C4 seats
Le Mans Master
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From: Chattanooga TN
Drifting
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From: Valencia (near LA) CA
I like them very much. Each year we drive up to Monterey on PCH and it is about 7 hour drive with lots of stops. I don't even think about the seats.
.... my ears on the other hand are usually ringing after that drive!
Brfore I installed the C4 seat I post on the C5 forum ask which seats are better, or more comfortable. Many C5 guys also have or have had a C4. Most of them prefer the C4 seats. The only exception is if the person is very big, then the C4 seats are kind of cramped.
~Jay
.... my ears on the other hand are usually ringing after that drive!
Brfore I installed the C4 seat I post on the C5 forum ask which seats are better, or more comfortable. Many C5 guys also have or have had a C4. Most of them prefer the C4 seats. The only exception is if the person is very big, then the C4 seats are kind of cramped.
~Jay
Drifting
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From: Valencia (near LA) CA
Originally Posted by 007-8
So they do hold you in pretty well? I was just out bid on a set. I think I'll post in the C4 section.
Another advantage to buying a Corvette seat as opposed to another brand is that it is easy to have seat covers made in the proper C3 color leather. I got mine from Al Knock and they didn't even charge extra.
Search the forum, there was a guy who recently purchased the seats from some import, I can't remember which one, but they looked really nice.
~Jay
Racer
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From: Ellicott City MD
I have C4 seats (87 Standards in Graphite Leather) in my 1980. They are way more comfortable than the OE buckets, with the added bonus of an adjustable seat back. I am rather wide in the shoulders and back and these seats fit me much better than the stock C3 seats did. I don't move around in the cockpit nearly as much as with the stock seats. 
Pro
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From: Honolulu Hawaii
Originally Posted by Brandywine
I have C4 seats (87 Standards in Graphite Leather) in my 1980. They are way more comfortable than the OE buckets, with the added bonus of an adjustable seat back. I am rather wide in the shoulders and back and these seats fit me much better than the stock C3 seats did. I don't move around in the cockpit nearly as much as with the stock seats.
I also have 86 seats in my '78, way more comfortable than the original seats,
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From What I have heard, people have cut the ends of the connector off and hard wired the power seats in and it worked fine. Or use your rails you will have to drill a couple of holes in them. I have heard this is not a difficult conversion.
Melting Slicks
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Originally Posted by 007-8
From What I have heard, people have cut the ends of the connector off and hard wired the power seats in and it worked fine. Or use your rails you will have to drill a couple of holes in them. I have heard this is not a difficult conversion.
I have a set of C4 seats available, but they are "power". I read (in CorvetteFaq) that the "power" seats might be too tall. Question is: Can I convert these "power" seats to manual by changing the rails? I don't want to end up with a set of seats I can't use.
Thanks,
TS
Melting Slicks
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Originally Posted by 007-8
I have not heard the seats being to tall. If so, just leave the T-tops off. 
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