Need help finding seat manufacturer

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I remember finding these and thinking the same. Kind of like a Bride copy...

Remind me of the early Corbeau GT4,

That's a pair of the U0175 'Datsun Bucket' seats, first sold as a Nissan 'Sports Option' part for the 510 Bluebird in 1969, and subsequently offered as a Sports Option part for just about every sporty Nissan up to the S110.

I have a pair in my 240ZG.

Japanese Consumption Tax ( 'Shohizei' ) is currently set at 5%. It is due to rise to 8% on 1st April 2014.

The price they are quoting probably includes Shohizei already, but don't expect them to deduct it for an export outside Japan. It doesn't work in quite the same way that VAT does.

You'd probably find it easier to engage the services of a middleman to purchase and ship the seats to you. There are quite a few individuals and companies in that line of work these days.

However, as far as I know the Amon repro of the 'Autolook' seats was something of a limited edition run a few years ago, and they may well have finished production and sold-through most stock now. Last I heard they were selling a few seconds and used seats that they had left over. That's something that you'll need to look into.

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Could you have some replica's of the replicas made? Could be cheaper than soucring some in Japan, buying them & importing them.

Just to reassure you, that's the translation software mistaking the first kanji for 'cloth/fabric' with 'wood' ( Kiji / Ki ).

The replica Autolook seats made by Amon are built on a single-piece FRP moulded base, trimmed with cloth-backed vinyl. Same as the original Autolooks, in fact.


Edit: So they are indeed sold-out. You might be able to pick up a pair on Yahoo Japan auctions, you never know.

I agree, the headrests aren't great. They do a version without harness slots that looks a bit better:

Corbeau GT8?


Apparently available in all vinyl as well. Might be to wide though.