Review: Cobra Nogaro seats (uniquely street friendly fixed back bucket seat)

[jvit27]

IIRC you have some experience with seats more so than the average user. Can you explain or elaborate on why a "knock-off" seat is bad or what its failure mode would be? I mean we expect that a cheap seat is going to have a lesser quality cover and foam, but what in its construction is worse or what is the failure mode? I would think one of the biggest concerns would be how the threaded inserts are connected/embedded into the seat shell itself. But aside from that what are the construction issues with a knock off?

***I am a big fan of Racetech and Cobra for seat fitment and comfort (and that is what I have in my car), but I always see these cheap seats and other than being a "knock-off" I don't really know what is specifically bad about them.

Think of what a quality/OE seat has to endure in an accident to keep occupant in place. Heavy steel brackets, etc. Then imagine what could happen when a cheap fiberglass seat shears itself off its mounting points.

A cheaper seat is cheaper because it didn't have to undergo rigorous testing to be certified. You're literally just sitting in a body kit bumper from who knows where