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Facelift seats in pre-facelift car!

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Facelift seats in pre-facelift car!

Post by -banned- » Wed Sep 20, 2017 11:14 am

jamie_z4 wrote: Wed Sep 20, 2017 11:10 am fwiw i went from heated electric seats and they weigh as much as a small baltic island, and swapped out for some manual heated seats, there is a noticable difference in acceleration!
Are you saying 10kg made that much difference lol
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Post by jamie_z4 » Wed Sep 20, 2017 11:20 am

P4K1 wrote: Wed Sep 20, 2017 11:14 am
jamie_z4 wrote: Wed Sep 20, 2017 11:10 am fwiw i went from heated electric seats and they weigh as much as a small baltic island, and swapped out for some manual heated seats, there is a noticable difference in acceleration!
Are you saying 10kg made that much difference lol
have you lifted a leccy seat and a manual one? They are worlds apart! its 10kg per seat, 20kg is a noticable amount.
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Facelift seats in pre-facelift car!

Post by Sky-drive » Wed Sep 20, 2017 11:31 am

jamie_z4 wrote: Wed Sep 20, 2017 11:20 am
P4K1 wrote: Wed Sep 20, 2017 11:14 am
jamie_z4 wrote: Wed Sep 20, 2017 11:10 am fwiw i went from heated electric seats and they weigh as much as a small baltic island, and swapped out for some manual heated seats, there is a noticable difference in acceleration!
Are you saying 10kg made that much difference lol
have you lifted a leccy seat and a manual one? They are worlds apart! its 10kg per seat, 20kg is a noticable amount.
.... right ... 20kg you said? ... that's me on a diet then :rofl:
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Post by jamie_z4 » Wed Sep 20, 2017 11:33 am

Sky-drive wrote: Wed Sep 20, 2017 11:31 am
jamie_z4 wrote: Wed Sep 20, 2017 11:20 am
P4K1 wrote: Wed Sep 20, 2017 11:14 am

Are you saying 10kg made that much difference lol
have you lifted a leccy seat and a manual one? They are worlds apart! its 10kg per seat, 20kg is a noticable amount.
.... right ... 20kg you said? ... that's me on a diet then :rofl:
yeah! manual seat is approx 56lbs and leccy one around 80lbs :)
18 Z4s owned to date.

Current: 2.5i Titan silver

Daily driver: 480bhp M140i Shadow edition.

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