RaceChairs takes you from pencil-pusher to pole position
Outfitting your dream garage is easy. But how about spec'ing out a gearhead's office or living room? Our list keeps growing, populated by things like engine-block coffee tables, Maserati lamps and Porsche and Aston Martin sofas, and is now joined by the office thrones from RaceChairs. The Philadelphia-based firm takes the buckets from exotic supercars like Ferraris, Maseratis, Porsches and Lamborghinis and turns them into desk chairs. Of course, this kinda thing don't come cheap, and a Murcielago LP640 office seat will set you back a solid eleven grand. Not cheap, then, but they just may be perfect for sitting behind that Pininfarina-designed Luna desk, the MINI table, or that intricate clockwork desk, or RaceChairs can hook you up with a carbon fiber table instead.
Just don't expect anything to get done faster with these serving as your work space.
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Kumail 11:59AM (1/01/2009)
greatest. chair. ever.
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Kumail 12:00PM (1/01/2009)
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i like the chair in pic 4 the best.
Hamhock 12:17PM (1/01/2009)
Recaro has been doing this for many years...when I first got out of school my group bought out boss a nice leather one...I think it was like 1,800 - plenty nice.
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Rambo 12:25PM (1/01/2009)
I built a chair like this myself. It's actually quite east to do, and much cheaper.
Here's a link:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Cheap-Car-Seat-Office-Chair/
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Free Repitition Of Doubtful Words 1:35PM (1/01/2009)
Thank you for pointing out exactly what this company does. If you go to the web site, they actually take pictures of the interior of a car to show the seat! When they receive an order, they buy a seat from the parts counter at the dealership, then a cheap office chair from Staples, then mount the newly purchased car seat from the dealership on the base from the chair from Staples!
Your idea is much better because you will get the same thing but cheaper.
Linoth 2:08PM (1/01/2009)
Thanks for the link. I was actually just going to comment saying I needed a new chair and some of these looked like they'd be perfect, but the price was horrible.
The instructable doesn't mention arms, but having put together and taken apart a few office chairs working as a mover, if I can find the right chair as a "doner" it should be no problem at all.
To Pick-n-pull!
Rafer 7:16PM (1/01/2009)
Actually its a bit more complex then that. See the base of that chair is from an 800$ Ride office chair. Then they shoved what looks to be a more expensive and less comfortable seat on it. I would just stick with the Ride, its one of the most comfortable chairs ive ever sat in.
B 12:37PM (1/01/2009)
I dont see the point of having some of them though, Like the CF bucket looks downright uncomfortable, and as a car chair its not supposed to be comfortable, its supposed to hold you in place.
Ill take a ferrari one please.
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RT 1:29PM (1/01/2009)
Well, of course a car seat is supposed to keep you in place, but a good car seat should be supportive and comfortable for long stays in the seat: everything a good office chair should be, too. That's why chairs like these actually make an awful lot of sense: a lot of time and research goes in to making sure that someone car sit in a chair like this for hours on end and not be fatigued, so why not transfer this excellence into the home?
pmiddle5 5:53PM (1/01/2009)
Good point, I'll take a seat from a Bentley.
JIm 12:43PM (1/01/2009)
I debated for years before spending the money for one of these rather expensive chairs for myself. Finally popped for the $1200 for a Recaro (you buy the "base" and the seat, mating them together - that way you can get any seat that's offered).
I've now had it for 20 years and it was some of the best money I've spent on myself.
When the wife was "with child" it was the only chair in the house she could sit during those last two uncomfortable months.
I've logged many of nap hours in this most comfortable of places to sit in my home.
If you are considering one, don't wait, just do it. BTW, Recaro used to make a low-cost alternative to their common car seats. They used the same metal frame but were significantly cheaper: Flofit. Don't know if they are still being produced, but... E-bay would also be a good place to check for the seat itself.
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jinsei888 12:44PM (1/01/2009)
I'll take an Aeron or Eames Aluminum Task Chair, thank you...these are failed gimmicks
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Rambo 12:49PM (1/01/2009)
Not really. Keep in mind that car seats are designed to be very supportive and comfortable. You can sit in these seats for hours at a time and not get uncomfortable, making them perfect office chairs. As for cheap gimmick, well, at least they're not cheap...
Mr. Luke 1:07PM (1/01/2009)
Can I get a Ford GT seat? It is the best supercar seat ever made.
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neoscape 1:59PM (1/01/2009)
They don't look that comfortable, but neither did the 911 GT2 seat on display last year at the NY auto show. I'm kind of a big guy and that seat looked small, but damn... it was pretty spectacular to sit in. If I had the dough I wouldn't mind a desk chair with that seat.
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Hugh G 3:21PM (1/01/2009)
There are lots of companies selling similar setups, at a much cheaper cost. Here's one... http://www.soloracer.com/racechairs.html
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Michael 4:31PM (1/01/2009)
I want a Sparco couch.
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pmiddle5 5:55PM (1/01/2009)
Please tell me that if it has electrical controls these function still. If not, f it then.
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bosnash 11:38AM (1/02/2009)
Yay to the Ford GT seat idea, I was thinking the same thing.
http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/coupes/112_0506_exotic_coupe_comparison/photo_06.html
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