I have noticed that there are alot of cars out there that have stock seats far better looking and probably better feeling than the stock thirdgen seats for lower end models. I would like some corbeau seats but I just don't have the $800 bucks for them.

I was wondering how much of a hassle it would be to mount a seat to the stock thirdgen brackets?

 

Not hard at all. Thats what I did for my racing seats. Just chisel out the old rivets on the seats and weld them to the new seats sliders, its that easy. Don't know why people pay corbeau 60 bucks a bracket when they have all they need on thier old seats, not to mention the brackets from what I hear sit high.

Funny I remember someone saying I was cheap because I refused to pay 60 bucks per bracket. May have been even more. Anyways, if it fits in the compartment getting it to bolt up is the least of problems, its clearance you have to worry about.

 

as long as the seat come out of a GM car and if it will fit due to width and height you can use your old track and it will bolt up, if you go with any other manufacture you will have to do like said above and weld the track on to the seat, or make a bracket to adapt it etc. The reaso people like the 4th gen is that the seat track will bolt right into our cars.

 

it's just that most people don't have the experience or equipment to do it right, or to do it at all. i guess alot of ppl would rather dish out a little money, then buy or rent welding equipment and hope they dont f*** it up too bad

 

I wouldn't go that far. Tell that to the Saturn SC1 seats i have in my garage. The brackets are WAY off. I've gotta cut them off and weld my thirdgen one's on. Different kind of car. Eh.

 

you 3ed gen brackets will not bolt to the saturn seat bottom, that would be a first for me, but then again saturns are weird and use other manufactures parts in them.

 

I never said I did it myself, take it to a welder, thats what I did...the cost? $10 smackaroo's.

 

yeah, it was wierd. The frame rails were welded to the seat frame, it went up the sides and was the upper seat support too.

 

Got Fiero seats in the front of my 88 until I can get into gear and reupholster my originals, seat rails bolted right up.

 

Got a pic of those seats?

 

Corvette seats won't "just bolt right up" either. I had to drill new holes and reinforce them to mount my seat tracks to the vette seats. Worth it though..............

 

I replaced my seats with some out of a fiero very nice buckets.I'll try to get pictures soon they are tan with brown leather or pleather lol.