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Re: Seats
they are similar to the ones i bought for another car i had john bryden did a write up about fitting seats in the wtn latest issue. it is not easy but can be done with spacers long bolts and new holes drilled and both sides of the floor are different. worth it if you fancy the job tho i was glad i changed my old ones in the end.
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Easiest swap is as mentioned and get a set of 4th gen seats. If you're lucky you'll find some nice leather ones in the region of £200-£250
The cloth ones are fairly comfortable too and a lot cheaper, naturally you can get seats from Camaros or Firebirds.
here's what i have in mine at present
The cloth ones are fairly comfortable too and a lot cheaper, naturally you can get seats from Camaros or Firebirds.
here's what i have in mine at present
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There nice James. How much lolbanker wrote:Easiest swap is as mentioned and get a set of 4th gen seats. If you're lucky you'll find some nice leather ones in the region of £200-£250
The cloth ones are fairly comfortable too and a lot cheaper, naturally you can get seats from Camaros or Firebirds.
here's what i have in mine at present
I will have to keep an eye out.
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Got mine for £200 but ended up spending another £200 getting an upholsterer to repair the fronts and replace a few panels.
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I got mine off e-bay £50 the pair, then used the runners off the old seats, lots of spacers, long bolts. Then was able to use the existing holes in the floor to secure the seats, bit of a fiddle as both sides of the floor are different and like a mountain range.
If you don't fancy that look out for some 4th Gen seats, I've an old sofa if thats any help...
If you don't fancy that look out for some 4th Gen seats, I've an old sofa if thats any help...
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What are the options for 2nd gens? Do any seats just bolt in or will mods be required?
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ill probably hang around and wait for some decent second gen seats to turn up on eBay if thats the case,
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You could be waiting a long time, I did, ended up getting some after market bucket seats off e-bay, a fiddle to fit but not impossible to do.
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Yes I have noticed plenty of rear seats in good nick but never front seats!!
I may end up having the originals recovered and new foam and springs but I did have a quote of 800 quid for that!!!
I may end up having the originals recovered and new foam and springs but I did have a quote of 800 quid for that!!!
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The thought of butchering the floor pan to make them fit doesn't appeal!! Maybe I'm fearing the worst when really it's easy
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It's not necessary to "butcher" the floor pan, use the original runners on the new seats, these will match up to the exisring holes in the floor pan. i had to make adjustments to the position of the runner on the seat to get the right amount of adjustment forward and back, just a bit of fiddling.
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which aftermarket seats are nice?
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There's so many available, go on e-bay, put in seats and go from there, 1000's on sale, all sorts.
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I used the standard runners and used flat bar to make brackets to fit mine.Its welded to runners but if i ever wanted to put my original seats back in i can just cut the brackets off and grind the welds off so no need to go out and buy new runners or drill holes in floor to use longer bolts and spacers.
Changing my seats to Recaro though as these ones are really hard to sit on,so uncomfortable.
Changing my seats to Recaro though as these ones are really hard to sit on,so uncomfortable.
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No probs,if your better at fabbing and welding than i am then you could probably do a better job,my welding is a bit crap on them but been like that for almost 5 years and seats have not fell out yet
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