Seats

As important as your car's suspension and just as influential in its handling, your driving seat is of important to you being able to control your car and maneuvering it the way you want it to. Although some may argue there are better things to spend your money on first, the seat is definitely in the top 10 list of things you must replace if you are serious in being able to drive your car. A big reason for this would be because you won't be able to control your car properly because you keep slipping out of your factory seat while going around turns. The factory seat was designed for comfort and ease of entering/exiting the car, holding you in place while to fly around a turn at over 60kph.

There are two types of bucket seats available as upgrades to your car interior/handling.
-Full Bucket: Holds you firmly in place in the turns. Same style as seen in race cars.
-Reclining Bucket: Holding capability is a lot better than factory seats, but less than the Full Bucket. Much more comfortable and easier to live with than a full bucket. Capable of reclining.

There are a variety of companies specializing better holding sports seats available. In Japan, the two biggest brands are Bride and Recaro. Both brands make seats of the highest quality, and both have large and loyal user/customer bases supporting them.

Bride is most well known for their Zeta line of Full Buckets and the Brix Reclining Bucket. Recaro on the other hand, the SP-G Full Bucket and the SRIII Reclining Bucket.

Commonly heard opinions on the two competing brands is that the Recaro SP-G is more comfortable than the Bride Zeta, however the Bride has much better holding capability than the Recaro.

Being an owner of an older model Bride Zeta II, I like the looks of it and am satisfied by its comfort. I have been able to go on long 3 ~ 4hr drives without getting uncomfortable. I have never owned a Recaro before but have sat in one at the recent Tokyo Auto Salon, and I have to say, the few second sit-down in their newer model Full Bucket made me want to switch over.

Bride and Recaro are highly recommended and before making a purchase I highly suggest trying each out before making a decision.

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