Aftermarket seats - Page 2

Scotts73SB · #16 December 28th 2004, 20:20

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 · #17 December 30th 2004, 00:23

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

rustbucket · #18 December 30th 2004, 10:04

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.

zen · #19 December 30th 2004, 11:39

i don't mind a logo. i just mind the 3A Racing or APC logo (my personal opinion). i am still thinking of going with the 3A Racing Recarro knock-off in black (hoping the logo is black but doubting it) and having a VKG patch made to cover the logo. patches are cheap. the sim leather seat like the APC scott has has an embossed logo, but at least it is seat color. i just like the look of a Recarro in a Ghia.

cs01_510 · #20 December 31st 2004, 14:24

Quote:

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 · #21 December 31st 2004, 15:31

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

cs01_510 · #22 December 31st 2004, 19:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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

I have an early Super 73... would these fit (early 73 has 3-bolt struts right?)

Either way, I will take em off you hands. you can PM me or email me an address and a day (sometime next week) for a good pickup..

Thank you very much,

--Cat

Scotts73SB · #23 December 31st 2004, 23:45

doh!
I tried the pm and the email thing and it says you dont have em allowed.
email me at scottiencali@yahoo.com or scottsolin@hotmail.com
And ill send directions.
Thanks!
- Scott

71sun · #24 January 22nd 2005, 04:07

Got some "ricer" seats from ebay...The guy was local so I just picked them up...$100 per...They weren't perfect but for $100 they were pretty good and a huge step up from stock ( my bro-in-law came along and got a pair too )
No sliding around in these. Had a retired machinist neighbor cut some aircraft angles to attach the seats to the stock frames for no-hassle fitment...

Mikey · #25 February 20th 2005, 16:20

Rustbucket and Zen,

What did you two find on your searches? I'm in the planning stages of my interior, and I'm trying to find options. I don't want to just buy a bunch of stuff and throw it in my car, it has to have a theme. Either way, I don't have a huge budget, but I'd like them to be 4 point compatible. and if at all possible $200-300 a seat. or lower, but sometimes if you buy something real cheap, you get what you paid for.

I personaly don't like the Logo's either, especialy APC. I don't hate it, it's just not my cup of tea. I'd rather have no logo, or take an Idea from Zen and put a patch over it. like "Mike's seats" jk

Also, they're for a Ghia.

coffinator · #26 February 20th 2005, 21:53

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,

rustbucket · #27 February 20th 2005, 22:05

Mikey,

Well for now, I've decided to go back with stock. I was always going to restore the stock seats anyway, so I'm going to put them back in for now, and decide later.

I missed a sweet pair of Eclipse seats for $125 on eBay. They were even close by. But right now, all my $$ are going into getting it running. It is really adding up, and I'm trying to slow that down. So seats will have to wait. But the Summit ones look like the best deal.

zen · #28 February 22nd 2005, 11:50

no decisions here yet. just been too busy on the bug and the vanagon just started pissing fluids. will let you know when i decide, but thinking that the Ghia will need to have vinyl or leatherette to look right. that will limit my options some.

mattfaulkner · #29 February 22nd 2005, 18:49

I remember Sport Compact Car magazine once did a seat test where they compared all the seats from Sparco, Recaro, Corbeau, and even APC. The test covered things like comfort, support, weight, etc. Anyway, I remembered that they hated the APC seat for various reasons. Then again, like Scott said, any seat would be an improvement in a VW. The APC seat, though it could be considered a downgrade in a modern car, could be both an inexpensive and nice upgrade in a VW.

brianwheelies · #30 February 23rd 2005, 00:36

eventually i'd like to get the corbeau a4. it's light, narrow, good colors, and with their brackets a bolt in install.

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