Fox Body Mustang Seat Guide

1979-1982 offered four options to appeal to a broad scope of enthusiasts. Standard equipment was what was referred to as a “low back” seat with a small headrest. The next rung on the options list was a “high back” solid seat with no headrest similar to what was found in the Mustang II. For the enthusiast looking for more of a luxury feel, Ford offered a “low back” seat option with European-style headrests. All of these seat offerings could be had with your choice of vinyl or cloth upholstery with several different color and pattern options. Considered the flashiest of the bunch, folks who checked off the Cobra or Pace Car option on their order form got a white/black checkered cloth upholstery on a custom-tailored bucket seat made by Recaro.

In 1983 after Ford recognized the success of the Fox platform, they revised and simplified their seating options and dropped the Recaro option in favor of a more comfortable softer “sport” style seat in the GT and highly optioned GLX cars. This new option retained the halo style headrest with a mesh webbing and was utilized for 1983-84 model years.

Starting in 1984, low back front bucket seats were standard in LX cars, with Sport Performance seats carried over as an extra-cost option. These low back bucket seats used to be standard GT equipment for the 1982-83 model years. The base cloth low back seats would remain standard in LX models until 1989 when the LX convertible was ordered with a 5.0L engine and would have articulating sport seats as the base option.

Sport seats were not an option on the 2.3L equipped LX Mustangs. This was the same with the 5.0L LX sedan up until 1990. In 1991, the sport seat became standard on LX 5.0L sedans. For 1993, Ford again made the base low back seat standard on LX models. Something noteworthy, Special Service Package Mustangs and the 1993 Cobra R came with standard low back buckets featuring a specially reinforced backrest. SSP came in a variety of colors, while the 1993 Cobra R was trimmed in Opal Gray.