How are the Fumes? Find yourself a little light headed after a 10 minute drive? I have to say it actually looks better then I thought and like others have said a huge undertaking...nice job.

 

Thanks. Right after I finished my driver seat, I put it in and you could smell a little bit of fumes but it wasn't overwhelming. I just left the windows down for one night for the passenger side and it was fine after that.

 

Yes, the original plan was to get black floor mats. I didn't mention that in this thread but I was planning on that. I am planning on painting the entire back in the future, but not for a while.

 

I see what you are saying. It's not perfect, but it's better than before. The picture I included is MUCH better than what mine looked like before. My interior was simply worn down. The color was fading on some panels, there were stains in the seats and doors (it looked like somebody gave a 3 year old a sharpie in my car), and there were small tears in the seat. The tears are less noticeable now because before there was such contrast between the fabric on the seats and the material under the cloth.

 

Not in AZ! I hate my leather seats but they are tan so they don't get as hot as the black ones.

I like the tan interior of mine but then I've got the interior appearance package that has a som polished aluminum and silver pieces mixes in to give it some better contrast and highlights.

I think too plain of a dash makes it look like a GM interior :-/

Op definitely hit those parts with a second coat.

 

I ended up saying screw the seats as they felt like 100grit sand paper and I HAD to spend my tax return on SOMETHING, so I bought some racing seats. I didn't know that you needed seat brackets to mount your seats. I thought you could just use parts of the bracket from your original seat to mount. Well, me being the cheapass I am (I spray painted the previous seats afterall. If you didn't see that thread, head on over here to make fun of me.), I didn't want to spend $100 per seat for brackets. So I looked up a guide on making your own brackets. Alright, so that's pretty cheap you say, but reasonable as that is so high of a price. Well, I went even cheaper. Instead of using steel 1" across square tubes, I used some aluminum flat bars, and I went as far as using half the materials you're supposed to. The design works and is pretty sturdy for something I made, but 1) I'm pretty this thing is now considered street illegal and 2) the seat sits hella far back. I'm 5'7" and have to sort of slouch to reach the pedals. I can tell you I WON'T be driving without shoes. I can reach the brake pedals fine, so it's not dangerous, but the gas pedal is "uncomfortable" to reach, but not impossible. Following are some pictures, first of the design and then second of the seat in the car. Yes, that is as far forward as it goes...




I have yet to put in the passenger seat in. That will be a project for tomorrow and I will have pictures up

 

Stuart, those seats need to be anchored correctly.

 

You seriously need to install those seats properly. That rig you are building is downright dangerous.

 

Seriously man, spring for the $100!!! it might save your life. If you get in a wreck with that inferior aluminum setup you're toast bro.

 

What they said. You need proper brackets. You may be able to hit a salvage yard for the right ones. I know years ago I took bucket seats out of a Pontiac Grand Am and the stock bucket seat brackets from the Chevy S-10 bolted right up to them (the seats were going in a first gen S-10).