MotorTrend editor KJ Jones installs a set of TMI Products bucket seats in his 1986 Ford Mustang Fox Body
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00:00And here you go Project T Top Coupe TMI Products Pro Series Trans Am Seats.
00:07Here's a comparo for you. This is the stock Mustang seat. This is not from an
00:1486. This is from I believe an 88 or maybe an 89 Mustang but it is a Mustang stock
00:21seat nonetheless and this is the seat that I went with to replace the stock
00:27seat. This is TMI Products Pro Series Trans Am Seat for Fox Mustangs 79 to 93
00:32Mustangs and just want to give you a look at the the differences. Similar but
00:37different. This is a medium gray is the color so ie charcoal and as you see the
00:42insert was selected to somewhat match the material that was used in the
00:47original seat. The big deal the big differences are up close here. Look at
00:52that look how thick look how thick all that bolstering is and the TMI seat and
00:59the headrest is adjustable three positions and then look at the stocker
01:02it looks almost flimsy by comparison. It isn't you know flimsy but look how much
01:09more robust the TMI is. It's built for comfort. It's built to carry the driver
01:14and the passenger really encompass driver and passenger around the torso
01:19area and also in the thigh and and butt area and here you go with the
01:26stocker. In here you don't have any type of a bracing you just have foam
01:32basically in the thigh bolster and the TMI seat this is built with metal inside
01:37here to really give it shape and give it structure give it good support so it
01:42won't in a sense fall over like this one has over time where the foam is pretty
01:47much kind of had it in this area this is both our driver seats actually these
01:52are both driver seats so that's what I wanted to show you as comparison. This is
01:56basically formed off a seat shell as is this but there's just more rigidity in
02:04it. One of the I guess bigger differences that I'll have to compensate for
02:08somehow is in here you had just below the knees I guess you could say this
02:15piece would slide out and in this area here I ran the crotch belt through this
02:21void here and I'll have to now run it up over the seat from my five-point safety
02:26harness but that's not a big deal just wanted to give you a real side-by-side
02:31comparison and we did this because it does look like a stock Mustang seat
02:37we'll see what happens once it's installed and final final look at it but
02:41what it uh kind of like a double-take effect somebody walks by the car and
02:46takes a look inside it's like oh those are nice seats Mustang seat oh wait a
02:49minute hold it what kind of seats are those they are TMI Pro Series Trans Am
02:54seats for Fox Mustang and I'm pretty happy with them we'll get them in the
03:01car give you a final look in just a minute