This is the bottom of the passenger seat. I assumed this air bag sensor was an air bladder. Wrong! Oil! So make sure you are in a spot where you can drain the oil. It is not that much. Maybe an ounce.

 

There are 4 bolts on the bottom of each 197 seat. This is a pic of the bottom. The nuts are on the top/foam side. This takes awhile, but it is one of the longest processes in the install. You have to do this to free up the bracket completely.

 

I didn't install anything power. I cut all wires to get the bracket free from the seat. If the seats you purchase come with the height adjustment lever, just pull the cap off of the lever, unscrew the handle, and then place the cap in the hole where the lever was. Its a perfect fit. After all brackets are gone, the seat should look like the last pic.

 

Remove the brackets off of the fox seats with the 4 bolts attaching them. I made some templates out of 1/4" plywood for the spacing on my floor pan to keep the distance correct between brackets while mounting them on the new seat. I tried a couple of different things, but in the end I placed the fox brackets in the position I wanted them on the new seat and marked the holes. I then drilled the holes with a 1/4" bit. ( the next part is all luck) Then I took the fox seat bolts and tapped the 1/4" hole and thats how I mounted the bracket to the seat. The spacing between the door and console is slightly narrower on the passenger side. So don't freak out that something is wrong.

 

For the rear, as I said, I had an upholstery shop adapt the new cover to the old seat. It is not flawless but definitely good enough for a seat that no one uses. It cost me $125 and feel that was fair considering the trouble ahead if I had to adapt the plastic pan of the 197 seat to the fox. I did see another guy on here do a wood frame and make it work, but after doing this, I feel it is a better option considering seat belts and fit.

 

For the backs, I removed the stock 197 brackets by prying, drilling, bending, and mounted the fox seat brakets to these backs with some 1 1/4" sheetmetal screws just right into the plastic back of the 197. These are a super tight fit in the fox, so be ready to man handle it. Once the middle bracket is mounted, I put both of them in the car laying down and then fought the outside brackets down around the outside edge. You will need to take the screws out attaching this to those flat pans on the back in a hatch to do this. I eyeballed the spacing of the bottom against those pans and then drilled the holes to mount the outside brackets. Again this is a fight to make it work.

 

I removed the u-shaped clasp from the stock fox pans in the hatch. It is to large of a gauge to work with the clasp on these seats. so the are sitting there, but considering how tight it is, I think they will stay. I hope this is a help to some of you. Hit me any questions you have. Again, there are probably several ways to go about this, but this is how "I" did it.

 

here we go.

 

Thanks for write up and pictures. Looks great. I've got the cheap summit seats in my 87 and while the look good to me. They sit like crap .

Any idea on how much they weigh?

I might have to look into getting me a set for my car.

Gene

 

Thanks for the compliments. I would say the fronts are probably 25-30 each. For me I used the stock bottom but the tops are probably 8-10 each. They sit low, but I'm 6'1 and me clutch knee was in the dash anyways so I like it. I never cared for the look of the knee bolster seats so I really like how these turned out.

 

The fronts are considerably lighter than the fox seats. The stock brackets for the s197 seats are heavy, so if you are looking for weight loss don't plan on using those.

 

Looms good. I was thinking of doing this also and the only thing I found was the gt500 swap which was awesome but think a little more than I could handle. I think I can tackle this thanks

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No problem. Glad to help. I was in the same boat.

 

I like! Very well done!

 

Thanks. I'm enjoying them

 

Would not mind having these (reapholstered to match) in my ltd lx. Will have to think about it.

 

I've looked on a few sites for the new covers just in case the time comes for that. Not a whole lot available yet, but I'm sure in time they will start showing up.

 

Those match the square lines of the foxbody interior so much better than SN95 seats. Looks great & thanks for the info!

 

I agree. It is a little more trouble since the sn95s bolt right up, but I think its worth the trade off.

 

Came out nice. Even the rear seat looks good. I'm sure you can sell the foam and seat pan from the rear. Glad my old seats are getting good use!

 

My upholstery guy wanted the leftovers so he has the pan and foam. But that ould've been cool. Thanks for a great deal lchauvin88.

 

Sorry this pic goes with the height adjustment lever post

 

Original seats are for sale in the classifieds.

 

Great info!

I just signed up with the forum to get easier access to all your photos. I just spent a good chunk of my weekend putting in the drivers side only with a set of adaptor brackets I ordered. They worked, but raised the seat so high it's almost unusable. I'm 6' 2" and my hair rubs the roof liner and my head hits every big bump. For a person of shorter stature I'm sure it'd be fine but there's no way I can fit with my helmet. I'll start another thread and link back to yours as my inspiration.

 

I found a set of V6 seats from a 2014. Would those work?