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C5 seat upgrade
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Joined: Mar 2001
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From: formerly perryth TX
Cruise-In VIII Veteran
I just put C5 sport seats in my 68. I used the tracks from my original seats, cut the back bracket off and fabricated my own to lower the rear and maximize headroom. Put some spacers between seat and track so that I can still utilize the seat forward/back adjustment. Wired in the lumbar and bolster controls grouping all the orange wires to a positive and all the black to ground.
Then drove 14+ hours to BG for Cruise-in. Great mod for roadtrips!
Then drove 14+ hours to BG for Cruise-in. Great mod for roadtrips!
Burning Brakes
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From: belle plaine ks
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Joined: Apr 2001
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From: Minneapolis, Mn USA
You need to remove the C5 track and install the C5 seats frame to C3 tracks, so you dont need to worry about power or not. If you were to try to keep the power adjustability, you would have your head above the roofline of the car, as the C5 tracks are VERY tall.
Good Luck and Have Fun!
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St. Jude Donor '09
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jun 2005
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From: North of the Bay California
I wanted my seats to be as low as possible so I bolted the C3 rails to the C5 frames.
I made a template of the bolt pattern on the C3 seats
Confirmed I could get the template to work on the C5 frame
Drill and tap the C5 frame
I had to notch out a section in the C5 frame for the controls on the C3 rails.
Used washers for spacers in between the new frame and old rails for clearances
(I added more washers to the front..raised up the front a little)
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