Racequip seat?
 

Looking for a budget friendly seat to replace my leather NB2 seat.

Was looking at the Racequip 15", as it's FIA certified and only $400. Just can't seem to find any reviews on it as it's still fairly new to the market. Link for reference.
Racequip seat

Has anyone sat in these or have any input on them?? Thanks.

Bump - I'm also looking. I'm torn between doing buddy club P1s with a back brace, sparco grid qrts or the racequips. The racequips look like a great option, but they're new enough I can't find anything on them.

Yeah I really like the RaceQuip, dimensionally and construction with leather bolsters makes me believe it will offer good longevity. Probably best bang for the buck for a fixed back fiberglass FIA cert seat, if it fits well in the Miata that is.

I have yet to see any pictures installed in any cars though. I may have to be the guinea pig :eek5:

Wow, those Racequip seats look great for the price. Substantially less expensive than anything else I was looking at that is similar and they aren't too heavy either.

Looking around it seems like the Racequip seats are about 6-8 weeks out from shipping. Summit and Jegs have them on their sites already. I don't like the bright red logo on the headrest, but nothing some black fabric dye can't fix easily.

Jumping in to see if anyone has tried the Racequip full containment seat?

Pretty sure no one has them yet, they aren't shipping for a couple months. Looks like both seat versions are brand new.

Where did you find out that they arent shipping yet? Summit shows ship date of the 3/15. I may go ahead and order one

Jegs shows a ship date of 4/8 and some other random sites show the seats but no one has them in-stock from what I can tell. I'll call Racequip on Monday and find out if anything has gone out yet.

Edit: Summit has one version with a date of 3/15 and the other sizes as 4/28.
https://www.summitracing.com/search/...seats?N=%3A%2B

I saw them in stock when I first posted the thread, yet still cant find any pics or reviews anywhere. Even RaceQuip Facebook hads nothing.

I would love to find a local dealer and get a feel for them but we don't always have that luxury lol

I'm ordering them as soon I can find them, so I'll post up when they get here. The brackets are already available.

Just got an email back from Racequip...

"We got in over 600 of them to date, but they are selling quicker than we can build them currently."

So they are shipping them, just selling very fast. Probably the best bet is to just place a preorder somewhere. I did see them on a couple small vendor sites when you search for the part numbers. They might have inventory.

I just placed my order for pickup at the Summit Arlington store. They had 2 in stock, I bought one. Probably going to order the PLM seat bracket and will let you guy know on fitment.

You will be our hero for testing this out lol. Please let us know how it turns out. Looking to order these once its back in stock.

Did you get the full containment seat or the standard one? Would you mind measuring the height of the harness grommets? I asked Racequip for this measurement and they never got back to me.

Well after going to Summit and them saying that the seats listed as in stock was in fact not in stock. Canceled the order and saw one in stock at Jegs and ordered it. It arrived yesterday.

Seat is very nice, the leather on the bolsters was one of my favorite parts. One issue I had that I am unsure if it is the correct fit or not is it feels narrow in the shoulders. I have to roll my shoulders forward for my upper back to make contact on the seat and then roll my shoulder back and it was very tight but locked me in very well. The only other seats I've had for comparison was a reclining Bride(not sure if real or fake) that I used with the same mounts in my last Miata and those fit me perfect.

Onto the fitment in the car....they don't fit with the PCI mounts I got on FB marketplace. The rear mounting hole is the least an inch too high. The bottom of the seat fits without issue, the shoulders hit the NB door cards slightly but the seat was clocked a bit towards the door so if I could mount the seat and bolt in the mount it may have pulled it away from the door just enough to close with very little contact.

In the pictures the seat is sitting with the front bolt on at the very front/top bolt hol, the rear of the seat is sitting on the back of the mount, and the headrest is resting on the roll bar.

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Is that the 15", 16" or 17"?

It's the 15"

I think the PLM brackets have more material on them, I'm thinking of buying one of those and trying that. I'm just worried about my fitment in the seat with my shoulders.

If anyone has a PLM bracket, could you measure from the bottom of the mount to the top hole?

Looks like you have the one piece PCI mounts. Im guessing the adjustable PCI mounts would work? Im looking to get these once they are back in stock (one distributor said 6-8 weeks). My main concern is fitting in the seat lol. Im a 36" waist. Hopefully its not too small for me.

15" may be a tad small, I'm 32" on a good day, more like a 34" right now though and they are snug.I can put one hand on the side but not both sides.

After looking at the dimensions compared to the 16" version. The shoulders are much wider which would fit me much better but the cushion to the harness hole is shorter which I think is my problem, I am 190lbs, 5' 10" but I have a longer torso. Sitting on the floor with back to the wall I measure floor to shoulder 26", if I slouch in seat a bit I fit much better. I think the seat is a pass for me due to my personal fitment.

A slightly more natural proportional individual and different mounts may work much better. Now to see if I can return the seat or need to sell it.

Well, looks like I have 6 weeks to lose some weight to fit in these lol. We would probably fit better in the 16" version(I'm 5' 10" 230lbs with broad shoulders), but I doubt that the 16" would fit in the car very well. The shoulders seem way to wide for the Miata at 24".

If you're still on the hunt for a seat maybe check out the Sparco QRT-R. Its a bit wider in the shoulders compared to the racequip 15" and the seat bottom to harness hole is 26.3"(no measurement from cushion to harness hole). I've also seen a few threads with the QRT-R installed. Pretty snug fit in the car but seems to work.

Yeah, still looking for something to fit me, as the car is going to be a daily I am really concerned with comfort as well. In my last NA I had a Bride Gias rep mounted to the one piece PCI brackets(cut off the tabs for the floor mount and was able to side mount it. I was very happy with that seat and as I don't plan on any racing that requires and FIA seat at the moment I may go that route for the time being knowing that the seat fits me well. I am worried about buying another seat and it not fitting. $885 for the pair of reps and as I already have both PCI brackets it makes since.

The QRT-R looks nice though and I wouldn't mind going that route but can't find any local shops that I can try them out, I would need different mounts for sure though. PLM, or maybe the Bell mounts.

Pegasus has them in stock now.

https://www.pegasusautoracing.com/pr...duct=RQP966789

what was the final result of this seat? im 6ft 180-190 lbs a 34-36 waist. how did you fit in it? did you get it to fit without doorcard modification or trans tunnel modification??