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My FRPP Recaro's just came in...
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<blockquote data-quote="GT Premi" data-source="post: 15018721" data-attributes="member: 121775"><p>It won't affect the car at all, other than having airbag lights on all the time. I haven't had my front seats out of mine yet, but when I reupholstered the seats in our Forester, I noticed that the passenger side airbag sensor is just an air bladder pad. Just take the bladder off the stock seat and insert it in the new seat. It works just like a jetted tub switch. It works off air pressure to activate the passenger airbag system.</p><p></p><p>The only things keeping me from swapping out my seats for some lightweight aftermarket racing seats are the fact that I don't want to jerry-rig seat rails and that most of the aftermarket seat materials are garbage. I can live with cloth, no problem. Just don't put that cheap ass vinyl or vinyl patches on the seats for a "leather look." Not only does it look bad, but it also looks like it'll wear out in no time.</p><p></p><p>All that said, I think I'm still going to eventually breakdown and get a set anyway and figure it out from there. I have no idea how much the stock seats weigh, but some of those craptactular aftermarket seats weigh almost nothing. And that's a strong proposition. I chatted with a guy on Youtube that had some cheap seats he got off ebay. If I recall, he said those things were only 10 or 20 pounds each. They looked decent, but seemed a little too flimsy. They were pretty much just plastic frames with foam inserts that were velcroed on. The thought of seats that light was very tempting, but the thought of them becoming ejector seats in a crash brought me back to my senses.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GT Premi, post: 15018721, member: 121775"] It won't affect the car at all, other than having airbag lights on all the time. I haven't had my front seats out of mine yet, but when I reupholstered the seats in our Forester, I noticed that the passenger side airbag sensor is just an air bladder pad. Just take the bladder off the stock seat and insert it in the new seat. It works just like a jetted tub switch. It works off air pressure to activate the passenger airbag system. The only things keeping me from swapping out my seats for some lightweight aftermarket racing seats are the fact that I don't want to jerry-rig seat rails and that most of the aftermarket seat materials are garbage. I can live with cloth, no problem. Just don't put that cheap ass vinyl or vinyl patches on the seats for a "leather look." Not only does it look bad, but it also looks like it'll wear out in no time. All that said, I think I'm still going to eventually breakdown and get a set anyway and figure it out from there. I have no idea how much the stock seats weigh, but some of those craptactular aftermarket seats weigh almost nothing. And that's a strong proposition. I chatted with a guy on Youtube that had some cheap seats he got off ebay. If I recall, he said those things were only 10 or 20 pounds each. They looked decent, but seemed a little too flimsy. They were pretty much just plastic frames with foam inserts that were velcroed on. The thought of seats that light was very tempting, but the thought of them becoming ejector seats in a crash brought me back to my senses. [/QUOTE]
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