low back or highback buckets?

[Flash68]

Jody, those seats are sweet. And Shawn does some nice work up at Gearhead. He did an excellent job fixing a botched rear seat in my car.

And I wanted the low back seat too but it is definitely more dangerous.... here's my low back ISS buckets.

[PASD U]

I say it depends on the car. I have a 65 Chevelle and plan on a low back bucket once I convert from a bench seat. I think for that body car it looks right, maybe because it's square looking. Now for the 68 and up Chevelles and any Camaro, I think high back seats look just right. Just depends to me. If you can, show us a few profile shots of the car. That would help me give my opinion.

[Norm Peterson]

I'd say it has more to do with the anticipated use of the car than on the car make/model. Choose the seat to suit the use, then trim or reupholster it to suit the rest of the interior.

If you're going for a more original or at least period-correct interior without envisioning much actual hard driving use you'd choose the low-backs. For a more modern appearance or any sort of harder performance use, use high-backs.

It's not just 4+ point harnesses that suggest high-backs; a simple chest strap for autocross or (if allowed) entry-level open-tracking wouldn't work at all well with low-back seats.


Norm

[2008fx4]

high backs in a 66 chevelle