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Old May 9, 2007 | 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by johnnybrewmeister
I guess I'm a visual person, 'cuz this is a bit hard to picture without a picture.
I'll put some thought into this and see whether it seems doable and worth effort. I haven't seen many sets of fiero seat available.

What I have now is some ugly late 70's vinyl, so I might just hack up what I have with carving the foam for the speaker so to fit, and punch a pattern of holes for the sound to penetrate.
Dude check this out.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Pr-Po...QQcmdZViewItem

And this http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1985-...QQcmdZViewItem

And this http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ponti...QQcmdZViewItem

And this http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1985-...QQcmdZViewItem

He has both the l/h and r/h sides up for sale. Ebay has them up for sale all the time. pease
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Old May 9, 2007 | 10:05 PM
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I bought my fereo seats from a junkyard, cost 50 bucks for both.
Only the early years fereo's had the speakers in the seats,as an option.84 and 5s i think. not sure about the 86s.
bought them from garys u-pull it,in Binghamton NY. You should have no problems in finding these seats.

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Old May 9, 2007 | 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by 77 vette
Did you see what he's quoting for shipping

He can take the seats apart and ship them in two medium size boxes for around $60......I know I did.
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Old May 9, 2007 | 11:34 PM
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I found a set of Recaro seats that fit my 63. Need recovering, $75 for both. They came with Bose speakers in the headrests. Don't know what they are out of though.
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Old May 10, 2007 | 08:29 AM
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Originally Posted by 77 vette
Those are some pretty fugly seats. Who ever re-covered them didn't know what they were doing. I'd replace the seat covers with Mr. Mikes right away. Decent price for the core though.
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Old May 10, 2007 | 01:52 PM
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They look great, but the link says the covers are $700.00 +
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Old May 10, 2007 | 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Hvymtlc5
They look great, but the link says the covers are $700.00 +
Well, you get what you pay for. But you're right, $700 is a lot of cash, but I'll personally testify that Mr. Mikes is by far the best aftermarket seat cover I have ever seen. I would even go as far as saying better than factory! It's too bad he doesn't step up and start offering Corvette covers.

And no I do not work for him and no I do not get kick backs.
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Old May 10, 2007 | 07:01 PM
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These works great, when used together with some bigger ones
inside the car, to to handle the bass.
The seats came with my car, and I discovered the speakers 1/2 a year after I bought it.

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Old May 11, 2007 | 03:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Rock'n Old

These works great, when used together with some bigger ones
inside the car, to to handle the bass.
The seats came with my car, and I discovered the speakers 1/2 a year after I bought it.

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This looks exactly like my buddy's miata seats, complete with easy access zipper. any idea what seats you have in your car? Also, is that a set of speakers in the back storage area? are those standard?

I've seen enough sets of fiero seats across the US, but shipping can be a bit pricy...haven't check any local junkyards, etc.
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Old May 11, 2007 | 04:18 AM
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Originally Posted by 77 vette
Dude check this out.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Pr-Po...QQcmdZViewItem

And this http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1985-...QQcmdZViewItem

And this http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ponti...QQcmdZViewItem

And this http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1985-...QQcmdZViewItem

He has both the l/h and r/h sides up for sale. Ebay has them up for sale all the time. pease
FYI: it wasn't the seats I was having trouble picturing, it was the mounting into a C3. Thanks for the links, though; I'd already exchanged some email with one of the sellers, but shipping is pricy diagonally across country.
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Old May 11, 2007 | 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by johnnybrewmeister
This looks exactly like my buddy's miata seats, complete with easy access zipper. any idea what seats you have in your car? Also, is that a set of speakers in the back storage area? are those standard?
They are Miata seats, so if "original" is not a must, those are in fact , very comfortable, and fit nice.

There are actually 2 sets of speakers back there. One 10", and one 8" in each side.
(not standard). + one set in kickpanels, it works great, even with roof off.
And I have the Chambered Exhaust!

o - o - o - o - o - o - o - o
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Old May 13, 2007 | 11:48 PM
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Great news, Rock'n Old.
Any clues as to how well the miata seats mounted?
How much customized did you have to do to get them to fit?

And now I wanna figure out how you fit the 8" and 10" back there!
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Old May 16, 2007 | 02:44 AM
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my miata buddy says miata seats come up pretty cheaply fairly often on craigslist/ebay/etc.
This could be cool if they mount easily.
It still would be nice to mount some big speakers where rockn'nold did...
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