Bride replica failures?

[LarZ]

We all know that replicas don't carry safety certification, but I'm finding it hard to find any failure incidents on google which involve replica bride seats.

I'm sure 100s of those seats are bought on ebay every week.

I want a pair of brides, but not if they're gonna cost as much as my car. Question is, is the financial saving worth potentially injuring yourself in a crash. Just because they're not certified doesn't mean they're not safe, but it does mean that for some reason the manufacturer didn't bother to get them certified. To be honest, it never occurred to me to check for safety certification before i heard people talking about brides in particular. I don't check the tyres I buy either, or anything really. You just assume.

Have any of you experienced failure of these seats? I know they aren't as comfy and I know they're not as durable, but are they that much less safe?

[RobbyS13]

Friend of mine bought the bride brix from redpower for his DC2 and to be honest they were quite good. No play in the recliner part of the seat and the quality of the material was quite good too.
Unfortunately he was in a crash a couple of months after. He got side swept from the passo side and all the seats were fine the only thing that was damaged and bent was the rail. I have pics of the crash and of the seats before and after when I get home ill post them up for you.
Personally I would prefer real brides but why spend all that money on them when you could buy either replicas or a set of genuine recaros. I would have no problem buying replica brides once there a very good replica really. If you have a look at a genuine bride crash test there is fuck all in the difference.

[ali-d1936]

i have fake brides and the quality of the fiberglass is top notch!! i had eastbear seats also and they where fiberglass and they where sound also, i wouldnt worry about being in a crash with them, the issue is that they are fiberglass backed not ideal for a seat but many seats are. i wouldnt track with them TBH but id drive no worries on the road with them

[paddyb01]

i have fake brides and the quality of the fiberglass is top notch!! i had eastbear seats also and they where fiberglass and they where sound also, i wouldnt worry about being in a crash with them, the issue is that they are fiberglass backed not ideal for a seat but many seats are. i wouldnt track with them TBH but id drive no worries on the road with them

Are yours fixed back in the 15?

[jdmjimmy]

The first failure is considering buying knock off anything

[Damien]

Nobody plans on crashing, and while people say its for the road not track, but if you get somebody run into the back of your car it's your back that will feel it.
I'd rather pay a bit more or not have them at all than live with a crippled back if something happened.

[nikkisixx69]

arent the older genuine brides ment to be shit in a crash too lol

but yeah, i wouldnt be buying a replica, noone gets into their car planing to crash their car that day, the whole goal of driving is to not crash lol

[jdmjimmy]

all old seats in general are probably dung in a crash

[Darenm]

The first failure is considering buying knock off anything

Couldn't agree more

[haydomiata]

There's videos on the youpube of the old brides and recaros crash tested the brides fall right back with hit from behind I wouldn't be to worried about the replicas myself