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IRS+My Car= New Seats

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Old Mar 3, 2002 | 12:03 AM
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IRS+My Car= New Seats

okay guys, I'm getting a nice bit of money back from the IRS is a few days, So I want to get new front seats for my 83 firebird. I need some help picking out what i should get. I've seen the Corbeau line and i like some of what they got, i've also seen Cerullo's product line and they have nice stuff to. But what else is there? All the riceboys seem to get really nice looking seat, where do they get them. Help me out here guys, I really need some new seats, my driverside seat is all riped and just messed up, and my passenger side seat dosen't stay up anymore, so i really need to pick something.


Any help is great,
Thanks,
Robert
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Old Mar 3, 2002 | 02:35 AM
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4th Gen Conversion!
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Old Mar 3, 2002 | 02:46 AM
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Recaro .. only way to go..
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Old Mar 3, 2002 | 03:44 AM
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pics pics?:lala:
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Old Mar 3, 2002 | 07:38 AM
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Try www.sparcousa.com there Torinos are nice, expencive but nice,,find what you want then watch for them on E-bay.Thats what I did,I saved some $$ that way.
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Old Mar 3, 2002 | 10:40 AM
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I like the Corbeau Carrera's myself.
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Old Mar 3, 2002 | 10:47 AM
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Double post.

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Old Mar 3, 2002 | 01:34 PM
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how's the head clearance on those carreras? i'm 6'2'' and im only about 2'' from the headliner now
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Old Mar 3, 2002 | 01:49 PM
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The brackets on the Corbeau's do raise ya up a little bit. My dad is 6'2 and he fits in them pretty good. Another thing is if your any kind of a thick person you will surley want to go with the wide option on them.
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Old Mar 3, 2002 | 01:50 PM
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well im 200 pounds so i guess i'll be gettin the wide option, thanks for the info. great looking seats, :hail: carreras
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Old Mar 3, 2002 | 03:02 PM
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Cool, thanks alot guy you gave me really good ideas, if you can think of anything else let me know
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Old Mar 3, 2002 | 03:07 PM
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Originally posted by RB's84camaroF-41
how's the head clearance on those carreras? i'm 6'2'' and im only about 2'' from the headliner now
I have forthgen seats. they are definitely a bit lower than stock. i picked all 4 of them up off of ebay for $300 and some change

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Old Mar 4, 2002 | 11:05 PM
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NEED RED SEATS!!!

I have flame red interior, sucks to find a good set of seats. No forth gen for me unless i go black. I really like the red, mostley because everybody hates it and doesnt have it. Makes my car differant.
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Old Mar 5, 2002 | 12:26 AM
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red interior = nasty
get 4th gen leather seats if i ever get new seats thats what im getting.
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Old Mar 5, 2002 | 12:47 AM
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Im anxiously waiting for this set of 97 neutral T/A seats to arrive!!!
Finally found the rare neutral ones that I had been looking for for about a year.



Got'um on eBay for $400/set .


Ken
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Old Mar 5, 2002 | 06:11 AM
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cobrakiller1989

Love the sig!
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Old Mar 5, 2002 | 01:56 PM
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scott, could you post more pics of your interior? That looks sweet from what I can tell from the one picture!
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Old Mar 5, 2002 | 02:54 PM
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Here's my Cobra UK seats.They have a distributor in California

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Old Mar 5, 2002 | 02:57 PM
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There are some red ones like "cobrakiller1989" has in his car on e-bay right now if you want red,and gray.
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Old Mar 6, 2002 | 03:13 PM
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Do I have more pics. sure I do,but everyone has seen them and are problly tired of seeing them so if you want you can check out the web page my brother did for me they are in the after section,,Thanks for the complement...

http://www.angelfire.com/weird2/eddi/

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Old Mar 6, 2002 | 03:50 PM
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that is fantastic, if I ever get around to doing my interior, I'd love it to turn out like that, very clean, and professional looking. Nice job, you should do a step by step on redoing an interior like that, although it looks like the 4th gen stuff may have lready been in there when you got it, none the less, great job!
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Old Mar 6, 2002 | 04:19 PM
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No I did that too I just don't have any befor pics. of the old nasty console.
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Old Mar 6, 2002 | 04:25 PM
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was it a difficult process, expensive?
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Old Mar 6, 2002 | 04:34 PM
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Damn, I jumped onto this thread because I thought IRS equalled Independent Rear Suspension. I was all ready for some tech info.
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Old Mar 6, 2002 | 04:37 PM
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The only expence was for the console itsself,,they go for about $100,look for one on E-bay you might get one cheaper,I (like many others ) did a tech. artical on the install,,its here at nosaits site,, http://www.nosaint.ca click on Trans on the left then misc. on the right ,,there are 2 installs there,, one for both types of 4th get consoles.It's easy to do.
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Old Mar 7, 2002 | 08:11 AM
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thanks a lot, very helpful.
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Old Mar 7, 2002 | 11:16 AM
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Originally posted by Redarrow1
Damn, I jumped onto this thread because I thought IRS equalled Independent Rear Suspension. I was all ready for some tech info.
LOL. Same here.
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Old Mar 7, 2002 | 05:13 PM
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Well guys, it either new seats or I buy this:


76 Firebird Formula

400 C.I. Rebuilt 2000 miles on rebuild.

Ready for block sanding.

Interior needs work but easy stuff to fix.
There some rust but NO ROTT.

All for $1200.00
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Old Mar 7, 2002 | 06:47 PM
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I would get teh car. Thats why I voted something else!
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