comfort seatback mod?
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comfort seatback mod?
i have searched around some tuners' sites and even may have posted re this subject a while back , but i thought i'd revisit it.
i admire greatly the 'hardshell' seatbacks of the sport seats.
i dont want to change out my supple heated lumbar comforts.
has anyone found, or can anyone fab, a hard seatback for the comforts?
doesnt seem terribly hard, does it? paintable of course?
tia. j.
i admire greatly the 'hardshell' seatbacks of the sport seats.
i dont want to change out my supple heated lumbar comforts.
has anyone found, or can anyone fab, a hard seatback for the comforts?
doesnt seem terribly hard, does it? paintable of course?
tia. j.
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I saw an ad in either Panorama or Excellence within the last 9 months for an aftermarket kit that will "convert" the standard seats to sport seats. I believe it would allow you to retain the features you enjoy but introduce the hard seatback...if memory serves me correctly the price was ~ $1500 for the kit. I have looked at back issues to mid summer and have not found the ad yet...it was roughly a half page in length, black and white and I believe on the top right hand side of the page...
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Unfortunately, that conversion ad was for 996 seats only.
Are you saying you want to replace your seatback with the wide-shouldered hardback seat back? The upholsetery is completely different as is the hard back itself, of course.
Are you just trying to add a hard back to paint body color for looks? If I wanted to do that I would check out some of the custom stereo stores who do custom fiberglass work. I bet they could create something to give the the look you want.
Are you saying you want to replace your seatback with the wide-shouldered hardback seat back? The upholsetery is completely different as is the hard back itself, of course.
Are you just trying to add a hard back to paint body color for looks? If I wanted to do that I would check out some of the custom stereo stores who do custom fiberglass work. I bet they could create something to give the the look you want.
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Originally Posted by Jastx
Are you just trying to add a hard back to paint body color for looks? If I wanted to do that I would check out some of the custom stereo stores who do custom fiberglass work. I bet they could create something to give the the look you want.
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I used to have a car with the molded hard seats and it too me a while to figure out how to make them comfortable. I found the solution after about a year. I got married and gained 25 pounds. This greatly increased the comfort of the seats. No more jabbing in the bones.
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I see you are looking for oem seats. If hard back w/ tilt is what you're looking for, have you looked at OMP? No affiliation but they have a nice seat I was looking at for some time. Decided against it because I can't fit in a hard back seat.
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Originally Posted by akolodesh
I see you are looking for oem seats. If hard back w/ tilt is what you're looking for, have you looked at OMP? No affiliation but they have a nice seat I was looking at for some time. Decided against it because I can't fit in a hard back seat.
j.
