Corbeau GTS II Seat Install Reply #60 – March 28, 2017, 09:56:29 AM Well, wrapped up my driver's side door interior finally with the same speaker grate modification and happy with the results thus far. I ended up changing my mind on the center console and took out the shorter 87/88 vintage and went back to the "correct" 85/86 full length style. Bought a new NOS light switch/ash tray panel for this console since I didn't already have one of this variety laying around. Installed my rear courtesy lights and plugged everything back in electrically. I have two sets of the rear lights and one of the sets had pretty worn chrome paint on it. I ended up using some rubbing compound to remove the remaining paint only to reveal that the original plastic underneath was pretty close to my charcoal gray interior. Thinking I might just leave them this way ... add's to the whole "50 shades of gray" interior ... ha! Quote Selected
Corbeau GTS II Seat Install Reply #61 – March 28, 2017, 10:25:59 AM Buttoned up the remainder of the center console work and finished all of my audio and climate control re-install and wiring. Removed the 93 Mustang "COBRA" hatch emblem I had on my cigarette lighter panel and replaced it with a "COUGAR" emblem. This emblem is "font" correct, matching the emblem on the taillight. I could be wrong but I believe it is actually off of a pre-83 Cougar. Sorry about the flash, makes it hard to really get a good sense of the carbon fiber overlay I used on the dash trim pieces. My next plans are to monkey with the seat tracks some more to see if I can't get a little bit lower. I received my shaved bases back for the Corbeau seats and reinstalled them, but I'm still not happy with the overall height ... the saga continues ... Quote Selected
Corbeau GTS II Seat Install Reply #62 – March 28, 2017, 11:04:47 AM Custom defrost label? Quote Selected
Corbeau GTS II Seat Install Reply #63 – March 28, 2017, 11:21:49 AM QuoteCustom defrost label?Wow ... that didn't take long for someone to notice! Yeah, "custom" using all mid/late 80's vintage Ford parts and putting them together. Wanted it to look like it belonged there from the factory. I'm still working out some of the finer details and in the picture, it's just mocked up to test fit. As Eric would say ... ancient Chinese secret ... at least for the moment. I'll get some better photos and share the mod once I have it all worked out. Quote Selected
Corbeau GTS II Seat Install Reply #64 – March 28, 2017, 11:37:28 AM Cool.Looking forward to the info. :D Quote Selected
Corbeau GTS II Seat Install Reply #65 – March 28, 2017, 01:10:35 PM I'm new to this forum and this popped up in my 'what's new' feed. Your interior looks great!! It's clean. Great work!! Quote Selected
Corbeau GTS II Seat Install Reply #66 – March 30, 2017, 11:34:18 PM Quote from: 85CougarCobra;460068Wow ... that didn't take long for someone to notice! Yeah, "custom" using all mid/late 80's vintage Ford parts and putting them together. Wanted it to look like it belonged there from the factory. I'm still working out some of the finer details and in the picture, it's just mocked up to test fit. As Eric would say ... ancient Chinese secret ... at least for the moment. I'll get some better photos and share the mod once I have it all worked out.As a FYI:84-89 Lincoln Mark VIIs had a rear defrost switch next to the antenna switch. They actually use the same panel as 85-88 Thunderbirds and Cougars. That's why power antenna Thunderbirds and Cougars have a blank next to the antenna switch. Quote Selected
Corbeau GTS II Seat Install Reply #67 – March 31, 2017, 08:30:29 AM Now you're stealing my thunder ... lol.Yeah, I bought a Mark series switch plate and then pulled the overlay off of it. I don't think these panels are the same between cars though. The Mark series panel is wider left to right than the one for the Cougar/Tbird, at least in my case it is ... and it attaches to the dash with different screw mounting positions. Maybe the Turbo Coupes had a wider panel with a wider opening cover as I know some had three switches located over there versus the two I have room for. I was then able to remove the overlay off of the Cougar/Tbird panel and cut the Mark series overlay down to the correct size and install it on the Cougar/Tbird panel while maintaining the "REAR DEFOG" lettering. I also cut the raised switch cover out of the Cougar/Tbird panel so that the overlay would lay nice and flat. I didn't end up using the Mark series switch due to mounting depth and used one out of an Escort. Here are shots of the two stock panels (Mark versus Cougar/Tbird), I'll try to get some better shots of my frank'n-panel this weekend. Quote Selected
Corbeau GTS II Seat Install Reply #68 – March 31, 2017, 08:40:17 AM Quote from: FoxyCouGirl;460072I'm new to this forum and this popped up in my 'what's new' feed. Your interior looks great!! It's clean. Great work!!Thank you ... it's a work in progress. Quote Selected
Corbeau GTS II Seat Install Reply #69 – June 29, 2017, 11:32:57 AM Well ... it's been a while since a posted on the seats. Needless to say, I decided to go in a different direction. I got the Corbeau seats installed, but just couldn't manage to get them to ever feel quite "right" in the car. I had the bases shaved and even experimented with a Corbeau made manual seat track. The seats looked nice in the car, I just never liked my driving position in them ... still felt like I was sitting up too high. I have a different plan in play at the moment and will start a new thread in a few weeks as I acspoogeulate the necessary pieces. Quote Selected
Corbeau GTS II Seat Install Reply #70 – June 29, 2017, 11:53:47 AM On a positive note, I did get the interior back together and buttoned up. I ended up putting the Mustang seats back in for the time being so that I could make it to Carlisle. Got the XR-7/Turbo Coupe sport steering wheel installed, put in a new set of white face gauges (old ones were starting to peel up in spots), and switched out my padded vinyl arm rest for the thinner leather version (had it recovered with new material as well). Quote Selected
Corbeau GTS II Seat Install Reply #71 – June 29, 2017, 04:51:11 PM When I saw the car at Carlisle, I knew there had to be snags with the Corbeau seat install. That's a bummer because those are nice seats but if you can't make them the way you need them, there really is no point in going forward. Great effort though. Quote Selected
Corbeau GTS II Seat Install Reply #72 – June 29, 2017, 11:00:54 PM Yeah, technically, they fit. I ultimately just couldn't live with the position. They are nice seats and very comfortable, just felt like my head was in the roof. It's kind of odd too because the measurements of the seats are all very similar to the factory sport seats. I have to think that the bottoms were maybe just that more firm and that I didn't really sink down into them as much. Dunno ... oh well. I already sold them, so recouped a nice chunk of the initial cost ... although, the seats are what prompted me to go through the entire interior again and make some changes/additions, so it wasn't a total wasted effort. I'm in the process of acquiring a couple of items for a different style of seat upgrade, so I'm hopeful that all works out and I can share it in the coming weeks. Quote Selected
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