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[maz27]

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[Froggy]

Hi, a brand new outstanding item available to order in carbon fibre with a contrasting paint scheme on rear of seats are SWEETRIDES new beautiful and affordable seats, a great alternative to TILLETT seats at a much more affordable price.

Pics below are of the first set and are currently undergoing furthur work to improve and to ensure they are faultless. More pics will be available as we complete the finish and paintwork.

These will be available with runners, harnesses and seat pads if required.





Please send a PM to maz27 or Froggy for more details.

Thanks,-SWEETRIDES.

[kiwicanfly]

I was close to having parts hydro dipped, it looks the bees knees.

Eventually went with real carbon.

However it was a tough choice between the two.

[BobN]

Seats look good.

Maybe a idea to have one thread with all products offered and price next to them so that's its easier for the consumer to see what's on offer. And for custom stuff you can say price on request?

[davef]

Hi guys I had my cam cover hydro dipped but it's split, I believe due to the heat of the Zetec?? Have you had any issues with heat damage to the dipping?

[maz27]

yes this can happen was it on a silver top cam cover ? works better on a black top cam cover mate. but yes if your engine is running hot it can happen

[pocketrocket]

Feb 1, 2016 17:58:41 GMT Froggy said:

Hi, a brand new outstanding item available to order in carbon fibre with a contrasting paint scheme on rear of seats are SWEETRIDES new beautiful and affordable seats, a great alternative to TILLETT seats at a much more affordable price.

Pics below are of the first set and are currently undergoing furthur work to improve and to ensure they are faultless. More pics will be available as we complete the finish and paintwork.

These will be available with runners, harnesses and seat pads if required.





Please send a PM to maz27 or Froggy for more details.

Thanks,-SWEETRIDES.

I'm very interested in a set of these.

You suggested in another thread, that these will have approval for road use. Will you have any documentation to support this? If so, then I will be able to use this, for Australian compliance.

[maz27]

Dose it need paperwork for you to fit them to your car

[pocketrocket]

I believe so.

They just need something indicating that they are approved or meet a specific standard. My certifying engineer told me "it doesn't really matter what standard they meet, as long as they have been made to a particular standard & it can be proved". So it might only be an approval/compliance number (or stamp or sticker) indicating it meets MOT, IVA or whatever the road licencing laws are called over your way. Or it could be some kind of racing approval (SFI, FIA etc).

[kiwicanfly]

I got my seats from Racetech in NZ, they make seats for some of the top competitions

I asked why my particular model was not FIA certified like most of their others and they said they could be ....... for around $10k if I remember right. Basically the model I choose was a low volume model so not worth going through the process but the manufacturing techniques were the same.

I cant see how you can get certification without testing and the testing is the problem.

In NZ if the seats are not from a production vehicle or from a seat production company you just have to show that they have been manufactured to a good standard and are clearly fit for purpose.

The GRP RTR seats have passed muster over here without certs and I reckon the Sweet Rides would too looking at the pictures, I certainly would have given them a go if they had been available.

However in Oz..........

[pocketrocket]

Feb 3, 2016 2:02:58 GMT kiwicanfly said:

I got my seats from Racetech in NZ, they make seats for some of the top competitions

I asked why my particular model was not FIA certified like most of their others and they said they could be ....... for around $10k if I remember right. Basically the model I choose was a low volume model so not worth going through the process but the manufacturing techniques were the same.

I cant see how you can get certification without testing and the testing is the problem.

In NZ if the seats are not from a production vehicle or from a seat production company you just have to show that they have been manufactured to a good standard and are clearly fit for purpose.

The GRP RTR seats have passed muster over here without certs and I reckon the Sweet Rides would too looking at the pictures, I certainly would have given them a go if they had been available.

However in Oz..........

I would suggest we would be the same here. If it can be shown they're made equivalent to something that is certified, then they'd probably accept that too.
Fortunately, where I'm located, they're pretty relaxed on it all.

I have been told, that 1 guy had his seats passed based on they met all the criteria (dimensionally), so the inspector agreed they were equivalent to others that had specific certification.

I'm really just trying to make sure all my "i's" are dotted, "t's" are crossed & my ducks stay in formation, to make passing the inspection a breeze.

I'm pretty sure, the actual test here (ADR Compliance - Australian Design Rules) require a metal sphere, of a specific size & weight (most likely similar to your head), be swung at & strike the seat, achieving a specific g loading impact, to see if the seat breaks or not.

[kiwicanfly]

I would have thought the most important tests would be for things such as mounting systems so as you pull hard away or are rear-ended your body weight acting on the upright back does not rip them from the mounts also similar for side impact and loading.

Would be really interesting to see what the testing to meet road rules is.

[maz27]

These seats have been crashed on the track and not moved a mm I will find pic out

[kiwicanfly]

I reckon doing some research on test procedures might be a good thing, whilst I appreciate what you are trying to achieve - well made products at competitive pricing, being aware of test procedures and possibly doing similar yourself could be a good thing.

You never know it might not be so onerous and be the difference in making a sale plus the building up of customer confidence.

Have a look at this video, it shows race seats under test and the loading starts with the forces trying to drive the seat backwards.



In fact those forces are probably the most critical as force encountered in a frontal are going to be taken by the belts. The seats themselves will not be loaded but need to be mounted in such a way that they don't break loose and ram forward (I spoke to someone who told me a story of this happening when someone used poor mounts and were involved in a crash on a track).

Side forces are going to be similar.

I am not saying that SR should be building a testing sled but being aware of the tests and ensuring they are designed to take the loads that might be encountered in these tests would be very powerful information.

Here you go - sixth one down under the FIA Standards/General category

www.fia.com/homologations

Bet you there are similar documents out there for road car seats.