These seats have more of the GM standard size base (ie like the Fiero), So I'm gonna try to make it work. And it kind of fits....
After countless hours, I managed to completely disassemble the seats. The hard part was removing all of the extra brackets from the rails. The seats are much easier to handle when naked.
Several challenges still lie ahead. Mounting the seat frame to the rails. It will need to be removable. Second item is the power adjust. The rails are about 3" closer together than on the ATS, so the adjuster motor and frame needs to magically shrink. Then there is the wiring. These seats have full power and features. I've had to eliminate the power height adjust, but I think I can salvage the rest.
No idea when I'll get more done, but I wanted to show some progress.
I mounted the seats to the power rails and made the rails removable.
The power assist for the forward/reverse was modified. I still need a shorter square drive, but they look to be available.
As for wiring, I managed to remember where most everything went, but I have not attempted to connect it into the car. That will wait until I get back into interior mode.
Still some challenges. I think it's still sitting too high for my 6 foot upper body. My head hits the roof. And there's still mounting the switches and all of the wiring. And lastly duplicating it on the passenger side. As for now, I need to take advantage of the weather and work on other things, so this is put on the backburner.
It's been a while updating this thread. These pics belong here, instead of my "body" thread.
I was correct in my last post that the seat was too high. I ended up taking about 1.5" out of the driver's side. Passenger side was ok.
I also have the fore-aft motors working, the tilt working, and the thigh tilt working on both seats.
Currently, I'm installing Noico 80mil butyl sound deadening. I'm about 2/3 done, but I will run out of mat before completing. So I have to order more. I'm also thinking of using 50 mil butyl or 210 mil foam for the roof. Thoughts?
Lastly, I'm also seriously considering a different dash swap.
Couple choices:
or
And...I ordered some carpet and vinyl samples for color matching.
thanx for looking...
Bob
[This message has been edited by RCR (edited 03-29-2021).]
An additional 18 sq ft of Noico 80 mil sound deadener arrived today, to go along with the 36 sq ft already in the car. Also purchased 25 sq ft of 50 mil that I will use on the roof.
Still awaiting color samples. Hmm??
Did a few other things, but that's for another thread.
Happy Easter
Bob
PS, I looked at the dashes above... Too small.. Not going to work.
[This message has been edited by RCR (edited 04-04-2021).]
Work has been a ***** for the last 8 months, but some motion... I ordered some black carpet. Should be arrive in about a week. Still looking at new dash options.
As a matter of fact... I need to download all of the pics, but I have spent the last couple weeks working on the interior.
I pulled all of the panels out of storage. They have been cleaned and painted SEM Napa Red. I pulled the dash out last weekend, it is also now Napa Red, with silver and black accents. I also pulled off the door I created for the airbag cover, went to the scrap yard and pulled a mint cover that will be installed, but I ran out of paint, so that's on order.
Most of the roof was covered with 50 mil sound deadener (a little to go on passenger side).
The grey headliner was stripped. The backer repaired, and recovered with a pretty close match to Napa Red.
I also spent some time adding a new fuse box to the frunck, where I'm getting power for a new Boss amp and ran power for the power seats.
And, lastly, I ran though and found all of the proper stereo wiring, then installed a new Boss 7" multi-media head unit.
Heck, I've got a couple minutes, here are some pics...
Feels like about 10 years ago, I made some speaker pods for behind the seats. I actually finished and mounted them. I put Kicker 5.25" speakers in them, connected to Kenwood amp (temporarily). And pics, as well as the dash remounted...
