Help me ID these OMP seats
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Hi all,
I am interested in these seats from a fellow R-lister. But the seats have no FIA cert tag, or any other tag, for that matter. I searched the web but cannot ID these ...probably an older model. Does anyone know what these are? TIA!
Edward
I am interested in these seats from a fellow R-lister. But the seats have no FIA cert tag, or any other tag, for that matter. I searched the web but cannot ID these ...probably an older model. Does anyone know what these are? TIA!
Edward
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Look just like mine. Mine is model "Champion" IIRC. If the same yes the seats are older circa early 90's. I called OMP about the seat on a rail issue and got the name and is a low end FIA legal racing seat. If you only need one seat I could use the other!
Oh and very comfortable seat too IMO.
Oh and very comfortable seat too IMO.
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Hi Dal,
Thanks for the info. Are there any tags on the seat you have? This is my first race seat purchase and I want to get it "right" ...which is why I'd like to make certain that there is some kind of FIA cert. Is this a fiberglass seat or tube-steel frame? Thanks!
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Thanks for the info. Are there any tags on the seat you have? This is my first race seat purchase and I want to get it "right" ...which is why I'd like to make certain that there is some kind of FIA cert. Is this a fiberglass seat or tube-steel frame? Thanks!
Edward
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No tags either but you can bet it will need a seat back brace for PCA rules. Fiberglass shell. It is a FIA rated seat just old rating. Still good to use provided the rails pass and a seat back is installed.iirc
No tags either but you can bet it will need a seat back brace for PCA rules. Fiberglass shell. It is a FIA rated seat just old rating. Still good to use provided the rails pass and a seat back is installed.iirc
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Dal,
Thanks again for the info. Curious, though: why no FIA tag? All the current seats with FIA certs have tags sewn in. Is this a recent mandate to manufacturers? I would think that with the slew of inexpensive "race" seats out there that it would be in a company's best interest to "advertise" their FIA compliance right on their product.
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Thanks again for the info. Curious, though: why no FIA tag? All the current seats with FIA certs have tags sewn in. Is this a recent mandate to manufacturers? I would think that with the slew of inexpensive "race" seats out there that it would be in a company's best interest to "advertise" their FIA compliance right on their product.
Edward
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I recognize those seats, circa 1990 like previously mentioned. I used to have them in my old Carrera. They were a steel tube framed seat, with webbing for support. I certainly WOULD NOT use them with a seat back brace. You need a hard shell seat (fiberglass or aluminum) to safely distribute the load of a seat back brace.
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Could be that they made 2 different models. It is easy to check. If the seatback is soft, it is a tube frame seat. If it is rock hard, it is a fiberglass shell.