SN95 Seats in a Fox Body??

[Mustangbelle306]

I know, maybe this should be in the Windsor forum, but I think that its kind of an unusual question that maybe someone with upholstery experience could help me with .

We are putting the front and rear seats from a 94 GT into an 88 notchback. The front seats bolted in perfectly, and the bottom rear cushion only needed a little bit of trimming (of the foam underneath). Now, the rear seatbacks are the REAL issue. The ones from the 94 GT are a good 4 inches more narrow than the fox cushion.

I have a kooky idea of how to retrofit it but I was wondering if anyone had a more direct method of doing this PITA job!

Thanks, Belle

[Mustangbelle306]

Nevermind folks, I figured out my OWN way

Pics to come soon mwahahaha

[fiveohpatrol]

Tell me how!

I got a set of tan SN95 seats from a 94GT for my 88 notch as well so all i need to know is how to do it

how's it look?

[Mustangbelle306]

oh man, its not hard, but its MESSY!!! I gotta run to class, but I will post pics and explanation later. I'm sure there was an easier way, but I wanted them IN, and I wanted them in NOW

[fiveohpatrol]

oh crap, I just remembered something. The seats that I got came out of a convertable, and aren't the rear seats more narrow in the SN95 verts? or am I ok?

[fiveohpatrol]

so.....?

[Mustangbelle306]

Originally posted by fiveohpatrol
so.....?

Ok, Mr. Pushy, here you go

[Mustangbelle306]

Ok, the bottom pad was no sweat. Well, not TOO much...I cut the covers along with the molded part off of the SN95 seat, cut an equal amount off the fox seat, and placed the SN95 top on the fox bottom, then repinned the SN95 cover.

[Mustangbelle306]

The reason you can't just stick the SN95 complete seat bottom in is because the metal frame is about 3 inches too TALL for the fox interior. If you can think of an easier way, let me know...that was all I could think of at the time.

Now here is the problem with the seatbacks. They are WAY too narrow for the Fox interior. At first I thought to take the same material that I used for the door panels, and make some kind of center cushion deal. Well, then the stupid pattern wont line up with the bottom cushion! As of right now, I'm still thinking...I might just make pads for either side.

[fiveohpatrol]

Ok, Mr. Pushy, here you go

sorry, i guess I can seem like a real *** sometimes

those seats look great in there. Much better than the tan seats in my ugly red interior

I'm in the process of dyeing the interior, going black with the console, dash, door panels and rear panels. Then I'm thinking about matching the seats with tan carpet and a tan headliner.
Do you think that will look good that way? I'm open to other suggestions, I just have to get that red outta there


I'm a little confused, on the bottom did you just basically cover the whole fox padding with the SN95 cover? Or did you use a little bit of both of them?

Sorry I'm asking so many questions, I just want mine to turn out ok. Thanks a bunch

[Mustangbelle306]

I used a bit of the padding from each car: the bottom of the fox cushion to retain the existing mounting spots, and the top of the SN95 bc of the molded padding.

I would use black carpet if you are going with black trim pieces. With any color seats, I just love the nice clean look of black carpet and mats...or, you could get a tan carpet with black pony logo mats Matt and I just picked up 2 sets of them, and they look so good!!

I remember you saying that your seats are out of a vert. I don't really think it matters, since the coupe seats are too narrow as well! Once I figure out what will work, and if it looks good, I
'll report back and tell you ye ol secret

[The Deuce]

Belle,
You might try using the door panel material to make side inserts. That way it would at least follow the fabric color/style progression on front. Either that or use the same color as the side bolsters. Car is coming along quick.

[Mustangbelle306]

Yeah, thats what I was thinking too! Even though the pads would be a little odd, at least the fabric would coordinate. I installed the panels, and even though they came out REALLY well (especially for my first time! ) I'm not completely sastified. I'm going to order some black vinyl, and redo them AGAIN. Materials were close to nothing the first time around, just some elbow grease and you know what they say...Practice makes Perfect! I mean, how do you think I managed to get so feisty??

[mustangman65_79]

In my '79, I put some front seats out of a '92 T-bird in there. Very comfortable. But in oreder to do it, I had to weld new brackes to the seats. But I got everything to fit, and boy are they comfortable, more then my captian seats in my bronco.