"I hate your car" is what she said...

[Paul Workman]

Ami loves Vettes, and loved riding in my 95 LT1 car, but hated the sport seats (as did I) in the 90. First chance I got, I swapped the sport seats out for a set of the base 95s - one of the best mods I did!

Now we both love the comfort, and the fact there are NO danged bolsters to have to negotiate, and the ease of getting in and out makes a huge difference.

So, if your significant other happens to be female, remember she has extra width "down there" that really magnifies the discomfort due to the narrow seats - the 90 sport seats especially! Maybe changing seats to late mo standards or 94+ sport seats would change her mind about riding in the Z; it certainly did for Ami!

Justathought...

[GOLDCYLON]

Originally Posted by Paul Workman

Ami loves Vettes, and loved riding in my 95 LT1 car, but hated the sport seats (as did I) in the 90. First chance I got, I swapped the sport seats out for a set of the base 95s - one of the best mods I did!

Now we both love the comfort, and the fact there are NO danged bolsters to have to negotiate, and the ease of getting in and out makes a huge difference.

So, if your significant other happens to be female, remember she has extra width "down there" that really magnifies the discomfort due to the narrow seats - the 90 sport seats especially! Maybe changing seats to late mo standards or 94+ sport seats would change her mind about riding in the Z; it certainly did for Ami!

Justathought...

Yep upgrade the seats avoids bolster butt syndrome I added sheep skins. No complaints.

[Racinfan83]

Originally Posted by Paul Workman

Ami loves Vettes, and loved riding in my 95 LT1 car, but hated the sport seats (as did I) in the 90. First chance I got, I swapped the sport seats out for a set of the base 95s - one of the best mods I did!

Now we both love the comfort, and the fact there are NO danged bolsters to have to negotiate, and the ease of getting in and out makes a huge difference.

So, if your significant other happens to be female, remember she has extra width "down there" that really magnifies the discomfort due to the narrow seats - the 90 sport seats especially! Maybe changing seats to late mo standards or 94+ sport seats would change her mind about riding in the Z; it certainly did for Ami!

Justathought...

Yeah I am gonna be looking into that for sure. She cannot stand the 90 sport seats no way no how. We did a 200 mile round trip with the club the other day and she was hatin the whole thing because of the seats. Which ones exactly do I need to look for? I know about the 94-95 sport seats - which others are close to that? (years, ZR or non ZR, type, etc) Those 94-95 sport ones are kinda hard to find.... Looked online a while back and nada...

[XfireZ51]

Originally Posted by GOLDCYLON

Yep upgrade the seats avoids bolster butt syndrome I added sheep skins. No complaints.

I like the sport seats. The ones I had on the 84 were cloth and liked them quite a lot. I use the side bolsters to tell me I should lose some weight from my fat azz.

[Racinfan83]

Originally Posted by XfireZ51

I like the sport seats. The ones I had on the 84 were cloth and liked them quite a lot. I use the side bolsters to tell me I should lose some weight from my fat azz.

That is funny right there!
BUT - YOU go and tell my wife that.....

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by XfireZ51

I like the sport seats. The ones I had on the 84 were cloth and liked them quite a lot. I use the side bolsters to tell me I should lose some weight from my fat azz.

the 90 sports seats are my "did I eat too much over the winter" test. So far so good

[-=Jeff=-]

Originally Posted by Racinfan83

Yeah I am gonna be looking into that for sure. She cannot stand the 90 sport seats no way no how. We did a 200 mile round trip with the club the other day and she was hatin the whole thing because of the seats. Which ones exactly do I need to look for? I know about the 94-95 sport seats - which others are close to that? (years, ZR or non ZR, type, etc) Those 94-95 sport ones are kinda hard to find.... Looked online a while back and nada...

94-96 Base:


94-96 Sport:


Yeah but at the same time I can drive for a long period of time without my leg getting pain in it with the 94-96 sport seats

With base you lose the Bladders and such and easy to put in your Z..

94-96 takes a bit more work as you need to wire the sport function controller in somehow.. I did it this way:


better then it was:


That stuck out on the grey

Originally Posted by XfireZ51

I like the sport seats. The ones I had on the 84 were cloth and liked them quite a lot. I use the side bolsters to tell me I should lose some weight from my fat azz.

[GOLDCYLON]

Originally Posted by XfireZ51

I like the sport seats. The ones I had on the 84 were cloth and liked them quite a lot. I use the side bolsters to tell me I should lose some weight from my fat azz.

Oh no... Bolster Dimple AZZ... Lol you know these cars were built on human standards of the 70's and 80's Men were 5'10 and only weighed 180 lbs. Need to be adjusted to the McDonalds standard lol

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by GOLDCYLON

Oh no... Bolster Dimple AZZ... Lol you know these cars were built on human standards of the 70's and 80's Men were 5'10 and only weighed 180 lbs.

apparently the dummies they used to design the interior were 10 years out of date.

[Paul Workman]

Originally Posted by GOLDCYLON

Oh no... Bolster Dimple AZZ... Lol you know these cars were built on human standards of the 70's and 80's Men were 5'10 and only weighed 180 lbs. Need to be adjusted to the McDonalds standard lol

Yeah, I remember reading that somewhere too. Why would someone design for an "average" build, and disregard entirely for larger/taller people?

I don't get it. But, as Scottfab seems to say, GM engineers designed it that way, so to do otherwise would be to suggest being smarter then them and ripping them out and installing something else is a "kludge" by any other name!