A case for aftermarket seats in stock

Greg Hill · 07-19-2010, 07:06 AM

Man. I never realized this would get so much ink. My point is that aftermarket seats that are stock appearing or close to stock appearing should be an option. Contrary to what Evan said these seats that I've seen appear to be much better than the 30- 40 year old seats we are using. They have welded tubular steel frames, the seat tracks have locks on both sides and do not have the slop in the mechanizims that old seats do. I confess that I bought the procar seats for Andrew's car when I was building it. Since then I put my 70 seats in Andrew's car and found some 71 seats for my car. At the time the rule book said stock type seats. I took that to mean a seat that looked similar to a stock seat and operated like a stock seat. As most of you know after a thread on here discussing this subject appeared the rule book was changed to indicate the correct year and model seats.

On another thread on this forum one of the guys who have built a bunch of the new challengers say that they have aftermarket seats. I guess that's okay since they are aftermarket cars. I think the weight difference is not a big thing. If you build your car the right way you are going to be able to put plenty of ballast in the trunk, plus the seats I'm talking about are only 10 to 15 pounds lighter than a stock seat. Oh one other thing pre 67 cars don't even have a latch to keep the back from going forward. To me this is a common sense issue, you can buy the pro car seats for about 200 bucks a piece, they are covered in black vinyl, can be bought with or without a head rest, and they offer high backs or low backs. To re do a set of 70 Camaro seats you first have to find some and since they are a one year only deal that's getting harder and harder to do. After you pay someone 400 to 500 dollars for some wore out piece of crap, then you have to buy new foam and covers which are about $600. So you've got about $1000 invested already then you have to pay an upholsterer $500 to re-cover them. $1500 compared to around $400. I realize that not all seats would be this costly but this was our deal. The thing is you get a better seat for about a third of the price a very few people would even recognize that they weren't the original seats.

07-19-2010, 07:06 AM	#11
Greg Hill VIP Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Louisville , KY Posts: 1,995 Likes: 69 Liked 279 Times in 68 Posts	Re: A case for aftermarket seats in stock Man. I never realized this would get so much ink. My point is that aftermarket seats that are stock appearing or close to stock appearing should be an option. Contrary to what Evan said these seats that I've seen appear to be much better than the 30- 40 year old seats we are using. They have welded tubular steel frames, the seat tracks have locks on both sides and do not have the slop in the mechanizims that old seats do. I confess that I bought the procar seats for Andrew's car when I was building it. Since then I put my 70 seats in Andrew's car and found some 71 seats for my car. At the time the rule book said stock type seats. I took that to mean a seat that looked similar to a stock seat and operated like a stock seat. As most of you know after a thread on here discussing this subject appeared the rule book was changed to indicate the correct year and model seats. On another thread on this forum one of the guys who have built a bunch of the new challengers say that they have aftermarket seats. I guess that's okay since they are aftermarket cars. I think the weight difference is not a big thing. If you build your car the right way you are going to be able to put plenty of ballast in the trunk, plus the seats I'm talking about are only 10 to 15 pounds lighter than a stock seat. Oh one other thing pre 67 cars don't even have a latch to keep the back from going forward. To me this is a common sense issue, you can buy the pro car seats for about 200 bucks a piece, they are covered in black vinyl, can be bought with or without a head rest, and they offer high backs or low backs. To re do a set of 70 Camaro seats you first have to find some and since they are a one year only deal that's getting harder and harder to do. After you pay someone 400 to 500 dollars for some wore out piece of crap, then you have to buy new foam and covers which are about $600. So you've got about $1000 invested already then you have to pay an upholsterer $500 to re-cover them. $1500 compared to around $400. I realize that not all seats would be this costly but this was our deal. The thing is you get a better seat for about a third of the price a very few people would even recognize that they weren't the original seats. __________________ Greg Hill 4171 STK