable. For me, they are OK, especially since the weight difference between them is about 45 pounds. That’s why I bought them.

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Yes, my car color is midnight blue metallic. By the way, I noticed that you installed a Lindsey Racing 3 in. exhaust. Did you experience fitment issues?


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Very nice...Are you able to use your stock seat belts?
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Yes, the Bray Kraus brackets come with the threaded hole for the seat belt.
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Ehall:
Yes, my car color is midnight blue metallic. By the way, I noticed that you installed a Lindsey Racing 3 in. exhaust. Did you experience fitment issues?

Just saw this. No problems. I didn't do it, but I was there when he did. No problems. I would add the 3 in. downpipe in hindsight.
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So, the GT3 seats look great, but how comfortable are they vis a vis the stock seats? (Which I think are REALLY comfortable!)
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Ehall:
I have been using them for some time now and don’t feel them uncomfortable at all. I made frequent trips of about an hour long with no regret. The way in way out is a bit more difficult since the seats have pronounced side bolsters.
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Cool. Thanks. I always wondered about that. They look great.



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