Bride Zeta III - Tegiwa Imports

[Sam_ Fd3_Rx7]

Hi guys

I am looking to buy some Bride Zeta III seats for my FD, the cheapest I have found so far is from Tegiwa imports at £920 excluding rails.
I'm a slim body frame with 30-32inch waist & just under 6ft so was initially going to buy the medium/generic size as they do offer different options but not 100% sure on this. Any current bride owners could you help a brother out on fitment/sizes? I have spoken to a few FD owners and they all seem to think these seats will fit in the FD without door card issues.

Has anyone dealt with Tegiwa before? I have heard bad customer service from others but unsure if this allegation had any weight behind it.
Willing to purchase the seat if others have had positive experiences.

There are a LOT of 'bride seats' for sale for circa £400 less than retail on eBay, I assume these are copies. I have looked at second hand and found a couple on the net which look good but Is there anyway to verify the legitimacy of these seats?

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Thanks for reading.
Regards,

Sam

 

[tomCTR]

There’s certain ways to tell if brides are fake, all which I can’t remember

Think it’s if the parts are or aren’t magnetic, the type of bolts used, if the harness loops do have bride embossed in the plastic etc

Mate, google it you’ll soon work it out

 

[Sam_ Fd3_Rx7]

Thanks Tom,

I have had a look on google but with so many variations It's hard to pick out what seat should have what.
For example, some genuine Brides do have a slightly different colour shoulder pad as they are a different material from the general fabric but google says these are a way of exposing fakes.

Will have a good search around, the easiest way I guess is to order the seat new!

 

[tomCTR]

Thanks Tom,

I have had a look on google but with so many variations It's hard to pick out what seat should have what.
For example, some genuine Brides do have a slightly different colour shoulder pad as they are a different material from the general fabric but google says these are a way of exposing fakes.

Will have a good search around, the easiest way I guess is to order the seat new!

Post up what you find and we can help on here man!

 

[d3v1an7]

Personally, I've not had any issue with Tegiwa,
only bought brake discs and pads from them though.

I had a quick scan of the bride website and they list 2 UK/European distributors - Tien UK ltd being the main one that a LOT of companies are listed on.
Tegiwa isn't listed there, unless it is under a different group.

 

[Fiddy]

I can’t imagine tegiwa would sell fakes.

I’d just buy Recaro pole positions they are like £640 new

 

[snoopios]

I've had a good experience with them (only used them once). They were quick at responding and even upgraded my delivery free of charge to make sure my bonnet struts arrived on time.

 

[bash]

I have zeta 3's in mine and they catch if you put the seat right back. I'm 5'9" and the bolster just touches the door a bit when closed. Super irritating for my ocd but I live with it as stock seats look gheeeeeeyyyyyyyy

 

[bash]

The way to tell fake brides is if they are cheap. No one sells genuine Brides for £400.

 

[Matt]

They say they're from japan and at that price I can't imagine them to be fake. Got my brake pads off these guys with no issues.

 

[d3v1an7]

yeah I doubt Tegiwa would sell fakes either.

out of interest, what seat rails are good for PP?