99 Trans am Seats in a Reg Cab truck

[slmdLS1]

Medium graphite power lumbar, leather t/a seats....Installed them saturday after i got the brackets made last week. havent bothered to hook up the power to them yet, but will eventually.

thanks to luke(slmdLT1) for letting me borrow his seat bracket to clone

http://www.stang.cc/tmcaalbums/Truck-Pictures/1065000_0185.sized.jpg

http://www.stang.cc/tmcaalbums/Truck-Pictures/000_0191.sized.jpg

shifter....
http://www.stang.cc/tmcaalbums/Truck-Pictures/000_0190.sized.jpg

[ibthumpin]

cool! they look good in there - just too bad that GM uses really crappy "leather". Down the road you could get some Katzkin covers for them to really dress things up.

[91_bowtie]

They look good. :head:

Do you have any lateral bracing?

[slmdLS1]

cool! they look good in there - just too bad that GM uses really crappy "leather". Down the road you could get some Katzkin covers for them to really dress things up.
yeah its in VERY good shape right now, but i know what you mean, ive seen some older GM leathers before. and thats what i had in mind when they get there...some katzkin covers
They look good. :head:

Do you have any lateral bracing?i think there are 2 front and back. they are sturdy for sure. i bolted em down and tried to rip em up and the truck started bouncing from side to side.

[DragginLowChevy]

a center console and that would be pimp... looks awesome man

[alwhite00]

What are you running for seatbelts? I don't think the firebird seats had them like the trucks, Did they?


Nevermind, Looks like you have the OBS

LK

[BADPEWTERZ]

looks real good . just thinking what the final outcome will look like when all finished it will be very nice

[slmdLS1]

a center console and that would be pimp... looks awesome man


yeah either slmdlt1 or chvylac will do my fiberglassed center console. single 10" Digital Design sub, with a cubby hole smoothed to a gloss black with a leather shift boot.
as for the belts, i just re-used the old stockers for now. i dunno what im'a do with em, i may just leave em alone.

[jrwing98]

I like the idea, but can you even see over the dash and wheel?! they look so far down. I dont know about this one. Maybe if you add some spacers to it between the sliders and the bracket. I dont know, just an concern and idea...
cool mod though.

[91_bowtie]

I like the idea, but can you even see over the dash and wheel?! they look so far down. I dont know about this one. Maybe if you add some spacers to it between the sliders and the bracket. I dont know, just an concern and idea...
cool mod though.


Keep in mind that these are 6 way adjustable seats, and you can raise them about 2" above the mounting height. His brackets look shorter than mine, and I mounted mine about 2" too high. I'm only 5'-10" tall too.

[jrwing98]

Good point! Hey, know how hard it would be to do the same thing with Camaro Seats?

[91_bowtie]

Good point! Hey, know how hard it would be to do the same thing with Camaro Seats?


Mine are from a 2001 camaro. The only real difference is the TA seats have a removable headrest, whereas the camaro seats are just regular highback buckets.

[jrwing98]

did you have your brackets custom made, or make them yourself? if you made them yourself, could you send a little DIY info my way?

[91_bowtie]

did you have your brackets custom made, or make them yourself? if you made them yourself, could you send a little DIY info my way?


I had the help of a friend. After a couple hours of tweaking, we came up with a pair of brackets that I was comfortable with.

They're really pretty simple. It's just a frame of 1" sq. steel tubing and a few gussets for added stability. I'll try to locate some of the better pics, and email them to you tomorrow.

[slmdLS1]

the seats are too high as it is. im gonna have about 1.5" taken off the brackets and im 5'10" as well, my head is probably 5-6 inches form the roof. if you look proportionately at those pics...the headrest is taller than the steering wheel at the steering wheel's highest point. i dont drive with the wheel at is highest point so looking over it is no problem. i sat on flatter seats boltd straight to the floor with no spacers and could still see over the wheel/dash fine, these taller, bracketed/spacered seats shouldnt be a problem.

[BC Rod and Custom]

HOw is the legroom. I am trying to convince a customer to drop a set of buckets in his truck but he's 6'3" and won't do it unless it give him more legroom.

[slmdLS1]

HOw is the legroom. I am trying to convince a customer to drop a set of buckets in his truck but he's 6'3" and won't do it unless it give him more legroom.

to be honest its no worse than the bench seats legroom with mine. they are power and i havent hooked it up yet to slide them back any, but there is room to if need be.

[91_bowtie]

I think it really depends on how much he intends on reclining the seat. If you leave the seat in a vertical position, it does increase the legroom, but driving is very uncomfortable. I've only driven mine 3 times since last october because of it. For someone who is that tall, I would probably advise against the seat swap.

[tpichevy]

i have the celica 02 blue and black seats in mine same as slmdlt1 and i love them, i think i have more leg room them with the bench. only problem im having now is how to make a center console that i can use and also make to fit my hurst v-matic 2 shifter. any ideas?