Clifton

The short answer is HEAVY. I pulled a pair of adaptive seats out of my .2. The driver side with fire extinguisher was close to 70lbs. The passenger was a little less.

CRex

HK... But what's the difference these days when it's all PR of C...

RHD it is. Talking bout car culture it's fun when driving up to china... U know I've had ppl point at my car asking if it's a corvette

911dev

Someone else had claimed 47 lbs heavier (A.S.S. > Standard Sport) for the pair. Seems plausible.

lawjdc

I will swap brand new standard seats for your sport buckets. West coast delivery included.

CRex

OP: you should also know that the *** (what an acronym!) seats you considerably higher than the sports bucket. Part of the special feeling about driving a GT is the low, forward seating position. Ask anyone with LW CF buckets and they'll tell u it just feels RIGHT.

Then again I know nothing about your intended use for the car. Just my 0.02 in case you're insane like me.

10 GT3

There are several issues here. First 99.5% of the guys who swap seats go the other way. The new sport buckets are probably the best compromise racing/street driving seat made to date. Lots of bolstering with lots of padding in a seat that is just wide enough. I could not believe how much more comfortable these seats are than the Euro 996 GT3 seats I had in my Carrera (now moved to my 79' SC). They even flip forward so you can actually put stuff in the back. The vertical driving position and extended shoulder rast are to give better posture. They only negative I have experienced with these seats is that the seat brackets are fairly tall and you sit higher as a result.

These seats are about $6500 a pair new from a dealer while only being $3K as an option. Hence anyone who is going to drive a track and get an order allocation orders them. Remember that is Porsche notes that over 75% of these cars are tracked. Since a lot of pre-specced don't have them, they are harder to sell. There are a lot of buyers who want them and you will see a lot of traffic on this forum about cars people have passed on for this reason. Bottom line is to take them out will effect your resale.

From the cost standpoint, a used pair of sport buckets go for $5K while a used set of regular sport seats or adaptive sport seats are in the $2-2.5k range. You could look at buying a pair of used regular sport seats and swap back out when you sell the car. Adaptive sport seats would be an issue to install in your car. Since it was built for sport buckets, you don't have the wiring harnesses for the power or memory functions. It would be extremely expensive to retrofit.

tcsracing1

It will be a straight swap and the the labour for free on your end if you decide to trade out the sport seats. That is the most one can ask for these days with used swaps.

Personally, i would get the standard seats. This is due to the easier entry and exit, and recline feature for the passenger on long drives.
The only reason to have the sport seats is for the lateral hold situations and mostly the harness access. They are also a little lighter and prettier looking but who cares when using the car to get ice cream at the store etc..

i still have my standard seats in boxes for the day i decide to retire the car/sport seats from track duty.

Larry Cable

always a smart move ... esp for resale/CPO trade in ...

Clifton

Are you certain about the retrofit expense? My understanding is that they are plug and play. For example, I configured my car order with standard seats yet the *** plugged right in. When I switched to the lightweight buckets, they had the same plug too. The seat belts sensors worked as intended and there was a place holder in the plugs for the missing components (airbags and occupancy senor feeds).

Additionally, GT3s don't have/come with memory functions for the *** seats so I don't think that is an issue either.

In your with the new .2 GT3, have you experienced something different to confirm the lack of wiring?

KBS911

I have the adaptive sports seats. Nice, but I would prefer the sport bucket seats. I'll trade if you are interested.

Larry Cable

you might want to keep those in boxes in case you want to sell/CPO trade your car.

f4 plt

I disagree. I have the adaptive sports seats in my '09 C2S and the Sport buckets in my Cayman and basically I can adjust the Adaptive sports seats as low as the sports buckets.

I like the sports bucket for the track, and my wife and I prefer the adaptive sports seats for traveling. Primarily as they are easier to get in and out of. That said we drove the Cayman ( sports bucket seats) to Parade last year. 1200 miles plus each way and we are both 68 and I have a bad back. Very comfortable for long trips.

Larry Cable

I cant be certain, since I had sports buckets in my .1 and *** in my .2 but I think you are basically correct that the *** can be lowered to the same level as the Sports Buckets.

The Buckets are a great mixed use seat for street/track ... I wish I had never sold my set!

but I would never swap them just in case I wanted to resell the car or CPO trade it where having the original *** could be important (you can always resell the Sports Buckets separately)

KBS911

You probably are right, but I am one of those aforemenitoned "lucky" few who got the A.S.S. seats for free. I have often wondered if someone would question why the A.S.S. seats aren't listed as an option on my build sheet/window sticker.

I'm having a roll bar installed as we speak, so the next obvious step is seats and harness. Can you suggest a good (meaning reasonably priced) alternative? There are so many choices out there.

Larry Cable

hopefully they should be listed as an option on the sticker under the hood, so you will be ok there...


Well, it all depends, I personally would recommend either Sports Buckets or the 996GT3 Recaros; not only because they are great seats but they also "fit in" with the interior design of the car.

Recaro and Sparco amongst others make excellent seats, I had Evo II's in my RS America, but it was a dedicated track car.

It also depends on your stature, and preferences as well as usage mix ...