Curious to see what you get. Have a claim that the Carrera GT seat was lighter.
But 914 seats were pretty light…
Full Version: Anyone able to weigh a stock 914 seat?
I thought I remember it being 14lbs.
I weighed one I had in the shed and got 21 lbs. with the sliders. I am going to assume that the duct tape is equalized by the missing bits of vinyl. :-)
^ Thanks, you two. Very helpful.
Claim is the Carrera GT seat is Porsche's lightest series production seat of all time, at 22.5 pounds (because subsequent seats have airbags).
But I find myself thinking about 356 Speedster and 914 seats…so I wanted to see what others have found. Need to dig into my own notes about the 987.2 buckets I used to swap in and out of the cars. Curious how those compare to the CGT buckets. I remember being impressed by how light they were in general, but disappointed by how little they saved for their cost.
Claim is the Carrera GT seat is Porsche's lightest series production seat of all time, at 22.5 pounds (because subsequent seats have airbags).
But I find myself thinking about 356 Speedster and 914 seats…so I wanted to see what others have found. Need to dig into my own notes about the 987.2 buckets I used to swap in and out of the cars. Curious how those compare to the CGT buckets. I remember being impressed by how light they were in general, but disappointed by how little they saved for their cost.
I received a scheel 300 seat on my fedex acct. I think it was 16lbs including the box. Similar fiberglass shell. The seats with a fiberglass shell will almost always be lighter than any metal framed seat. I moved about 100 different Porsche seats when we moved the shop and I know for sure the 914 seat is the lightest one out there. Much lighter than the 356 speedster seat (Had a pair of those. They are metal)
Edit - Found an old post that I had actually weight the seat.
16 for the seat
4 for the metal rails
7.5 for the metal base
So my older bathroom scale weigh in is pretty close to Jonathan's number.
Edit - Found an old post that I had actually weight the seat.
16 for the seat
4 for the metal rails
7.5 for the metal base
So my older bathroom scale weigh in is pretty close to Jonathan's number.
QUOTE(mepstein @ Feb 25 2019, 05:54 PM) 
I received a scheel 300 seat on my fedex acct. I think it was 16lbs including the box. Similar fiberglass shell. The seats with a fiberglass shell will almost always be lighter than any metal framed seat. I moved about 100 different Porsche seats when we moved the shop and I know for sure the 914 seat is the lightest one out there. Much lighter than the 356 speedster seat (Had a pair of those. They are metal)
Edit - Found an old post that I had actually weight the seat.
16 for the seat
4 for the metal rails
7.5 for the metal base
So my older bathroom scale weigh in is pretty close to Jonathan's number.
Hero status.
Well, in that case, the 914 seat with its rails appears to be heavier than the CGT seat, which was 22.5 pounds—though I need to ensure that's with mounts.
I believe the folding buckets for a Cayman R/Boxster Spyder/GT3/GT2 from the 987/997 era were into the 30s with mounts, and off to go find those notes…
QUOTE(mepstein @ Feb 25 2019, 05:54 PM)
I received a scheel 300 seat on my fedex acct. I think it was 16lbs including the box. Similar fiberglass shell. The seats with a fiberglass shell will almost always be lighter than any metal framed seat. I moved about 100 different Porsche seats when we moved the shop and I know for sure the 914 seat is the lightest one out there. Much lighter than the 356 speedster seat (Had a pair of those. They are metal)
Edit - Found an old post that I had actually weight the seat.
16 for the seat
4 for the metal rails
7.5 for the metal base
So my older bathroom scale weigh in is pretty close to Jonathan's number.
I just used a newer bathroom scale for my measurement, it calculates % body fat too but I didn't think that was necessary here.
When I switched my stock seats to the OMP seats I weighed them both to compare. Stock seat with cushion, no rails/metal= 16lbs. OMP RS no mounting brackets= 16lbs
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