Well... my plans to leave the Z alone for the rest of the year seem to have crumbled.
This weekend I placed an order for some of these:
What do they do you ask?
Well they let you bolt a pair of these:
... to the standard seat-mount positions, without having to drill new holes in the floor plan. Always nice.
Of course, those alone wouldn't be too comfortable... so I added a set of these:
... some Recaro Pole Positions (essentially E46 CSL seats) to the order.
I will do a weight comparison between the standard seats and the Recaros (with the mounting parts etc), although after how long it took me to get the roof weights before and after, don't hold your breath!
Looking forward to getting them in though - not that the standard M seats aren't supportive, but having sat in the Recaros at a show recently, they're just so much more snug. They'll be perfect for the track and fast-road driving. 
Oh, and hopefully getting a harness bar made up by a local roll-cage company in the same time as well (though it depends on their lead times). I saw a thread on another forum of a guy in the US that had one made up and he mounted it just behind the seats, bolted to the B-pillar. The company are going to measure up the car and design/make one the same, for me. Have got a set of Schroth "White Tiger" harnesses coming over from Germany which should go nicely with the colour of the car
Not sure how long it will take to come together and for all the parts to arrive and leave me time to fit. Ideally it'll all be ready for a planned trip to the 'Ring and Spa, which we leave for on the 6th October... so only 2 weeks away!
This weekend I placed an order for some of these:
What do they do you ask?
Well they let you bolt a pair of these:
... to the standard seat-mount positions, without having to drill new holes in the floor plan. Always nice.
Of course, those alone wouldn't be too comfortable... so I added a set of these:
... some Recaro Pole Positions (essentially E46 CSL seats) to the order.
I will do a weight comparison between the standard seats and the Recaros (with the mounting parts etc), although after how long it took me to get the roof weights before and after, don't hold your breath!
Looking forward to getting them in though - not that the standard M seats aren't supportive, but having sat in the Recaros at a show recently, they're just so much more snug. They'll be perfect for the track and fast-road driving. Oh, and hopefully getting a harness bar made up by a local roll-cage company in the same time as well (though it depends on their lead times). I saw a thread on another forum of a guy in the US that had one made up and he mounted it just behind the seats, bolted to the B-pillar. The company are going to measure up the car and design/make one the same, for me. Have got a set of Schroth "White Tiger" harnesses coming over from Germany which should go nicely with the colour of the car
Not sure how long it will take to come together and for all the parts to arrive and leave me time to fit. Ideally it'll all be ready for a planned trip to the 'Ring and Spa, which we leave for on the 6th October... so only 2 weeks away!
But i think they'll go into storage for now, or they may even go back on the car through the winter after I've done a few trackdays this month. They're heated, and I want to get the Recaro's re-trimmed in leather anyway, so they'll have to go off to be done at some point.
