Helirich
03-27-2026, 10:59 PM
So if you own a Delorean and your seats are getting old in the tooth, you can get them reupholstered. Mine were not in bad condition as far as leather, but the padding was just terrible. I thought about getting them redone, but to tell you the truth, I don?t think they are that good looking or comfortable even when new.
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I read an article many years ago about the most comfortable sports car seats. I don?t remember the whole list, but the top two were C4 Corvette seats and Fiero seats. I got a pair of C4 seats for a custom truck I own. They are great, but we?re very expensive to get reupholstered and they are kind of tall for the D. As you know, the Delorean is extreemly low and it has good ground clearance. That combination makes for a vary small measurement from floor to roof. The Fiero seats fit the bill.
I was able to source a decent pair of them locally. When I say decent, I mean the padding and frame was good. The upholstery was way worse then my Delorean. There is a guy on the net called Mr. Mike. He makes upholstery kits for Fiero sears. On his web site, he has pics of all kinds of cars with Fiero seats. When I say kit, he includes custom upholstery and all tools needed to install it. He sent me samples of the differnt color leather and vinyl he uses. I called him and ordered a kit. He was great to deal with.
While I was waiting for him to make the upholstery, I started to fit the seats. I attempted to use the Fiero seat tracks in the Delorean. I modified them slightly. Cleaned them up and painted them. Greased them up and had them working good. I was just about to drill some new holes in the floor when I got apprehensive. I started looking at the Deloreans tracks and decided I could make the Fiero seats mount on them. This turned out to be a great idea.
Here you can see the two pieces of aluminum and the Delorean seat tracks. One piece is about 5? by 19? and 1/8? thick. The other C-shaped piece is 1/4? thick. That one goes at the back where it supports most of your weight.
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My seat tracks were not as bad as the Fiero ones, but I still cleaned some rust and painted them.
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Mounted to the tracks, I test fit a seat in the pax side. The first problem was I centered the seat in the track. This put the seat too close to the center console. I moved the seat on the mount off center about an inch and this fit nice.
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When I got to the drivers side, of course, I needed the seat close to the console for clearance of the hand brake. On this one I set the seat in there and marked the location I liked. It turned out to be very close to center of the tracks.
After getting that all sorted, I had one more problem. When I pulled the seat adjustment bar until it hit the aluminum, it barely would activate the release. I ended up putting 1/8? spacers under the tracks at the front. Now they work good.
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I won?t go into the actual upholstery of the seat because Mr. Mike has a video of the whole process. He explains everything in detail. He does one seat in 38 minutes. It took me about 4 days. lol. Actually, I was doing a lot of extra stuff, so it probably really only took me 3 days.
Anyways the seats look great and feel even better. I recently made a trip out to Mississippi and I was swearing at my seats. Can?t wait to take another trip now.
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I read an article many years ago about the most comfortable sports car seats. I don?t remember the whole list, but the top two were C4 Corvette seats and Fiero seats. I got a pair of C4 seats for a custom truck I own. They are great, but we?re very expensive to get reupholstered and they are kind of tall for the D. As you know, the Delorean is extreemly low and it has good ground clearance. That combination makes for a vary small measurement from floor to roof. The Fiero seats fit the bill.
I was able to source a decent pair of them locally. When I say decent, I mean the padding and frame was good. The upholstery was way worse then my Delorean. There is a guy on the net called Mr. Mike. He makes upholstery kits for Fiero sears. On his web site, he has pics of all kinds of cars with Fiero seats. When I say kit, he includes custom upholstery and all tools needed to install it. He sent me samples of the differnt color leather and vinyl he uses. I called him and ordered a kit. He was great to deal with.
While I was waiting for him to make the upholstery, I started to fit the seats. I attempted to use the Fiero seat tracks in the Delorean. I modified them slightly. Cleaned them up and painted them. Greased them up and had them working good. I was just about to drill some new holes in the floor when I got apprehensive. I started looking at the Deloreans tracks and decided I could make the Fiero seats mount on them. This turned out to be a great idea.
Here you can see the two pieces of aluminum and the Delorean seat tracks. One piece is about 5? by 19? and 1/8? thick. The other C-shaped piece is 1/4? thick. That one goes at the back where it supports most of your weight.
72082
My seat tracks were not as bad as the Fiero ones, but I still cleaned some rust and painted them.
72083
Mounted to the tracks, I test fit a seat in the pax side. The first problem was I centered the seat in the track. This put the seat too close to the center console. I moved the seat on the mount off center about an inch and this fit nice.
72088
When I got to the drivers side, of course, I needed the seat close to the console for clearance of the hand brake. On this one I set the seat in there and marked the location I liked. It turned out to be very close to center of the tracks.
After getting that all sorted, I had one more problem. When I pulled the seat adjustment bar until it hit the aluminum, it barely would activate the release. I ended up putting 1/8? spacers under the tracks at the front. Now they work good.
72084
I won?t go into the actual upholstery of the seat because Mr. Mike has a video of the whole process. He explains everything in detail. He does one seat in 38 minutes. It took me about 4 days. lol. Actually, I was doing a lot of extra stuff, so it probably really only took me 3 days.
Anyways the seats look great and feel even better. I recently made a trip out to Mississippi and I was swearing at my seats. Can?t wait to take another trip now.
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