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Feb 18, 2008 | 02:13 PM

miked76

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Custom Seat Question

Bought a set of C5 seats from Keen Parts in Ohio. Going to put them in when weather breaks. Thanks to all for your quick and helpful responses.

Has anyone ever put seats from C$ or other types in a 76? I am banalncing between toal seat change or new leather.

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Feb 18, 2008 | 02:31 PM

sdonnelly

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Lots of C5 seats going into C3's. Pretty simple. Here's a good thread with examples. http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...light=C5+seats

Feb 18, 2008 | 05:45 PM

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SHouldnt be much trouble getting an embroidery shop to detail the upper leathers before you install them. I had to replace my leathers as headroom is an issue. A lot of the seat swaps result in less headroom without rail mods. At 6'3" every bump is an encounter with the ceiling.

Feb 18, 2008 | 09:23 PM

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I've had C5 seats installed for about 3 yrs and love them. So much more comfortable than C3 seats.

Feb 18, 2008 | 10:00 PM

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My '76 seats with custom covers:

Feb 18, 2008 | 10:02 PM

miked76

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look great. Couple of questions. I show my car. Did you have to modify/eliminate center console at all? How about tracks? did you put in permanently/power/manual?

Feb 18, 2008 | 10:06 PM

den(thevetteman)78

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I've installed Fiero seats in my '78

Feb 18, 2008 | 11:12 PM

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Durango Boy and I are both running 2000+ Toyota Celica seats.

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Feb 18, 2008 | 11:33 PM

ngroat7007

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Originally Posted by Ak. Mal

Durango Boy and I are both running 2000+ Toyota Celica seats.

corbeau a4 right?

Feb 19, 2008 | 03:46 PM

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NBC3

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I've installed Fiero seats in my '78

Salut Dennis!
Summer is getting closer!!!! I LIKE those seats! What year Fiero?

Feb 19, 2008 | 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by den(thevetteman)78

I've installed Fiero seats in my '78

Do they fold forward??

Feb 19, 2008 | 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by miked76

Has anyone ever put seats from C$ or other types in a 76? I am banalncing between toal seat change or new leather.

If I go new leather, I want to find a vendor who can embroider the C3 logo on the upper panel of the seat back. Regular vendors (MID AMERICA etc) can;t do that.

Help, suggestions, ideas would be appreciated. Thanks. Mike

Your best bet:Try Al Knoch Corvette Interiors. call 1 866 alknoch or 1 800 880 8080.
also on the web, google 'Al kNOCH'

Feb 20, 2008 | 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Frankenvette

I've had C5 seats installed for about 3 yrs and love them. So much more comfortable than C3 seats.

I just bought some C5 seats for my C3. Waiting for them to come in. Did you have to do anything special for them to mount? Use the C3 or C5 brackets? Mine are electric if that matters.

Feb 20, 2008 | 09:38 AM

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I recently toured Mid America's seat cover factory with the St. Louis Sharks. I asked the question about the custom logo and they said that they could do it. My covers came from leatherseats.com. They wanted a rediculous amount for a custom setup so I just kept the C5 logo,s.

Feb 20, 2008 | 03:09 PM

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Salut Dennis!
Summer is getting closer!!!! I LIKE those seats! What year Fiero?

they look like 86 GT's (remembering back to mine)
they were comfy but firm.
always liked the speakers in the headrests. that was trick.

Feb 20, 2008 | 04:33 PM

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After searching and researching, I purchased some C4 sport seats. You can use your existing seat tracks with a touch of modification.

Feb 20, 2008 | 04:55 PM

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Here are some Fiero seats in a C3.

Feb 20, 2008 | 06:26 PM

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Frankenvette

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Originally Posted by milo30

I just bought some C5 seats for my C3. Waiting for them to come in. Did you have to do anything special for them to mount? Use the C3 or C5 brackets? Mine are electric if that matters.

I reused my C3 seat tracks. Basically I turned the C5 seats upside down and laid the C3 tracks on top of them. From there you can visualize exactly where to drill holes in the C5 seats to make them fit the C3 tracks. The bottom of the C5 seats have nice wide aluminum flat surfaces in which to drill new holes. Mine were manual so I can't comment on the fit for power seats but probably similar if not the exact same.

Jim

Feb 20, 2008 | 07:48 PM

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Ok, thanks. That sounds easy enough.

Feb 20, 2008 | 08:11 PM

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den(thevetteman)78

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Originally Posted by NBC3

Salut Dennis!
Summer is getting closer!!!! I LIKE those seats! What year Fiero?

Hi, Yesterday was a good (spring flavor) day. just hope i could have the time to work on my engine before the summer arrive.

There are from a '84 or '85 fiero and yes they do fold foward.

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