RallyJon

Question for you guys that have sat in various OE seats.

I have the stock "comfort" seats and they fit me poorly. The seat bottom bolsters hit my hips in the wrong place. The back has very little lateral support and no lumbar support. My old 911 has the wonderful supportive '81-'84 sport seats. Great support in all the right places.

I've test driven a 993 with the vaunted hard back sport seats and frankly they're more style than support.

I see standard 996 and Boxster seats all the time on Ebay. It appears that Porsche resculpted the seats so the side bolsters fit on the side of the legs (for, you know, lateral support) more like the old seats. I wonder if the seat backs have any more lateral and lumbar support than the 993 seats do?

Thanks for any info.

leosayer

The sports seats from early 993, 964 and late 3.2s are the best OE for lateral support IMO, much better than anything produced since.

Leander

Four hours into a recent long drive in my '96 993 and my right butt was in agony on the standard seat.

RallyJon

I should just go to the local dealer and test drive some used 996s.

titleist1

If you are going to switch out i highly recommend the Recaro A8 as replacement, incredible seat, and lighter than any stock seats.

RallyJon

Beautiful. I really don't need anything that extreme, though. Just a supportive sports car seat.

Randy 1

I find the hard backed sport seats to be very comfy on drives shorter than 2 hours. That said, I drove the car for 21 hours, and my right leg felt like it was going to need aputation. The seat cushion side bolster damn near caused bed sores mid-thigh.

RallyJon

Here's the issue--the 993 seats have a convex shaped bolster.

Kigiin

I had the same problem on a 8-9 hour drive from OH to AL. I literally had a pain in my left **** cheek, like someone had stabbed me.

I don't dirve for that length of time often, but I too would like a seat that doesn't cripple me. Further, I noticed my **** moving around quite a bit on sharp turns while street driving - couldn't imagine a track event.

Rob

24FPS

fwiw: 996 & later comfort seats & standard incorporated more plastic.... in places i'd prefer a stronger material. just fyi...

GrantG

The seats in the 997 are really comfy (much better than 996, imho) - might want to see if those can be retrofit...