Looking at the evo x seats and about to pull the trigger as it seems like it comes with everything you need. Can someone confirm it comes with all the hardware needed or would I just reuse stock hardware?

also - any other good reasonable options for quality seats? Price point on the evo seats looks pretty good but if there are some decent comparable ones that are cheaper I’d like to consider them.

 

 

c7 would be sick but don’t want to drop the dough on them.

 

you need to purchase the hardware.. sliders,, oem hardware will not work

 

How much are the Evo's after buying the mounts and sliders?
Plus, C7 seats are electric.
Look around and you may find a decent deal on the C7 seats, I picked mine up for $450 for a pair of base C7 seats, and they do use all the stock hardware.

 

I just looked at the Evo seats, you will have over a grand in them after getting everything to put them in the car, and they are vinyl and non-adjustable to boot!
Hands down you can do the C7 seats for the same money or less if you search around some.
Mine were listed on facebook marketplace.

 

If I can get a set of c7 seats for that price I’d definitely pull the trigger. Appreciate the idea - I’ll start scrolling marketplace.

 

I found mine on eBay. Shipping wasn’t bad. I just had to pick them up at the freight location.

 

ok thanks. Actually found a set of c8 seats locally. Reading up on install.

 

Leaning towards the corbeaus as my current seats have sold (waiting on pick up). Having a hard time deciding between the Evo X and the A4s, which will be net 0 out of pocket with the sale of the current seats. I'm 5'8 around 165 lbs so on the smaller side if that helps.

Anyone have experience with both the Evo X and A4s?

 

That's the two I'm looking at also. I wish they had more dealers where we could try them out.

 

I had the EVO's and have sat in all of the seats mentioned quite a bit. At your size (and budget) The Corbeau A4's are probably the best option. They are comfy without being excessive in bolstering, the only reason I went with the EVO's is that I'd broad in the shoulders and the EVO's didn't accommodate it.
Beware, Corbeau's seat brackets are... crappy. Once you get them in they work fine, but expect to have to slot/enlarge the mount holes to get them to mate with the existing floor studs.

The C7 seats are great, but they are expensive and heavy. If I was doing the project again, I'd consider, but spendy

 

You sold your original C5 seats for enough to cover a pair of new Corbeaus???
Wow! Sometimes hard to give away stock C5 seats.
If you're hard set on the aftermarket seats instead of finding some C7's, everything I've seen and read says A4's over Evo.

 

In terms of the model, if you go Corbeau A4I highly recommend skipping any of the vinyls as they just look and feel like a cheap set. The black suede style finish is comfortable, looks and feels like a much better quality seat, and the material holds onto you nicely. Sadly, they still put the giant white branding on the headrest. My solution was to hit each seat two times with a sharpie and blend it into the seat color background.

 

c7.
all you need. MASSIVE upgrade to the c5, and looks perfect in the cabin.

 

appreciate the feedback. Think I’m going to pull the trigger on the suede. Price and benefit of the leather doesn’t make much sense to me.

 

You can absolutely find some nice C7 seats for the cost of suede A4's and all the stuff to install them, probably less.

 

I don’t see anything less than 2k at the moment. Either way, I think the upgrade with 0 out of pocket makes sense.

 

The Corbeau A4 was the worst modification I've done to any vehicle I've ever owned, and I put washer nozzles with LEDs on them on my Honda in high school. Medieval torture devices at best, as far as I'm concerned.

I bought black microsude ones and they were absolutely beautiful in the car, but I found them SO uncomfortable. It's been nearly 10 years since I originally put them in, but I met the height / weight / waist requirements and I knew the second I sat in them I didn't really like them, but my pride wouldn't let me eat the restock fee and I assumed I'd get used to them. The Corbeau dual locking rail mounting holes were not straight so the seat sat slightly off-center which drove me nuts. The seat sat too high, even after having the seat foam adjusted by an automotive upholstery shop. You think you don't care about the backrest adjuster being in towards the tunnel, but it means adjusting the backrest is an adventure and I could never get an angle that was comfortable initially and long term. I'd either get something that felt acceptable at time zero and then was miserable later or miserable at time zero and then okay later.

I stupidly sold my really nice condition stock seats. I nearly sold the car the summer I swapped the seats in as I hated them that much but at the time I still liked the rest of the car. I ended up buying a pair of correct seats from a flood car, which ended up not being a good solution and then traded the Corbeaus for a set of non-memory seats and $800. Between the flood seats, those seats and a $20 Z06 seat, I ended up learning more than I care to admit about C5 seats.

I ended up rebuilding two good C5 seats out of five and swapped on Ridies covers. I was super excited until I removed a dirt smudge on the Ridies cover and all the dye came out of the seat. They no longer made the shade my covers were in (pewter) and that mark bothered me every single time I sat in the car. Between that and the slave cylinder weeping, it was time to move on and I sold the car.

If you can get seat time in them, please do, because you'll know immediately how good / bad they are. In my case swapping the seats likely indirectly resulted in me selling the car, even after I went back to stock seats.

 

I would say that if you're driving the car any kind of aggressively, probably no one is investing in C5 or C6 seats. They're pretty much trash and offer not lateral support. For those driving the cars and having fun.... I've heard a lot of comments about the Corbeau A4s but none so colorful as yours. They're not some custom Caravaggios, but the price reflects that accurately. I try to steer anyone dead set on C5 seats or rebuilding them firmly towards buying C7 seats. I'm sitting in my basement in a C7 Comp seat typing this oddly enoug,having just boxed up an LPE TT kit. So weird. But for the money....? I'm sure other options exist but the A4s deliver when you start hitting curves and corners. I was fully going to keep mine except for a back injury from a wreck and resultant pain. So I invested in the Comps here, being electric and fully adjustable to be more sure I can comfortably drive my build. That is, to me at 5'11 and about 250 right now in fully middle aged fatness, the A4s remain awesomely comfortable. Because the foam does adjust to you over time. But my fear was that with my lower back for a long time being extremely sensitive to angles and yielding high pain that the more fine adjustments of the electric rack would be better for me than the Corbeau slider and the washer angle I set the A4 seat at which has never presented an issue for me.

The Comps all but equate to the A4. Great leg, hip and flank support. My shoulders fit these better than the A4s. The A4s might have more thigh lateral support.



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