Renegade 914 Seats, as seen on Pelican Parts Options

[dwillouby]

I have had my Renagade seats for several years with no problems. They still look new after these years of use. They did the logo to match the cars paint color.
David

[ww914]

Thanks everyone for their posts. And, Scott, thanks for stepping up and clearing any issues about the bolsters and logo attachment. I do think, with or without the logo, the Renegade seat is looking pretty good for the money, especially since you don't have to buy additional seat brackets, etc.

[JStroud]

They did the logo to match the cars paint color.
David

If you don't like the logo.
Well there's your answer....have them do the logo to match your paint color....just tell them your paint color is black. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif)

Jeff

[Elliot Cannon]

I would recommend the lower bolsters. I had the high bolsters on my drivers seat and I kept bending the left bolster down and it was difficult to get my old wide ass into the seat. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[andys]

I see there are a few things to be learned from this little thread...thank you gentlemen.

First of all, I asked if my office manager, Melba, would post this for me on my behalf. She agreed...but I ask that you 'gents' understand that she is just the messenger...and a really great employee of Renegade. So be nice...she really likes being a part of the 914 community.

Secondly, I see there are many that would consider a Renegade seat IF it didn't say "Renegade". For years, we figured "Sparco", "Momo", and "Recaro" could do it, so why can't we? Then, one of my best customers paid us BIG money to have his new $2000 Sparco seats redone for his converted 930 because the name "Sparco" reminded him of the little radios some of us would buy at Radio Shack when we were kids. So...if you ask nicely (ha-ha), there will be no "Renegade" on your seats.

Lastly, it is no secret that we use the existing cores supplied by our customers and build the seat as you have seen on this thread. The funny thing is, we had never had any failures to our rivet method since day one that we were aware of. Furthermore, all of us with 914's have 'our' seats and race the crap out of our cars. The only thing that I can figure is the core was brittle due to age and heat, or there was cause for breakage from a hard hit. If the seats were sent back, we probably would have found another core and fixed the issue. We have been known to do nice things for nice people! ;-) (**Toast says its because of Sean's short butt getting in and out of it all the time that it broke. teehee)

Our seats work perfectly with people that wish to use the stock back-pad without modification, that want more leg room, that desire a comfortable seat, and that don't want to monkey with changing the whole seat mounting system. I really like the tip feature of the stock seats which is maintained with our Renegade seats. The lower height is also desirable, especially when you wear a helmet. For the money, they work very well in the 914. We have many happy customers. I hope this little post (thanks Melba) will help clarify what has been said.

Thanks all for giving Renegade a chance to learn from past experiences. Now back to your normally scheduled programming!!!

Scott Mann
Owner
Renegade Hybrids

Where on your WEB site is there information on your seats?

Andys

[sean_v8_914]

buns of steel

[Nürburg Nomad]

If I didn't already have some old-style Koenig seats I'd go with GTS...I didn't know about the riveted construction of the Renegades....

+1 for vintage Koenig 914-specific race seats! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif)

[Toast]

Hey Andys,
The seat options are located in the 914 SBC Chevy V8 and Alum LS Series V8 links toward the bottom of each page under the 914 links on the left side of the home page.

I agree with Elliot. ;-) But seriously, the high "Sport" seat bolster are pretty tall. Unless you plan on tracking your teener you may want to consider the short "Touring" options.

I have seen several of the paint matching logo colors. They are pretty neat. The black ones are cool too. Cant really see them until you are within feet of the car and actually looking at them.

Thanks everyone for the questions and posts. I will relay them back Scott.

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