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Old 01-29-2007, 12:21 PM
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I wanna see pics and give a slight review of your seats. I am looking to maybe get aftermarket seats. Thanks!
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heres mine. I know a few people have some like this. They are Mad Racing Seats. I got mine for a lil over $400 with shipping for both. Pretty comforatable. A lil higher than stock. Unfortanatly I used the stock power seat rails and it sat a lil too high for me, I'm 6'1. So I used the universal rails it came with and made my own brackets for it. The seats in the picture are it using the power rails. I dont have any of the after just yet.
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So with the universal rails, are they still using the power seats feature?
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no sorry. I used the power seat rails it was too high for me. Thats why I used the universal.
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to retain the power feature you have to keep the factory rails. I have corbeous and i simply made a bracket to hold the factory rail onto the narrower racing seat. Worked great. However with a universal slider you replace the factory seat rails and eliminate the power feature. The only way to keep it and use and aftermarket slider would be to get a slider for the passenger side and an adapter rather than a slider for the drivers side.
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+1 its also too high for me i am going to order sliders from corbeau later this week and im 6'1"
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I actually just finished with the universal and man! what a difference. feels like a sports car again.
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I went with Corbeau CR1's then had them recovered...
Old seat

New Seat

OEM and new
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I :heart: Corbeau CR1s. I used to have then i my 79 Vette. I loved them. They were so comfortable.
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A pair of black leather seat from MAD Racing Concepts w/GM PERFORMANCE DIVISION emblems all attached to the stock/power rails:











I've had them for a month now and still love everything about them !!!
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how much do they weigh? lighter than stock?
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Originally Posted by dsmawd350
how much do they weigh? lighter than stock?
Not sure... The same if not SLIGHTLY heavier.
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they do feel a lil heavier.
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With the power seats do you feel to high up?
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Originally Posted by FireBird_Fr3ak
With the power seats do you feel to high up?
Eh, I'm 5'10" so it's not a real problem... You feel high up compared to any other F-Body, feels low compared to any other car (Mustang included)...

I personally would NOT retain the power rails, more because of weight than height... Suckers way an extra 30lbs.!!!

When I order my ebony carpet I'm going to make sure I have a manual factory rail to attach to my driver seat, power is coming OUT !!!
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I went with the CR-1's just like BitViper did, but I went with the black suede instead of cloth material that his originally came in. The rest of the car is currently at the interior shop having the rest of the panels and other parts covered in suede accents as well.

Oh and the seats are BLACK. The flash makes them look purple for some strange reason.





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anyone have the summit racing ones?
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Sparco torino 2's here http://s99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...frk1990/11-23/
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Sparco Monza's...ridiculously comfy. Even though they cost me an arm and a leg, I wouldn't have done a thing differently...make sure you get the brackets to fit. 'camaro's and "birds" use the same brackets....they're listed under the Camaro name though. And it only took me about 1.5 to 2 hours to take the stock seats out and put the Sparco's in...and I'm not exactly master mechanic material.

And you guys can say whatever you want about the huge Sparco sticker on the windshield, but I like it.



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Nice those look pretty comfy too.


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