Warning about Cipher Auto seats

[Sanderbing]

SO the weekend started well with the arrival of my new seats - Cipher Auto® - CPA1001 Series Reclining Steel Tubular Frame Racing Seats - https://www.carid.com/cipher/cpa1001-se ... seats.html

But once installed it was a huge disappointment. These things are so big you almost can't put the top on. And of course, they are making me jump through hoops to return them so I just thought i would throw out this warning. If you search for seats for your 1977 fiat spider they will say they fit, but they don't. Looks like i will just be reupholstering the old ones.

Unless someone else has had better luck finding replacement seats elsewhere. I like they looks of the old ones, they just don't hold me tight enough for my liking.

[zachmac]

Not picking on you but they post the dimensions right there on their site. You didn't take measurements before ordering them?

[Sanderbing]

its not that they don't 'fit' but that when you use the 'universal' bracket provided it puts you up about 4 to 6 inches higher than usual. Definitely would not pass the broomstick test and for a company selling racing seats for Fiat Spiders, they should pass the racing regs. True, i did not check that it would before hand - i assumed someone selling racing seats and belts would have already done that.