Sparco Sprint L Seats

NG329 · 04-24-2023, 08:51 PM

Thought I’d share a couple lf pics of the Sprint L seats.

I’m running a universal harness bar with a Simpson 5 point Harness. The universal harness bar was bought from Amazon and we took 6inches out of the anchors and re-welded. The anchors connect from the bar itself to the rear seatbelt mounting points under the rear bench. The steel was excellent quality.

The Sprint L seats run tall. I have it set up in the Sparco Camaro Base with the Sparco sliding rails. The bases required a little modification. Some material on the hooks had to be ground down and there was a part of the base blocking the inside mounting hole for the T50 that needed to be enlarged so that the tool can be inserted for torquing.

I’ll get more up to date pics but I ended up removing all seatbelt hardware. Obviously seatbelt warning and airbag lights have come on. I haven’t gotten around to playing with the spare harness I bought. Seems complicated and I’d end up adding hardware from the stock seats which would add back weight.

Seats are very comfortable. I’m 5,11 and they’re a tad low for me so I added a seat cushion to give me a little less than an inch back. I had to go with the “L” since I’m a bigger guy who lifts weighing in around 240lbs.

The seats weigh roughly 25lbs each. Considerable weight has been saved with the removal of the stock seats and also the removal of the seatbelt hardware front and rear. Hopefully my rear seat delete kit will arrive by the weekend and I'll also be throwing in a Antigravity battery in for additional weight savings.

cvp33 · 04-24-2023, 09:59 PM

Functional AND look great! Perfect!

NG329 · 04-24-2023, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by cvp33

Functional AND look great! Perfect!

Thanks! They really make the car pop. I’m pleased with the aesthetics.

BROCKgoFAST · 04-25-2023, 07:34 AM

Is there a work around or kit for the airbag light?

MP3BOOSTED · 04-25-2023, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by BROCKgoFAST

Is there a work around or kit for the airbag light?

I have to search for it but I believe I saw a work around for it years back, One of the reasons why I haven't changed my seats yet, I believe its something with needing to buy another harness for $100+ and connecting it, I'll try and find it, I'm going to need to go this route as I just bought my roll cage and want to put in different seats for shift sector racing

NG329 · 04-25-2023, 10:53 AM

The workaround is to buy both driver and passenger harnesses. Then remove the control module from the driver seat and connect to the driver side harness to get your power mirrors back. Then remove the passenger weight system from the passenger seat and connect to the passenger harness. Doing this will cause the passenger airbag to never deploy since it will never detect weight. The alternative is to solder 3ohm resistors into the harnesses for these connectors to remove the airbag light.

Having the airbag light on I think is the better solution because the passenger side will deploy albeit at full speed. Lots of guys will retain the stock seatbelts to avoid the driver restraint system prompts when the car is started. I opted to remove mine because I hate them flopping around and the additional weight savings are nice too.

At the end of the day, since I’m keeping all the stock components everything can always go back to stock.

04-24-2023, 08:51 PM	#1
NG329 Drives: Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE Join Date: Oct 2021 Location: NY Posts: 702	Sparco Sprint L Seats Thought I’d share a couple lf pics of the Sprint L seats. I’m running a universal harness bar with a Simpson 5 point Harness. The universal harness bar was bought from Amazon and we took 6inches out of the anchors and re-welded. The anchors connect from the bar itself to the rear seatbelt mounting points under the rear bench. The steel was excellent quality. The Sprint L seats run tall. I have it set up in the Sparco Camaro Base with the Sparco sliding rails. The bases required a little modification. Some material on the hooks had to be ground down and there was a part of the base blocking the inside mounting hole for the T50 that needed to be enlarged so that the tool can be inserted for torquing. I’ll get more up to date pics but I ended up removing all seatbelt hardware. Obviously seatbelt warning and airbag lights have come on. I haven’t gotten around to playing with the spare harness I bought. Seems complicated and I’d end up adding hardware from the stock seats which would add back weight. Seats are very comfortable. I’m 5,11 and they’re a tad low for me so I added a seat cushion to give me a little less than an inch back. I had to go with the “L” since I’m a bigger guy who lifts weighing in around 240lbs. The seats weigh roughly 25lbs each. Considerable weight has been saved with the removal of the stock seats and also the removal of the seatbelt hardware front and rear. Hopefully my rear seat delete kit will arrive by the weekend and I'll also be throwing in a Antigravity battery in for additional weight savings. Attached Images Last edited by NG329; 04-24-2023 at 09:04 PM.

04-24-2023, 09:59 PM	#2
cvp33 America FVCK Yeah! Drives: 2021 ZL1 1LE A10 Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Florence, SC Posts: 1,388	Functional AND look great! Perfect! __________________ 1997 Z28 Anniversary Edition *SOLD* 2004 GTO *ORDER CANCELLED* 2004 CTS-V *SOLD* 2005 CTS-V *SOLD* 2006 300C SRT-8 *SOLD* 2006 300C SRT-8 *SOLD* 2010 CTS-V *SOLD* 2012 CTS-V coupe *SOLD* 2013 ZL1 vert *SOLD* 2016 Callaway Z06 *SOLD* 2019 Z06 *SOLD* "I lived my life by one motto.......mottos are for losers" cvp33

04-25-2023, 07:34 AM	#4
BROCKgoFAST Drives: 2019 Camaro ZL1 1LE Join Date: Nov 2021 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 134	Is there a work around or kit for the airbag light?

04-25-2023, 10:53 AM	#6
NG329 Drives: Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE Join Date: Oct 2021 Location: NY Posts: 702	The workaround is to buy both driver and passenger harnesses. Then remove the control module from the driver seat and connect to the driver side harness to get your power mirrors back. Then remove the passenger weight system from the passenger seat and connect to the passenger harness. Doing this will cause the passenger airbag to never deploy since it will never detect weight. The alternative is to solder 3ohm resistors into the harnesses for these connectors to remove the airbag light. Having the airbag light on I think is the better solution because the passenger side will deploy albeit at full speed. Lots of guys will retain the stock seatbelts to avoid the driver restraint system prompts when the car is started. I opted to remove mine because I hate them flopping around and the additional weight savings are nice too. At the end of the day, since I’m keeping all the stock components everything can always go back to stock.

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