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Porsche factory seat weight...

Hi - does anyone know the weights of the manual and electric Porsche factory sport seats?

Thanks.

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Old 03-14-2008, 11:19 AM
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The 8 way power sport seats out of my 1986 911 turbo weighed in at approximately 65 pounds each...swapped to Recaro SPGs and saved approximately 90 pounds.

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The non power sport seats are almost 10 pounds lighter than the powered seats.

Converting them to garage/workshop seats on casters and buying light weight aftermarket seats is the best option in my experience!

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My 6-way power seats were apparently made of depleted uranium and weighed ~60 lbs. My manual seats in the 83SC were also very heavy at about 50 lbs each.

Replaced with Velo C/F seats weighing 12 lbs each.
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Normal ( non-sport) seats....with manual fore-aft but power up/down/recline and heaters...are 55 lbs each.
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My original seats from my 85 Carrera are standard seats without the high bolsters, partial leather and weighed:
50.5 lbf power adjustable driver's side with sliders and seat belt receptacle
39.0 lbf manual adjustable passenger side with sliders and seat belt receptacle
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I know I am not helping this query at all, but my power driver's side seat from my 87 Carrera weighed a TON. The passenger non power seat weighed a lot. And, the mid-year factory Sports seats I switched to felt a lot lighter. In fact, they are totally acceptable weight wise for me. The support, quality, and proper look in the cockpit put them over the top. I would not trade for anything!

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I remember my 1980 Factory sport seats weighing around 45 lbs each when I replaced them with shells. They are still up in the rafters of my garage waiting for a reinstall.

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