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Bimarco Seats? Any experience?

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Bimarco Seats? Any experience?
July 19, 2012 05:38PM

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Anyone have any experience with Bimarco seats? A quick ebay search came up with them and they're by far the cheapest out there and they're FIA certified. You guys have any thoughts?

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Re: Bimarco Seats? Any experience?
July 19, 2012 06:44PM

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buy cheap paint, stickers, tires, steering wheel...anything really, except safety equipment!!!!!

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Re: Bimarco Seats? Any experience?
July 19, 2012 06:50PM

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Jimmy,
Quality is good, i have sold close to 500 of them in Finland.... And they are actually made in Europe (Poland), most of the "top" seats are made in Albania, or in Tunisia etc...

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Re: Bimarco Seats? Any experience?
July 19, 2012 08:13PM

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How cheap are they? Doesn't appear to be a seat with head wings on them.

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Re: Bimarco Seats? Any experience?
July 19, 2012 08:18PM

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How cheap are they? Doesn't appear to be a seat with head wings on them.

Around $400 a seat...

Head wings are not required are they? I used to tell people 7 years ago that they should buy seats with head wings because eventually they would be required. Here it is 2012 and they don't even have to be FIA with RA and Kirkey aluminum seats are still allowed.

In some cars they make getting in and out of the car a real pain in the ass. I manage to hit my kidney on them in Kern's BMW somehow.

The new Sparco Ergo looks cool though. And comes in three widths. They are much more expensive however.

Grant Hughes

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Re: Bimarco Seats? Any experience?
July 19, 2012 08:21PM

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New "Grip" model became available this spring... has sideprotection..

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Re: Bimarco Seats? Any experience?
July 20, 2012 01:00AM

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Grant,
Head wings aren't required but are getting priced very nicely and I think a desireable item.

We put one in Brent's CRX and it was a bitch to access until we put in the removable steering wheel. Now it works very well and shouldn't take too much adjustment to get used to.

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Re: Bimarco Seats? Any experience?
July 20, 2012 01:09AM

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In some cars they make getting in and out of the car a real pain in the ass. I manage to hit my kidney on them in Kern's BMW somehow.

I believe the saying is: "you're doing it wrong"

Seriously, how the eff did you manage that? Even when working on things under the dash loading myself into the car up side down, I still haven't pulled that off.

Dave