I'm glad some of you havent had head room issues, but I'm not sure why you're in here then. This thread is pretty much only for people that need more headroom and not for people to brag about how they are fine in the headroom department. thanks.


Over the weekend I put a seat track from a Pontiac Fiero on my drivers seat. It doesn't allow any more rearward adjustability, and you lose your lumbar adjustment, but it lowers the seat about an inch closer to the floor. MAN what a difference it makes!! I got mine from www.thefierofactory.com for about $25. It bolted right to the seat, and then right to the car with no mods/grinding/nothing needed. Best $25 I've spent! WAY worth it.

You can compare the two seats and see the driver side sits lower. From what I've seen, you CAN do the passnger side, but it takes a little bit of massaging. Exactly what is needed, I don't know since I didnt do the passenger side.

 

I am gonna have to do that because some times i give my cousin a ride and he has to take off the t top for he won't hit

 

Who cares about the passenger !

JamesC

 

Thats true do you know up to which height some one could be in this cars since i am 6ft and almost hit the top maybe in a bump i will hit

 

didnt think my seat could get any lower!

 

just fyi the drivers side seat is adjustable up and down from the factory...

 

I'm 6' 5" and never had a head clearance problem in any of my hardtop 3rd gens.

But after putting in 4th gen seats (DIRECT bolt in), they sit an inch or two lower, way more comfortable & well worth the cost of buying them. Simple cloth seats, no leather, power or lumbar crap here. I haven't had any desire to adjust them since day 1 (of having them) so I've had NO need for power seats anyways.

 

I'm glad some of you havent had head room issues, but I'm not sure why you're in here then. This thread is pretty much only for people that need more headroom and not for people to brag about how they are fine in the headroom department. thanks.

I like to sit with my seat straight up and it felt cramped. The Fiero seat track makes my interior feel like a new car, and I no longer hit the roof with a helmet on now. I know one pretty tall guy that has head room problems in his convertible and one guy that does road racing that has to sit in an unnatural position so his helmet wont hit the ceiling....hopefully this will help them.

 

Take the head liner out.....not needed and less weight.....





-just sayen

 

This is definitely good to know for someone needing just a little bit extra easily...easily being the key there. Sure you can cut/drop/weld things to lower it, but a simple bolt in for an inch or so is awesome.

 

Holy.... Didn't know we had any giants here on TGO. I thought I was a decent sized guy at over 6'0" and about 190 pounds.

 

I was sharing my info, to point out that 4th seat swaps not only are a much more comfortable seat, but sit lower, providing headroom as well.

I've got 5" on you, but only 10 lbs heavier....
When my GTA was sitting on stock springs, the roof basically was level with the middle of my abdomen, just above my belly button. Now it's about 2" lower, on the weight jacks.

Yes, getting in the car is like me folding in half.

 

I am 6' 2" and weigh and 17yrs old thats why i was asking since i may grow a bit i never know

 

how?

 

Some have a six-way electric track.

JamesC

 

I've never been worried bout head room in my 92. I'm 6'6" and installed dodge stealth seats and raised the front of the seats 2 inches. It helps that I have no back seat and have the back reclined alot. Feels perfect for me. And to install the seats, I just took a peice of uni-strut, drilled holes to mount it to the old mounting bolts and the used spring nuts to bolt down new seats. Wanted stealth seats cuz they were 6 way manuals with decent side bolstering and not broken like my originals

 

see, ive got one way manual seats lol...
actually, in the 03 10th anniversary cobras, there was an option for air inflatable side bolsters and thigh bolsters, along with the normally 6 way adjustable seats
thats some slick stuff if you ask me

 

Something similar was available in thirdgens. My L/S Conteur seats are equipped with mechanical thigh, seat, lumbar, and seat back adjusts--as well as sitting on a six-way electrical track. Sorry, .

JamesC

 

check on the front of your driver's seat. There should be 2 levers one for forward-backward movement of the seat, and one for the up and down movement of the seat. These are not the recline levers...

 

The Camaro only has a single mechanical lever which controls the front-to-back movement.

JamesC

 

4 inches, if we must get technical.

 

Hi! Great find! What year Firebird did you do this convert in? Do you know if it will work with 1982 PMD seats?

Chris

 

the seat tracks are out of any year fiero. My car is an 89 but I would assume this should work for any 3rdgen

 

im 6' 4" and i dont have any head clearance issues in my hardtop GTA

 

well im glad

 

I'm just going to put that quote there, for future reference. You're welcome Justin.

 

Thanks. Added to first post.

 

Wouldn't lowering a body of roughly 200lbs (my weight) make the car handle better since YOUR weight sits lower? (another advantage maybe?)

 

I doubt it would be noticeable lol

 

Probably not lol.. Oh well, but I guess every little bit counts!