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Old 06-18-2011, 12:18 PM
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Default Swapping electric seat track for manual?

Just curious if this is possible without modifications to the track.

I've got a jacked up driver seat and I'm thinking about just swapping it out to a manual seat, I really don't need the fancy electric moving seat..

Anyone know?

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Old 06-18-2011, 12:35 PM
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I may be wrong but if you could get the stuff, I would imagine it would bolt right up. I have em in my car and only wanted to swap to non electric tan leather seats since my current seats are cloth. I don't care for the whole electric seats myself cause my seat never moves unless I let the back part down to acces the rear seats.
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Simple switchout . You can buy the manual track assy from TAcreations usa. I did it on my 95 z28 years ago.
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http://www.tacreationsusa.com/seat_tracks.htm
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Originally Posted by ssteven
Simple switchout . You can buy the manual track assy from TAcreations usa. I did it on my 95 z28 years ago.
Sweet.. Thanks for the heads up..
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You don't like electric? My old camaro was manual and couldn't wait to get electric lol but each their own.
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Originally Posted by BoricuaHec01
You don't like electric? My old camaro was manual and couldn't wait to get electric lol but each their own.
I don't mind the electric, but one of the jack screws that makes the seat go up and down via electric just broke.

If I can find a jack screw, I'll just replace it.

If I can't, I'll have to replace the track setup and then we get into prices. I'm not gonna pay $100 to have electric that I never use..
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so are you wanting to use the existing seat but put a manual track on it, or are you getting a whole different manual seat?
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Well, I was gonna use the same seat, but I just took my broken jack screw to my neighbor and we welded it back together.. Here's hoping it sticks.
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Well that'll be good for ya if you can fix it with the help of a neighbor and maybe a beer or two, lol.
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Paid him in cupcakes, lol. My wife owns her own bakery..
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Paid him in cupcakes, lol. My wife owns her own bakery..
Lol, hey man, whatever it takes to get the job done and to come out on the cheaper side.



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