MBrown
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| posted on 23/3/22 at 11:03 PM |
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Bucket seat dimensions/angle
Hi all, I'm looking to make a bucket seat out of plywood for a sim rig I am making, can anyone confirm what angle the back rest is from the base
of their bucket seat? Alternatively if you were to measure say 30cm from the back of the base, and then 30cm up the back rest, what is the measurement
between those two points and I can then work it out? Thank you 
[Edited on 23/3/22 by MBrown]
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 24/3/22 at 07:23 AM |
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I would suggest just going to your local car breakers and picking a nice seat from there. At least it would be reclining, even leather and they are
usually not very expensive.
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Sanzomat
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| posted on 24/3/22 at 07:28 AM |
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As above, but check ebay and gumtree. I built a sim and got a really nice pair of Honda Integra seats locally for just a fiver. One went on the sim
and the other one made a decent desk chair using the base from and old one and a bit of steel framing.
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MBrown
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| posted on 24/3/22 at 08:04 AM |
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I've been looking at ebay for a while and the cheapest I have seen is about £60 for a tatty drivers seat, I'll keep looking 👍
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Teflonsteve
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| posted on 26/3/22 at 03:16 PM |
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Have a look at Kirkey racing seats website.
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Fred W B
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| posted on 27/3/22 at 07:57 AM |
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20 degrees seems to be the default angle for a layback bucket.
Regards
Fred
You can do it quickly. You can do it cheap. You can do it right. – Pick any two.
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MBrown
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| posted on 27/3/22 at 09:06 AM |
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Brilliant thank you, when I bought my last seats for my Haynes Roadster I got them £100 each, now a bucket seat is about £250 and up, probably worth
it but a diy one at a fraction of the cost could be a bit of fun to do 
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designer
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| posted on 29/3/22 at 10:09 AM |
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I have an aluminium seat pattern if you want a copy?
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MBrown
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| posted on 29/3/22 at 10:27 AM |
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Yes please, that would be helpful and could be worth a go 😁
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