Despite some difficulties shipping it to Canada, the company was pleasant to deal with the whole time, and even were kind enough to waive the extra shipping costs they had quoted me for Canada.

It arrived mid day on a 5 ton delivery truck. I skinned my knuckle running to the door, and trailed blood out the driveway as I helped the driver carry the box to my front door. The box looked to be in good shape, so I quickly demolished it, after taking care of my bloody knuckle, revealing well packaged, nicely powder coated parts and a beautiful, and quite professional looking, race style bucket seat.

I had gotten a warning from both TSR and fellow friends about the lack of detailed instructions, but I managed to get it all put together in a matter of 2 hours, with basic tools. The best tip I got was to turn the seat upside down, and feed the bolts through the sliders, and then set the seat down on the rails, lining up the bolts with the holes on the frame.

The difficulty came in mounting the wheel and shifter permanently. The mounting plates supplied do not have any holes. The wheel plate has a lip, but the clamps on the G25 leave a rather large gap between them and that lip, resulting in the wheel sliding when pushed or pulled. After measuring up, I drilled out the holes to line up with those on the wheel and shifter. On the shifter, the holes end up right next to the cross brace, making it impossible to get a bolt down to the plate. My solution was to get an extra long bolt, and using several washers, I pinched down on the cross brace. (I don't have pics at time of print, but I can and will have them upon request). I have yet to mount the pedals, as I wanted to give myself time to adapt to the seat, and find the best position (They are useable unmounted. More on that later)

The seat itself is well built. It slides and reclines like any normal car seat. The padding and springs are pretty firm, and it is very much a 'BUCKET' seat. I've been accused of being skinny, and the sides of the seat snug up against my hips nicely. If that's a problem for others, basic padding could solve that problem. Also convenient is the fact that you can get normal seat covers to protect your seat. That's something I will be doing soon.

The shifter mount, even at its most forward, and lowest, is a touch too close to me, in both directions, though it's not much of a stretch to modify if myself, as it's a very simple construction. That aside, it's sturdy, swings out of the way when undone, and can be adjusted quite a bit (just all in the wrong direction for my linking, meaning it should accommodate tall drivers. I'm just a hair under 6'0)

The wheel plate is rock solid, but only adjusts on the angle of its mounting posts. Because of this, I do worry that anyone shorter than me might find their arms outstretched more than normal, as I already have the seat at its most forward position. That too could easily be modified though. (looking over the whole of the rig, one could get quite creative with modifying it)

The pedal base does provide a lot of adjustability in both angle and position forward or back. The rubber matting on the top side even provides enough grip, with the G25's carpet grabber dropped down, to keep the pedals in place while I race.

The real genius is the keyboard tray. It's HUGE. It's solid. It's padded, and it swivels out of the way. It will tip your rig over if you lean towards it, but it's invaluable.

The Obutto also has a monitor mount, for small screens, but I have no use for it. There again the minor difficulty is in mounting the TV to the plate, but there are basic instructions for that.

All in all, I'm very happy with my purchase. It slides out of the way, and sits up against the wall without taking up too much space. It looks sharp, it's bulletproof, and it works well. And there's nothing between your legs that your maker did or didn't put there.