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Interior
Safety
After the initial strip it was decided to look at Safety next, but with the added advantage of reducing more weight at the same time.
The area that lent it's self to this, was around the front part of the cabin, namely the seats.
As with most cars, the front seats are very heavy. Containing both rigid steel frames to the seats, loads of padding and of course the normal OE seat rails and sliders. On top of this, you have the added weight of the front seat belt mechanisims. So what better way to improve safety and feel, while reducing some more weight...... fit some lightweight bucket seats and harnesses.
Bucket Seats
When thinking of replacement, it is obviously paramount to find a seat that is comfortable, which is probably something that is not assumed when using bucket seats. Surely a bucket seat by it's design, with lack of padding will be uncomfortable? Not nessercerily the case with a well chosen model.
 After a lot of searching and speaking with manufacturers, it was decided to get a set of Sparco Evo seats. These seats are especially good, as they come in a variety of sizes as regards to general width. With myself being some what larger than most people at 6ft 6", it was good to find a seat that could be obtained that suited my frame better than most. The EVO seat is available in 3 sizes, medium, large and extra large. I decided to go for Large.
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