Sebring Seats-GTS Classics Options

[JamesJ]

Hello All,

Has anyone driven or sat in a 914 with a Sebring seat from GTS Classics?

I have read several previous threads regarding these aftermarket seats. The owner, Stefan, told me that the Sebring is two notches above the stock 914 seat as far as support goes, with the LeMans being the first step up. From the looks of the two seats, the LeMans appears to offer mostly hip support, whereas the Sebring looks to offer both hip and torso support. I am not racing the car and I do want to keep the backpad. The Sebrings have a much sharper angle at the back of the seat than do the stock seats, so I am not expecting them to sit snug in the backpad recess, but I don't want them to look too out of place either. I imagine with the back of the seat at such an angle, my reach to the steering wheel will be a bit longer. I will be using my stock '74 shoulder belt, but Stefan recommended using a rear seat belt receptacle from a 911 to use in place of the stock 914 receptacle so that I can loop it through the hole that would be made in the seat, as in the photo below.
Any experience or thoughts on the driving feel of these seats or the way they look at the back/against the backpad would be appreciated.
Thanks!

[Sway Bar]

So no experience with this particular seat but I have used 3 of Stefan's seats. All are great for comfort and of course you can go with all kinds of custom finishes. You can even give him your height etc. and he may recommend accordingly.

In the 914 we discussed and I ended up using the Hockenheim seat of his. Very similar to the Scheel seats. I think the upper support is a little less and makes it easier for ingress and egress. I'm pretty sure the sub frame for his seats will be very similar to the Sebring so maybe you can get an feel for the rake of the back rest from my pictures. I of course am not using the back pad so you may have to envision if that looks different. I'm 6'2" and I still have the seat slightly forward but again no back pad.

One thing you must take into consideration is that he has his own seat mount spacing (unless the Sebring is different) and they do not bolt onto the 914 seat rails. I spend some time making them adapt the 10-15mm they were out but then found the seat sat way too high for my liking so I adapted some early very flat 911 seat brackets and the basically sit right on the cross member (kinda equivalent to the lowest seat seating) and they allow me to slide forward and back. He does have his own adapters and rails.

I also use a smaller Momo wheel. I think the regular wheel with high torso support will make it much more difficult to enter/exit as a street car.

As for seat belts, if you want to stay Porsche I gather any early REPA receiver should work. I think the very early 914's had 'floppy' receivers and manual belts??

Hope this gives a little guidance. At least you can ask him the difference in these 2 seats and you have a visual reference.