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Old 03-11-2012, 06:56 PM
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What do you think of them? I will soon start working on my interior and would love to know your opinion about them. They seem more comfy than the LS1 ones.
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When I had my 95 Trans Am, I really loved them. Its a great design ergonomically, and I could rest my head against them without it seeming forced, when they were adjusted in the full forward position. But, the adjusting mechanism is an EXTREMELY poor design. I bought my Trans Am brand new in 95, and after about 6 months the adjusters would never hold their position and the dealer could never get it back to like new. In addition, they rattle and make alot of noise as the headrest, by nature of the design, the headrest is wobbly a bit, not nice and tight like it should be. The plastic bottom part of the headrest, rattles on the plastic shell part of the seat.

A+++++++ for design and the feel, F- for execution.

I never tried to improve or see if I could re-engineer the adjusting mechanisms, as I swapped in cloth firebird seats in mine to rid myself of hard, rattling LT1 era lumbar seats
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I have them in my TA man.. I like them but would rather have the smaller style so I can do a special project...

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Originally Posted by ANTICOP RAM AIR
I have them in my TA man.. I like them but would rather have the smaller style so I can do a special project...


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Im going to fill mine with that expand foam in a can crap... that should take care of the rattles...
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Im going to put some Electroluminescent paper behind an embroidery...dont know if itll work but I wanna try...
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Just make sure you find ones that aren't dried out/have been in the sun a lot, the leather gets hard as a rock and very uncomfortable. My buddy's 94 seats were awful. They do look great IMO, and provide better support.
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I certainly prefer the ones in my '97 compared to the ones in the '98 and up cars.



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