As owners of 916 GTVs and Spiders know only too well, the standard seats offer very little lateral support and give the feeling of sitting on top of the seat rather than in it. This makes spirited driving more about hanging onto the steering wheel for support, rather than focusing on the driving itself. This has proved to be a particular issue where cars have been fitted with the Alfaholics GTV Handling Kit, as lateral G forces and turn-in speeds are much higher.
In order to address this, we have developed a superb solution using sports Recaro seats, bespoke trimmed in the original Alfa style using top quality soft leather. These seats have excellent side support, along with a softer base cushion for improved comfort. The seats are also reclinable and can easily be tipped forward for access to the rear seats. They also feature an aperture below the headrest, offering the option to use full harness shoulder belts if required.
We developed and fitted these seats in the Alfaholics 3.0 GTV and they have transformed the driving experience! From the driver’s perspective, it now feels effortless to thread the car through a series of corners and roundabouts, with no need to brace yourself for every steering input. They are also more comfortable on long journeys by being better shaped. The standard seats are also renowned for positioning the driver and passenger too high in the car, resulting in very poor headroom. The new seats position the driver and passenger lower in the car, which has the added benefit of improving knee clearance to the steering wheel and centre console.
The seats are trimmed to order, to match the leather colour, grain and style of the original seats in your car. They are supplied with bespoke mounting brackets and a set of spacers (all finished in black powdercoating) in order to adjust the height of the seat according to personal preference. The brackets also retain the OE seat belt buckle and pre-tensioners so all the SRS features remain fully functional. This is particularly important given that new MOT regulations in the UK require the airbag warning light to extinguish once the car is started.
Price: £1395 per seat