Am getting ready on my seat choice but want to make sure they will fit. Have been looking at the Sparco Evo or Evo II.
Will they fit in the gen 3 Coupe though?
Appreciate the input as always, thx guys,
Tim
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Am getting ready on my seat choice but want to make sure they will fit. Have been looking at the Sparco Evo or Evo II.
Will they fit in the gen 3 Coupe though?
Appreciate the input as always, thx guys,
Tim
Aruba
Tim,
We built chassis 009 of the Gen3 Coupe a couple of years ago and struggled to find a seat that fit. The biggest challenge in the coupe is the width of the shoulder bolsters. The Evo and Evo II is that they are 610 and 590 mm wide and I'm pretty sure this isn't going to fit. As a matter of perspective We used the Sparco R100 seat which is on 521mm. Dimensional chart for Sparco seats can be found here: https://www.sparcousa.com/evo . A couple of good things about the R100 is that is less than half the price of the EVO, is very comfortable and is pretty good looking. I've attached a pic and you can see that the seat just fits inside the body.
I hope this is helpful. Good luck.DSC_1856 (sm).jpg
Chris
Tim,
I've just installed in my Gen 3 Coupe the Corbeau Evolution X seats (non-reclining) and they fit fine. At the shoulder bolsters the width is 21.5 in. = 546.1 mm.
With my seats oriented and mounted as they are, which is as close to the way EdwardB has in his Gen 3 Coupe, the width and thus positioning of the outside "corners" of the side bolsters clear the cage with no problems.
What are potential issues are: for the drivers seat (mounted square in the chassis), the top outside corner of the headrest touches the horizontal section of the roll cage, but just barely and totally acceptable. The orientation of the passenger seat has a bit of an angle to it and there are no contacts with the roll cage.
One other area of seat mount concern to check out is the "tight" spacing of the two floor mounted (welded in place) seat belt attachment tabs of the Coupe. For my Corbeau Evolution X seats, the internal frame's width at its lowest few inches seems to be exactly the inside width of the Coupe's seat belt attachment tabs. There is an interference fit which prevents the seat from being pushed all the way back in it's track. My solution was to slightly bend these two tabs slightly outward using a large crescent wrench. I bent each approx. 3/8" outward as measured at the top of each tab. Since the seats are mounted on a mounting frame just the top half of the seat belt tabs were in need of spreading. I gained almost 1-1/4 inches of further rear travel of the seat with this tabs bending before the seat back was 1/4" of touching a major roll cage tube. I have to still allow space for the alum. panel and carpeting.
One more word about my above comments and experiences is that this seat fitting/mounting is without the body on the car. So, there might be interference situations to come, but I'll trust EdwardB's Gen 3 Coupe build using the same seats and he had no reported issues when the body was put on the chassis.
Bob
I can confirm the 2019 EVO QRT will fit, I have it in my car now. I am currently researching if the EVO II US will fit
P100DHG’s Gen 3 65 Coupe #138 Build Thread - Order Date: Aug 2018 - Delivered: Feb 2019 -
First Start: May 2020 - First Drive: January 2021 - Instagram @SixtyFive_Daytona
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Here is a link to two dozen pictures. Of the EVO
https://share.icloud.com/photos/069E...B9ECjlrKA#Home
Saturday I am going to have more answers on the EVO 2 US. Galen from Werks 2 in Burbank CA a Sparco dealer is coming to my house to help me figure out if they will work.
P100DHG’s Gen 3 65 Coupe #138 Build Thread - Order Date: Aug 2018 - Delivered: Feb 2019 -
First Start: May 2020 - First Drive: January 2021 - Instagram @SixtyFive_Daytona
P100DHG - Awesome, thanks for the pics. Interested to hear more about fitment of other seats too, keep us posted.
Logan's Gen 3 Coupe-R Build
Ordered 4/23/19 | Delivered 6/29/19 | First Start 8/1/20 | First Drive 9/20/20
I don’t have the brackets or the slide rails yet once we sort out sizes Saturday (tomorrow) I’ll order all that. I’ll keep you updated and in the end you’ll know for sure. I’ll be your test subject.
P100DHG’s Gen 3 65 Coupe #138 Build Thread - Order Date: Aug 2018 - Delivered: Feb 2019 -
First Start: May 2020 - First Drive: January 2021 - Instagram @SixtyFive_Daytona
36B44B41-2104-43C0-B561-233AE4406A04.jpgI’m running the sparco evo 2us sears in my gens 3 coupe, they fit but are really tight. I’m had brackets that were meant for a 2015 mustang. Just had to make custom mounting locations on the chassis.
Last edited by j65mustang; 09-23-2019 at 09:59 PM.
I'm glad to see someone already tried this. I got a set of free Evo2s so I mocked them up yesterday to see. They're TIGHT but I think I can make them work.
How does one get a free set of Sparco Evo seats... even if they’re expired they’ve gotta be worth something. Hope you can make some mounts for them...post pics when you do!
Logan's Gen 3 Coupe-R Build
Ordered 4/23/19 | Delivered 6/29/19 | First Start 8/1/20 | First Drive 9/20/20
I went with the Grid-Q in the end. I know that doesn’t answer the question between EVO or EVOII but I tried both. Check out me build thread. I tried 4 seats, EVO, EVOII US, QRT-R and the Grid-Q. They will work well with sliders and will not rub the carpet from what I can tell. Watch me eat my words down the road, though I’m not doing carpet I am doing leather so the stakes are higher. Yikes
P100DHG’s Gen 3 65 Coupe #138 Build Thread - Order Date: Aug 2018 - Delivered: Feb 2019 -
First Start: May 2020 - First Drive: January 2021 - Instagram @SixtyFive_Daytona
The EVOII-US is not the same as the regular EVOII. It is slightly larger for the “American physique”.... they claim.
Logan's Gen 3 Coupe-R Build
Ordered 4/23/19 | Delivered 6/29/19 | First Start 8/1/20 | First Drive 9/20/20
P100DHG’s Gen 3 65 Coupe #138 Build Thread - Order Date: Aug 2018 - Delivered: Feb 2019 -
First Start: May 2020 - First Drive: January 2021 - Instagram @SixtyFive_Daytona