Aftermarket seats

[cs01_510]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.

[rustbucket]

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.