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Old Jun 7, 2016 | 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by RichieST
Sorry but I disagree with this statement. If sparco intended for these seats to be for show use only, they would not have a CE certificate and the car would not be road legal. The seats would have passed all relevant safety tests before the RS was released. The failure, and the guys injuries are not due to the design of the seat, but the poor fitting of harnesses.
I have had the frs seats apart and they are a total bodge but this whole issue arose from the chap using the holes for a harness which the seat is not capable of handling, I suggest if you obtain one and you will see for yourself how bad they really are, there is proof content in this thread including pics showing damage caused to seat and driver, what more do you want

Originally Posted by 155lee
What about the recaros in the mk2?
They have harness slots and after having had 2 in bits I'd say they are pretty flimsy.
Bolting the harness shoulder straps to the rear seat belt points means when you're weight is thrown forward the shoulder straps will pull down compression the spine.
And to be fair,the cars in a really bad state,I would expect some injuries from multiple impacts like that car has had.
not had any mk2 seats yet Lee but I suspect same as you really

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