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Fox LMR new Resto 5.0 seats?!?!

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Habu135

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You could always buy aftermarket "race" seats and have them upholstered in the same fabric.
 
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General karthief said:

The Mustang Restoration Traveling Show
You doing seat upholstery, dave painting, matt repairing/rebuilding
I could start a circus.
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One of our local groups did something similar to that. It was a a good forum effort.

View: https://youtu.be/hxTZSvP0xlA
 

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I was considering a set of AM buckets for the Black Friday sale, but waiting on clutch parts



To rotate out my seats, so I can refurb the mechanisms


 

General karthief

wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair
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I like my stock sport seats
 
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I regret selling the MINT 1990 Black Sport seats I had (Front and Rear) for $250.
 
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BlakeusMaximus

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General karthief said:
I like my stock sport seats
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Me too.
 

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I'm wish there were more options for poor guys like me with blue interior
 

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Cheapskate207 said:
I'm wish there were more options for poor guys like me with blue interior
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There is...it's called black vinyl dye and new black upholstery.
 

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Meh, I didn't say I didn't like the blue, @Mstng93SSP ! Call me crazy but I LOVE red interior too. BUT red has even more support than blue. Everyone has black or gray interior these days... factory or converted. I like that my blue is different; it'll look right at home when I repaint my car the factory twilight blue.
 
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They look like a cheap china knock off of the factory to me.
 

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Cheapskate207 said:
I'm wish there were more options for poor guys like me with blue interior
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there are blue Recaros
 

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Mustang5L5 said:
there are blue Recaros
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If I could confirm that they would match crystal blue I'd probably start saving. I loooove old recaros. (LX?, is that what you have?)
I haven't been impressed by the "matching" of TMI. I believe they're the only one that makes repop crystal blue stuff.
 

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I wonder if TMI has the kit for ‘79 pace car Recaros in blue.
 

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If TMI material matched I’d def use them. I’d likely recover the standard seats or covert them to 92-93 sport or TMI cobra seats in crystal blue.
 

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Mustang5L5 said:
I wonder if TMI has the kit for ‘79 pace car Recaros in blue.
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My 79 5.0 LX (or GLX?) had no console. I could wedge a drink between the seat and brake handle, but it sat on the carpet. The door latch handles were down where those speakers are. The seats were solid palamino vinyl, and the steering wheel was nothing like this. Were the pace cars that different, or is this not a 79?
 

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7991LXnSHO said:
My 79 5.0 LX (or GLX?) had no console. I could wedge a drink between the seat and brake handle, but it sat on the carpet. The door latch handles were down where those speakers are. The seats were solid palamino vinyl, and the steering wheel was nothing like this. Were the pace cars that different, or is this not a 79?
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It's probably not a '79. The pace cars are known for the Recaros, but Ford stuck them in other models up to 1981. These are likely from a '80 or '81.

heres the ‘81 brochure showing thrn as an option on the ‘81 cobra

and the ‘80 brochure shows they are available in blue

 

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I ordered a new pair from AM, they price matched cjpony and gave me an additional $25 off. Corbeau's sport reclining in black cloth/ vinyl.
 
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I installed the Corbeau rear seat covering in my car, and gotta say I do like the fit and finish of that kit. It's nice and tight - almost too tight. It's made to match the GTS2 seats, but I used them as a stopgap until I can recover them to match my recaros.

I'd probably pick up another stock rear seat and just recover that. I do have a donor 87-89 GT seat that I would like to recover one day in black tweed just to have a "stock" set of black seats. I figured i'd give TMI a shot.

Call me crazy, but as awesome as my Recaro seats are, I have a thing for the OEM foxbody sport seats.
 
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Mustang5L5 said:
I installed the Corbeau rear seat covering in my car, and gotta say I do like the fit and finish of that kit. It's nice and tight - almost too tight. It's made to match the GTS2 seats, but I used them as a stopgap until I can recover them to match my recaros.

I'd probably pick up another stock rear seat and just recover that. I do have a donor 87-89 GT seat that I would like to recover one day in black tweed just to have a "stock" set of black seats. I figured i'd give TMI a shot.

Call me crazy, but as awesome as my Recaro seats are, I have a thing for the OEM foxbody sport seats.
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I'd trade stock sport seats for recaros.
 

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nickyb said:
I'd trade stock sport seats for recaros.
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They would need to have a few Benjamins tucked into the cushions....
 
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