Aftermarket seats

[rustbucket]

http://auto.consumerguide.com/auto/u...92812111990614

These are the other seats I looked at. Opinions?

[zen]

look to be nice seats. i have never sat in them though. i have been having the same issues of considering junk yard or used finds, but they almost always require recovering which is costly. so i too am thinking aftermarket for the ghia, but don't want race seats in the bus. so not sure what i will do there.

[rustbucket]

Something else I noticed while at Pep Boys today, those 3A Racing seats don't pop forward. Definitely limiting back seat access!!

[zen]

i believe their catalog had both those and the versions that do, but not sure. i've looked at too many recently. agree that that is a must for me too.

[Scotts73SB]

I have the APC seats in mine. My stock ones were practically pushing me out the door so then i got Rabbit GTI seats and had the bracket modified to make fit on the stock rails. Got sick of those being red (These i will give away to anyone whos local to the SF bay area if you want em) i couldnt move em back all the way to get enough leg room. (I'm 6'3) So i got the new JEG's catalog and saw the APC seats in there.. they were in my color scheme black/blue and were 149.99 with free shipping and of course no sales tax. To mount em i ordered brackets from Wedge Engineering. Those went on perfectly and perfectly into the rails with lots o legroom!! They are a little high up but i can deal with that. The seat is very comfortable and feels like a race seat my friend has in his camaro! Very solid! The only bad is that the shoulder bolster is a little wide.. so getting em past that pillar next to the window is kinda a PITA but im sure i can bend em or move that bolster in a little bit to make it work. But as my dad says.. a car isnt a car untill you get some seats in there..and my car is 100% more comfortable now with the new ones in there. I have a pic of the drivers seat in my profile as i was finishing the interior. Due to some shipping probs i didnt get the passenger seat till 2 weeks later. JEG's is excellent with customer service by the way! Now i just cant wait to drive it.
New seats make a world of difference no matter who makes em you will be glad new ones are in there!
Good luck!
- Scott

[volksdragon]

another nice alternative is Suzuki Swift GT seats they come ready for 4 point harness and can be had relativly cheap.

[rustbucket]

Well, I went back to the junkyard and decided against the seats I was looking at. Wrong color, wasn't as enamored with the style as I thought. I guess I am going to go aftermarket, but I've decided to stay stock for now. I'll just wait for a good deal to come by. I wish I was closer to SF, I'd come get those Rabbit seats.

The only thing I don't like about the APC or the 3A Racing seats is the logo. Heck, I don't even like that on the Sparco models. Just doesn't fit the clean look I'm going for. Maybe I'll just have to go with a set where the logo isn't so obvious.

[cs01_510]

Originally Posted by Scotts73SB

I have the APC seats in mine. My stock ones were practically pushing me out the door so then i got Rabbit GTI seats and had the bracket modified to make fit on the stock rails. Got sick of those being red (These i will give away to anyone whos local to the SF bay area if you want em) i couldnt move em back all the way to get enough leg room. (I'm 6'3) So i got the new JEG's catalog and saw the APC seats in there.. they were in my color scheme black/blue and were 149.99 with free shipping and of course no sales tax. To mount em i ordered brackets from Wedge Engineering. Those went on perfectly and perfectly into the rails with lots o legroom!! They are a little high up but i can deal with that. The seat is very comfortable and feels like a race seat my friend has in his camaro! Very solid! The only bad is that the shoulder bolster is a little wide.. so getting em past that pillar next to the window is kinda a PITA but im sure i can bend em or move that bolster in a little bit to make it work. But as my dad says.. a car isnt a car untill you get some seats in there..and my car is 100% more comfortable now with the new ones in there. I have a pic of the drivers seat in my profile as i was finishing the interior. Due to some shipping probs i didnt get the passenger seat till 2 weeks later. JEG's is excellent with customer service by the way! Now i just cant wait to drive it.
New seats make a world of difference no matter who makes em you will be glad new ones are in there!
Good luck!
- Scott

Hey Scott,

You still have those Rabbit seats?

I live in Oakland and would willing to pick em up!

Thanks,

--Cat

[Scotts73SB]

Yep!!!! Got em in the garage..
I must warn you tho they arent perfect. And they are red.
If you now how to recover em or know a place that does it im sure they would turn out great. Ill attach a picture of em so you can see what they look like.
Oh and my car is a 74 made in 11/73 so it has the 3 post mounting.. 2 sliders in back and 1 anchor with a bolt in the front.
Lemme know if your still interested.
-Scott

[coffinator]

My friend and I put 1995 saturn seats in his bug.They have the perfect mounts to adapt to the bug seat rails. We got them from the local car recycler. He has hundreds of sets of seats. They cost us $25 for the pair.

Mike,