I've read most every seat thread on the 80 section, and most of them have dealt with the rebuilding / recovering of the stock seats (front seats in particular). I've also seen where some have retrofitted some aftermarket / other brand seats into an 80, but they were harder to find models and/or not really that good of an option.
My purpose for posting this thread is to explore what alternatives we have for seating (primarily the front two seats) in an 80. In my opinion, even new, 80 seats weren't particularly comfortable, and especially now that my leather has become hard as a steel plate (Leatherique won't even soften the leather), I'm looking for something else. That begs the question: what are some reasonable (easy to find and at a good price), more comfortable alternatives? There ought to be a "standard" out there that could become a suitable alternative for those that don't want to just recover what they've got..........
I know some of you are just ITCHING to ask "why would you want to do that? The 80 seats are fine" or "I think they're great as-is" blah, blah, blah.....but that's not what I'm asking. I'm wanting to see if there are complete seats that are reasonably easy to install IN PLACE of the factory seats..........for instance, there is an order-of-magnitude difference in the comfort of my 100 seats vs. my 80, so I'm wondering if there might be a whole seat unit that would just be more comfortable (and maybe more adjustable, etc.)
That's all I'm asking: what's the "best" swap for factory 80 front bucket seats? Anyone out there pleased with their swap and are the ones you used reasonably easy to swap? Comfortable? Readily available? Priced where most can afford them? Let's see what many of you have to say.......
My purpose for posting this thread is to explore what alternatives we have for seating (primarily the front two seats) in an 80. In my opinion, even new, 80 seats weren't particularly comfortable, and especially now that my leather has become hard as a steel plate (Leatherique won't even soften the leather), I'm looking for something else. That begs the question: what are some reasonable (easy to find and at a good price), more comfortable alternatives? There ought to be a "standard" out there that could become a suitable alternative for those that don't want to just recover what they've got..........
I know some of you are just ITCHING to ask "why would you want to do that? The 80 seats are fine" or "I think they're great as-is" blah, blah, blah.....but that's not what I'm asking. I'm wanting to see if there are complete seats that are reasonably easy to install IN PLACE of the factory seats..........for instance, there is an order-of-magnitude difference in the comfort of my 100 seats vs. my 80, so I'm wondering if there might be a whole seat unit that would just be more comfortable (and maybe more adjustable, etc.)
That's all I'm asking: what's the "best" swap for factory 80 front bucket seats? Anyone out there pleased with their swap and are the ones you used reasonably easy to swap? Comfortable? Readily available? Priced where most can afford them? Let's see what many of you have to say.......