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Old Dec 3, 2008 | 06:19 PM
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Contemporary Corvette advertizes '80 style seats in average condition for $400/set. Has anybody bought a set from them? The price seems OK compared with Ebay.
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Originally Posted by billsfan
Contemporary Corvette advertizes '80 style seats in average condition for $400/set. Has anybody bought a set from them? The price seems OK compared with Ebay.

You can almost get a set of C5 seats for not much more than that.

I personally think that with a little bit of hunting and a few calls to some of our favorite Corvette parts recyclers that you can find a better deal than that if what you really want are C4 seats.
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Old Dec 3, 2008 | 07:05 PM
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Originally Posted by billsfan
Contemporary Corvette advertizes '80 style seats in average condition for $400/set. Has anybody bought a set from them? The price seems OK compared with Ebay.
What is included? Tracks? Would you put "average" (translation poor, basically a mess) condition in your car?
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i put average condition C5 seats in my vette for 290 and i couldnt be happier with them. they look like a nice set of driver seats.
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Thanks for the comments. I think I'll hunt around to find a better deal. Do the c4 or c5 seats need to have the tracks modified to use in a c3? Or do you use the c3 tracks?
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Originally Posted by billsfan
Thanks for the comments. I think I'll hunt around to find a better deal. Do the c4 or c5 seats need to have the tracks modified to use in a c3? Or do you use the c3 tracks?

There are a lot of ways it's been done that you can find by searching the subject. Seems I recall the C3 tracks are best modified to use with C4 seats, and C5 seats are better without tracks at all. They sit higher than C3 seats and losing the tracks gets you some of the height back.
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Thanks DB. The search is on!
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Look at "Corvette Fever"s web site under Project Cars. They have a detailed article on installing C-5 sport seats in a C-3.
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Thanks, Gazman.
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Look at "Corvette Fever"s web site under Project Cars. They have a detailed article on installing C-5 sport seats in a C-3.
Got a link to this article? Thanks
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http://www.corvettefever.com/project...pt4/index.html Her is a link to the C2 to C5 seat install. This is what I am doing. Here is my seat. using 1975 tracks.
It is easier in a C3.
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