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Car Forum / Chevrolet / Chevrolet Corvette / February 2004Aftermarket Seats for C4
Just bought my first 'Vette, an 88 blue coupe, 4+3 (waited 10 years, but worth it - yea!) after a few mechanical repairs, everything runs great, but the leather seats need to be recovered. I would rather replace them with 3rd party seats, but my concern is size. The seats are mechanical adjust, not powered (I'm 6'5", and I fit perfectly in the car, the powered seats apparantly take another 1/2"=1" of space, because I never fit comfortable in a C4 with those). So, I would like to find seats that will give me just as much, if not more head and leg room than the factory seats. Unfortunately, there are no local shops to advise on this, so I am looking for recomendations. Thanks! John Leary Boise, Idaho Allow me to offer my experience. I have an 88 convertable and am 6'4". Most of mye hight is in my torso (34" inseam). I chose the recover approach. Bought covers and foam from ecklers. Seats look like new. One problem. After 14 years the foam was so worn that when replaced, I now sit about one and a half inches higher. I no longer fit in my vette. :( Thank goodness it's a convertable and I can still drive it with the top down. The point being even with the manual seats, you might notice a big difference in height due to the thicker foam. You might try to test then before committing. Good luck. And let me know what you want for the manual tracks if you replace them with the seats. I might be interested. I might need to drive in the rain some day :) > Just bought my first 'Vette, an 88 blue coupe, 4+3 (waited 10 years, but > worth it - yea!) after a few mechanical repairs, everything runs great, but [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > John Leary > Boise, Idaho Try the corvette forum for more info > Just bought my first 'Vette, an 88 blue coupe, 4+3 (waited 10 years, but > worth it - yea!) after a few mechanical repairs, everything runs great, but [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > John Leary > Boise, Idaho |
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