I have chosen to go with fiero seats on my 73 Restro Mod, I do have a extra set of Fiero Seats I might decide to sell.

 

Looks great, I really like my fiero seats, they are comfortable and hold you in place!

 

I'm with you on this, most discomfort complaints have more to do with being overweight and out of shape. However some guys here have real physical problems, hope they get the comfort they need to keep driving their old vette's. My dad was an unbelievable complainer, should have seen him when he got a cold, thought it might be fun to shoot him once or twice. Never understood his constant complaints about car seats, still don't and I'm way past the age he was at the time.

Regards
Arch Stanton

 

I sure hope they are I have about 6 months left on my resstro.. I also put seat warmers in them but will not need them here in Texas... For some reason my wife loves the warmers in her Camaro and does use them.

 

I didn't put seat warmers in mine, I do love them in my Challenger and use them (even here in San Antonio), they also help with my back problems from my Airborne days.

 

I'm only a few hours North of you... (Killeen) I also have a Bad back from 20 Years in the Military... It acts up in the colder weather and its the only time I put the warmers on in my Truck or wife's Camaro

 

I know your pain brother! Thanks for your service...

 

Thanks you for yours...

We try to visit the river walk once a year. But not in the hottest part of the summer..... Headed to the Rodeo this afternoon... Might work on the Vette tonight after it cools down..

 

I need to do some work on mine too, but most of the car energy or what my back can stand is spent on the Challenger. I also need to get the Vette out and drive it too

 

car junkie the gold is so close,but you will have to earn it!

 

Coincidentally that movie was on last night. The version with the restored missing scenes with the new voice overs. I see why they didn't make the cut. Was falling asleep, didn't get the gold. Best western of all time!

 

im not sure if anyone remembers me but I bought a 68 vert numbers matching 327/300 auto about a year ago and I posted for the forum to help me with deciding what I should do for me lower back. I have rods and no matter what car I drive, heat is the only thing that makes things bearable!
i got really lucky and found a set of C5 standard seats for 300 bucks, which was great because they were in great shape, however they were black and my vert is Red with red, and both tops are white!
I can't tell you how many non classic car folks tried to convince me to keep the black covers saying "there's too much red", or " the black looks good, it breaks up the red". No matter, cooler heads prevailed and I purchased custom sport covers that are red with white center, and crossed C3 flags on the head rest!
i know for 300 bucks you can get the metal bracket that allows you to mount the C5 seats to the C3 seat rails...however this is a guy who cut the roof off of his brand new mini truck in the 80's because I wanted a convertible. So...how hard can it be?
I bought aluminum stock about 3" wide and I began to measure and drill. Believe it or not, the toughest part was realizing that I had to put a spacer on each set of bolts to raise them above the head of the other bolt. I could have welded a thread post on each hole however I don't know how to weld...do you believe that? I know it's amazing how much I can actually do without welding.
Any who, once I got the riders figured out the seats went together fairly easily. Once I got the seats mounted , I then bought new foam, and a neat little seat kit that keeps the foam from getting cut up on the bottom, and keeps the bolsters from breaking, plus new covers.
I told you I have rods and mesh in my back...so the last items I got was heated elements and switch, relays etc..., and finally the lumbar backs and pumps. Both of these items were reasonable, about 220 total for the set. All in all, I have 300 for the seats, 300 for the foam, 80 for the foam kit, 220 for the heat/lumbar, and 250 for the synthetic leather covers totaling $1150 for the set!
When I called Austin interiors in Texas, they wanted 1200 a seat to do exactly what I'm doing.

So after all all of this I mount the seats, they feel fantastic and I am in heaven until I start to realize how much space I gave up for my back. The seats are right up to the door, so you better buckle up before closing the doors, and the wheel is closer, you are up a little higher which is ok unless you are tall then you have to worry about the windshield header, or worse the top is you ride with one. I bought a new brake console so I could mount the switched without ruining originality and of course the stock seats are packaged up in case the next guy wants a stock 68, all in all the seats did what I wanted, I'm not sure over time how this is going to play out...I do know for now that I'm thrilled to have a very comfortable C3 and right now I'm having AC installed because frankly I didn't want to screw it up, and then it's off to Carlisle where Al knock is laying brand new vinyl on my hard top ...if you see a red C3 with red/white C5 sport seats give me a wave!! Here a few pics to give you an idea. I don't have the car so I don't have a lot of pod just yet...enjoy!
Here are the seats before I put new foam and covers
You can see they are definitely a tight fit...right up against the sill and quarter panel.
All in all a pretty cool look, the sport seats truly set it off!
This is a stock photo that I used to show upholstery company what I wanted the C3 flags will be on the headrest.

 

I put 80 seats in my 76

 

I think you're making the right call going back to red. Black would be good in your RED on RED combo but I think the seats are too much black.

 

C-5 Full power sport seats in my 68.

 

I love the seat combo, they truly set your interior off! I noticed 2 items...the first being how you were able to adapt with power functions? Did you somehow use the C5 tracks? The 2nd question is about your seat belt. I have the lap and Auxiliary shoulder belt but your set up looks like a regular belt set up that is both lap and shoulder in one set up. What car belt did you go with and how did you mount it?
great job!!

 

My problem, Adam, is that my '79 seats are tilted so far back I can't see the mirrors without sitting up in the seats. I'm over 6' tall and don't plan on taking any long trips in the car, just local shows. I see from the diagrams in my AIM that the seat track is raised in front to affect the tilt. Some suggestions I've received are to put a towel behind the seat or put some washers under the back to tillt the seat more forward. As I want to keep the car as close to the original configuration as possible, I'm not going to replace the seats. However, I sat in a '79 at a car show with Fiero seats which had simulated Corvette covers on them and I could see great! They felt pretty comfortable. But, as I said, swapping out the seats is not an option for me.

Best of luck with your project!

Phil