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Custom Seat Fitting

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IT'S TIME! Buying Our First Former NASCAR Race Car! (Former Busch Series Monte Carlo)

What happens here

To ensure proper driver fit and safety, the crew drives to meet Randy Lajoie of Lajoie Seating for a custom seat fitting. Measurements are taken, and a custom seat is ordered. A proper fitting seat is critical for driver comfort, control, and safety in a race car.

Goal: Obtain a custom-fitted seat for optimal driver safety and performance.

Tools and materials

  • Custom Race Seat Lajoie Seating — Driver's seating in the race car
  • Measuring Tape — Taking body measurements for the seat

What they say

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that we are running over to see Randy lejy at Joy of seating to get me measured for a seat to get in this car cuz I'm a abnormally large size there's not very many Ed seats running around that I will fit in so and why wouldn't you want the best seat yeah I want the best seat so we could move it into other things as time goes on no used old baloney here can't put a price on safety how many uh you must got a lot of followers cuz it's amazing how many people have I seen you on that does that happen a lot a lot more than I thought yeah pretty close wow so what are you looking for here shoulder Heights Here the hips good there shoulders they're too tight they roll you in yeah a little bit but they're not huh a little bit I could open up about a [Music] half you're so big yeah if I flex it this is what happens when you eat your vegetables that's perfect but obviously I'm going to make I got to raise it up because that's that's right that's right where I needed to be but is what kind of posture should you have when you're in the seat like should you be like hunched over a little bit or totally straight or well a lot of guys once you sitting there it's all neutral you know and a lot of guys some guys roll the seats up some guys roll them back I mean right about that position it looks like the ergonomically the right way need here can come in it really does look like a perfect fit it's pretty darn close I mean I got to have to raise his head up cuz that's about where it needs to go 8 in torso get here next week we'll have this thing ready to go to get mounted for you oh that's awesome that's fast we got this one so it's that'll work I can just redo the headrest you get you I'll bring these in an inch that' be cool what's that seat from brand new uh uh brand new the guy we built it for came to the show yeah just like this okay so then built it for him sent it to him big rush to get it done okay get it to him I like okay well my buddy seat that he's driving for has them too well he has a different style he has a straighter up one not a curve one I like the straight her up I was like you sat in the damn thing I copied the one that you sat in was that a PRI yeah y what's the difference between the straighter up and the curved one one like a Sprint car oh Sprint car guys I mean some guys like sitting straight up some guys don't like the little curb in the back so whatever we give them options uh Tammy make him up a paperwork we'll sell him this one okay had to drive…

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