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Old 09-28-2006, 12:07 AM
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Was thinking instead of getting some leather seats that arnt worn (or have power options *looking to buy btw* id rather still have stock but **** $300-400 for a power driver seat?)

Maybe I'll do some of those racing seats off ebay my friend got some awhile ago they are really nice but I dunno how well they would fit in a firebird??


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...ayphotohosting

either of those im leaning to the 1st one
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A freind of mine has some cheapies like that and they are poorly made and very uncomfortable.
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Originally Posted by JUICED96Z
A freind of mine has some cheapies like that and they are poorly made and very uncomfortable.
any recommendations on nice leather ones?? or a place that sells stock seats
Old 09-28-2006, 12:15 AM
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Good comfy race seats will run at least 300 bucks.
Junkyards are your friend
These are about the best but very pricey,
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/SPARC...30846292QQrdZ1

There is one that is three letters, most of there stuff is all red.

They are not to bad on price and you could take a nap in them even though they hold you tight...
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They do sell some cheaper leather seats on ebay for about 350 bucks but i woulndt get those ones you posted, i had some red ones call "Otto R" and they were cheapy and extremely small!!!
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THis is where its at...

http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/store...tegoryId=16241

im tellin ya... not for a daily though.. lol


We put some cheap Checker auto seats into a 76 truck and they are comfy as hell... about $300 or so a pair...
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racing seats... what a joke. They call them racing seats for a reason... A friend of mine had some(donno the brand), but they were awful... I'm a pretty average sized guy on the short side, and they were just terrible. But then again... I'm more of a cadillac kinda person, with big thick seats, with lotsa room.
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DO NOT BUY SEATS FROM EBAY!!!!
They are a piece of sh*t I've seen 2 sets that were terribly made.

So, i purchased JEG'S GS-1 High Back Sports Seat
http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/store...tegoryId=25729

I cant tell you how much I like these seats.
I took my brackets off my old seats and drilled and bolted them into the jregs seats. They are very comfortable. Nice lumbar support.
I even have the tilt from my stock seats. If you have power seats that would be even better.
I think I paid $350 shipped for them both.
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^Those look nice, I'm kinda bored with my factory seats, looking at some Corbeau seats maybe. I think I might have just butchered the spelling on that one.
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i wouldn't trust the reclining mechanism in ebay seats to hold up in a crash. and they for sure aren't FIA homologated.

i wonder how long before the fabric fades too.



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