So I purchased a pair of front leather seats from a '05 RSX premium. They're black and in NEAR mint shape.

My goal is this;



Have the heater switch aswell and plan to install it in the center console but am more focused on getting them IN before wiring them up.

(actual pics of seats to come)

I love it

Good luck and keep us up dated

Take the bags out and leave the covers. Those leathers unzip really nice. Just dont take the headrest plastic out unless you want to replace it. That will save you a few pounds and you can blow them off in your backyard an scare you neighbours.

Thanks Pedro!

And great idea Stephen, hey..can I call you Steve? the "phen" is a LOT of typing.

Will post pics at some point this week. I may even get this started by the weekend. I'm getting bored. Fuckin winter!!!

+1 on despising old man winter!!

Also...that's a very obtainable goal, just make sure the seat lines you up well with the pedals before you commit! Not much is worse then putting sweet ass seats in and finding out that you are always fighting with your seat to reach your pedals.

Good point Terry! I'm not a tall guy either, but would have definitely figured that out AFTER welding the new brackets in.

Can't wait to see when you're all done It's a nice project!

No problem Mike, I'm lookin out for ya!

Its something that almost screwed me when putting in my Bride seats.

Lazy ass. Yes Steve is fine. It is actually wierd being call Stephen all the time i keep thinking my mother is behind me.

I thought about getting those seats, but then I saw the price tag and I don't want to give my GF any idea's when she's riding next to me

Haha! 'Stephen!! I hope your not doodling yourself again in front of that computer!'

None of this would have happened if it weren't for your help to begin with G! Thanks a million! I'm looking forward to farting into these cozy new seats and have the heater's warm up the car like a dutch oven looool

[/quote] I thought about getting those seats, but then I saw the price tag and I don't want to give my GF any idea's when she's riding next to me [/quote]

I always get 'shouldn't it say Bride and Groom?'

It totally makes me want to smack some people.

LOLOLLL I would totally get that when I get married and I have like 5 DSM's because I can

My passenger seats would say "Thrill seeker, gas moocher" lol

Mike, have you checked the weight on the RSX seats compared to our stockers? Also whats the bolstering like vs our stock seats?

I had no idea the RSX seats were so gorgeous! Nice mod! Keep this thread updated with all your experiences.

Well, you gotta remember. GSX has a power base on the driver side. So immediately I can tell you the driver seat from the RSX is lighter, without the air bags, probably even more so.

As for the bolstering, I bought my GSX with 79miles on it, it now was 109 (I think), so the seats were pretty worn in by the time I came across them. I'd say the RSX seat has more lateral comfort in the back section and those bolster are the right amount of comfort IMO.

That pic taken above is from tuners, and I'm not trying to "copy" the idea. I'm also not going to say I came up with it either. But I've always LOVED the RSX seats from back when and since owning my eclipse, wondered if I would ever try mounting them into it.

Bit of hard work and dreams can come true

Thanks SUCKER!!!!

jk

LOL, where did that come from!

I would also like to see this thread kept up to date and expect some progress reports as well as timelines.

LOL I sold him my black OE leathers hahahaha

Ya, for next to nothin. Wait till you see them after they are done getting reupholstered...........sucker

looool touche.

Everything you touch is "Cauduro'd". Probably even powder coating the brackets.

Well the dumb ass previous owner of the seats got the brackets all corroded from battery acid, cant have that now can we

I'll trade them when they are done for your RSX seats

Awwww that happened BEFORE me!!! seriously.

Also, I'm in the market for a complete floor carpet. WOULD LOVE IT IN BLACK!

I have it bookmarked on my netbook but IIRC, Johnny found a link to custom made carpets for a couple hundred bucks. Not a bad idea.

FAT CHANCE!!!

Only thing I'm not a fan of is the airbag portion on the side. Though, I bet that could probably be removed & a new panel sewn in.

You going to fab brackets from scratch or attach our OEM brackets to the seats? I've heard it can be done both ways.

For years I've wanted the evoIX seats but finding the specific ones I want, still in perfect condition (& someone that will ship here) is getting harder & harder to do.

If I want to turn corners this year, I think I need to lose the stock seats, this may be an option, if the bolstering is good enough to keep you in one place.

You're MY hero!

Well if we ever meet, I'll let you sit in them

And the evo9 seat is nice, but I think they don't look "as nice" as the RSX leathers. Hate to sound douchey, but I've always been partial to the ones I found. And for the price, you guys don't even want to know.

I plan to grind off the rivets holding the bracket (feet) from the factory sliders from both (dsm and rsx) sliders, then test fit and weld them on. Should come out clean depending on how much of a PITA it is getting those rivets out.

The driver seat has ALL the adjustability I need. The base raises and lowers from the front or the back, and these seats were made for coupe so they fold forward (unlike the evo seats made for a sedan) allowing more cargo/passenger room. It even has lumbar control and obviously heater elements for your ass and back.

Might turn that into a little cubby to hide my weed JK

Terry has replaced his carpets already and they definitely look good, I know it's not the same site.
The site he was using sends you samples so you can make sure you get the right carpet.

Yeah I had a set of these with a short period of time to try to install them in my 1G I had to give them back to the guy it was above my level of skill to make that happen fast. Its a shame they were leather heated and god like to sit in! One of the best seats to swap into but not easily done in a 1G

I was checking out that site Rob posted and it looks like they send you a sample aswell. But I'm really curious to know whether or not it's worth the extra $128 for the additional padding on the underside. I want to say yes if it's not TOO heavy, given this is a "forever" car and I don't plan to spare any expense now but, is it really needed?



Thanks Jason! I'm looking forward to using them. It's been decided, I will commence the project this weekend

Well based on road noise being something you don't like about tires the extra padding would be worth it as it is a sound deadening material

Mike did you start this? Don't grind out the big rivet between the base and slider. If i recall you just unbolt the the seat from the slider. Oh wait then you lose the seat adjustments. I wish I knew what a 2g seat base looked like. Might be easier just the weld on some brackets.

Too much going on at the moment

I may get it started this weekend if all goes well. It's the GF's bday so we'll see if I get any wrench time in.

For me is was always wrench time OR sex time. Never both.
We'll give you a 1 day pass. lol

Just pretend to sprain your ankle or something.

Any updates on this ? Im going to pickup a set of the rsx seats soon.


There are new carpets all over ebay for 2gs and 1gs.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1995-1998-EAGLE-TALON-COUPE-CARPET-PASS-AREA-ANY-COLOR-/390562164795?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Year%3A1995%7CModel%3ATalon&hash=item5aef51b03b&vxp=mtr

Still too cold up here to begin.

On top of that, we're expecting another 15cm snow storm tonight.

This time last year pub patios were open and we saw 20*-30*.

I promise I'll document every step I take with this project.

One thing I can tell you, I have yet to determine the seat belt configuration I'll use.

To be on the safe side, I kept the RSX latch's and cut the belts from the RSX to possibly utilize the clips.

Now, if I can get those clips (rsx) onto my cars belts, we're in business. Otherwise I'll have to use the grey buckles from Rob's car (his old seats) by mounting those onto the rsx seats.

Does anyone know if the clip can be removed from the 2G seat belt?

I am going to make the assumption that the internals of the belt are identical to the 1g.
So all you will need to do is fully unwind the belt then then you slide it out, there is a little weight at the end of the belt. Once you take that off the clip will slide off and then the other clip will slide on.
If you can get a buddy to help that would probably be best that way they can hold the winder(or whatever it's called) in place while you switch the clips.

Interesting Bryan. I'll report my findings when the time comes.

Thanks for the tip

If you are disassembling the RSX belts be very careful there is explosive tensioner built in. I highly don't recommend fracking with them. Or at least deploy them first.

I actually sent the car to the wreckers already. I ended up taking a knife to the belt to take off the clip for the buckle. Buckle is still attached to the seats.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQnCHNbz6dw


Whoa, wtf is in that thing, what is the purpose of the explosive tensioner!?

If that was in your face, it would've hurt.

The purpose of it is to pull you back in the seat opon SRS deployment. They can deploy regardless if the airbag pops or not. The buckle also has one.

Yeah no worries, can't wait to see some progress pictures!

I was wondering what all the harnesses under the seat were for. I mean, I know there's the side air bag and heater elements but my god, there's at least 4 pig tails under there. Obviously one for the buckle to acknowledge the belt buckle is clipped in.

Safe to say, I won't be using ANY of those safety features

But I do plan to wire up the heaters.

Just wanted to update.

I finally got most of my other projects finished.

I plan to start tackling this project next. Someone gave me the motivation I needed to finish it.

My front drivers seat is installed

Get on it Mike

Best part of the RSX seats is you can rig up a read-out for the passanger weight sensor.. so you are sure not bring home any Fatties.

LOL that's gold!

Hahahahahaha!!!

LOOOL Nice!!

Are the seats the same in the prelude? Theres a prelude with a wide body kit and fancy headlamps and scoops stuck to it at my local wreckers. Its got seat that look like thos but more of a racing seat style. Maybe the preludes come with more of a racing seat... or maybe these are aftermarket? They have the forward recline button located on the top of the seat rater then on the base.

Take a pic and post the seats you speak of at the wreckers, they may be integra type R seats, very rare and desired seats in the Honda world, especially if they are red.

I think they are blue with red pin strips. Ill be going back in a week.

They're likely just A/M seats.

Local wrecker here has em for $40 for a set...hmmm....

What condition are they in?

They typically fetch $300-$600

Still not installed mike? Bet u 100 bux they never get installed

It's in the works!

So thats a no, you dont wanna bet?

bet em ENG

If your going to be there needs to be a due date!

I like this. We should place bets on more activities/builds here on the board! INCENTIVE!

I bet your Spyder won't be done by Monday morning...

That was never the plan Evo tranny swap this weekend and drop the tranny from the Sypder and/or POR all necessary parts (rear sub frame, control arms, tcase and tranny.)
The installing will take place next week (16g, fluidyne, suspension, AWD components) Oh boy will she ever need an alignment. lol. Then repair the hood and touch up the paint

so Monday evening...

hahaha. Axles pending...

They are cloth and I don't think the local wrecker gives a crap (good for me). There's 3 or 4 out there.

I should say I want cloth as that's what my car has, I'm not a big fan of leather.

My big worry is head room though. I'd like to get them sitting lower then stock, at least on the driver side.

Rob accomplished getting them lower than the stockers.

Check out his OCD thread.

But be prepared for customizing the floor.

I gotta say, rsx seats are the most comfortable and visually appealing seats in any production sub compact car out there. Just my opinion of course.



I would snatch all of those up and well... you can guess the rest

Fiesta ST has MUCH nicer seats

how did you like the rest of the interior Sal, I hear it's not too great.
Plus I heard the arm rest is pretty far back and unusable.

The only one I've been in was a tester almost a year and a half ago. Was in it in Michigan, after it had just come back from 5000km of testing on the Nurburgring and a bunch more through Death Valley and other tough terrain. Had all sorts of insane and awesome gadgetry in it, so I can't comment, but from what I recall, it was overall pretty nice. Shifter had a nice feel and the seats were wicked.

Kinda like the discussion in the Evo thread, you're not buying this car for its interior

haha, this is true!

I might grab them, for $40 you can't go wrong.

Alright you assholes! I started this today. I grinded away the feet from the RSX seat and decided to customize my own feet using some 1/6" x 2" steel slabs. I'll mold and drill them as needed and use some self locking nuts and bolts to mount them to the RSX rail and likely use the OEM nuts for the front, and OEM bolts in the rear.

Easy peezy Rob

Easier said than done. You have an advantage being a circus midget

My solution was based SOLELY on height issues, and center line. Like I said before, its been done without doing what I did, but Ill bet my next paycheck, the seats are high, and to the side.

I know what you mean by the height issue. And for the record, I'm 5'7" and I guess you're about 6'7" with your spikey hair ehhh?

lool

Alright, so I definitely have noticed the outer side of the seat will need to be raised up by about an inch to and inch and a half. Otherwise, the seat is sloping to the out side.

I plan to level them using modified feet that may require two nut and bolts to the rail, for secure measure, and the drilled holes to be off center to accommodate the seat being straight to the steering wheel.

Why didn't you think of this?

Oh ya, you like to take the long hard road

I'll have this done by the end of next weekend (fingers crossed).

I also wanted to mention;

the 2g OEM seat belt buckle (the one mounted to the seat) is a perfect fit on the RSX seat using the OEM bolt from the 2g DSM seat.

I do plan to make my own pig tails to wire up the sensor and likely the heater elements.

But I'll cross that bridge when I get there.

Height issue. Making the seat lower was priority, not higher. Using the OEM mounting locations on the car floor, were not an option for me.

Hey Mike, just curious...

If someone over 5'8" can't fit in your drivers seat, what's going to happen when time comes for you to sell your car?

Or what if you have a tall passenger?

Mike, don't listen to Rob.

The height thing isn't that big of a deal. I'll post pictures when I get them in and I'll even sit in the seat with a helmet on and you guys can be the judge.

They're just seats. They can be customized how ever you like.

I'm just lucky that I'm not too tall to have to worry about my head hitting the roof liner.

PS. I won't ever sell my car. Seriously!

I was waiting for this response as soon as I saw him write that.

Look forward to seeing the end result, glad we got you motivated

Yeah I was getting sick of driving in Rob's old seats. And sick of staring at those new'er ones in the garage.

Good thing I have a pair of old seat covers to keep them from getting dusty. ESPECIALLY after the amount of grinding needed to remove those feet.

I used a carbide drill. Popped the old feet off in literally less than 3 minutes

This is the bottom of the RSX seat.

The feet need to come off (as you know). And the original seat belt buckle is still in. There's two wiring harnesses that attach under the seat. One for the sensor and the other for the SRS locking mechanism.

Both removed of course and DSM buckle installed.



Rob, I tried my dremel first. It's not big enough for the job. So I used my angle grinder and that went a lot faster and smoother. I wish I had a carbide bit!

Those rivets are in there GOOD!

My recommendation, have some safety goggles and a dust mask handy. There's lots of grinding involved.

Will post a pic of what it looks like AFTER removing the feet.

Oh yeah and there's a total of 6 rivets and 4 spot welds holding the two front feet.

I think when I put these in my old Integra I used a step bit to make short work of the old feet. I assume you guys are using the RSX sliders still?

Head room is a big thing for me, when I had RSX seats in my Integra my head was maybe 1" for the roof and once over a hard bump I hit my head. That was when I decided to get rid of them.

Yeah so I'll be modifying the feet on the outer mounting points to level the base.

The seat's height adjust ability is a rotary knob that raises or lowers the base and it brings it closer to the steering wheel by raising it.

Not sure how else to explain that but you may likely have to do the Cauduro way and remove that rear bracket on the floor of the car.

Wither I keep the factory seats or swap the RSX ones, the driver seat is being mounted to the floor.

Oh well in that case, go with the RSX ones. And post a picture of them too. Probably the only person in Canada with cloth RSX seats in a 2g dsm.

GRR!!!! It's raining today. I got the seat positioned and started customizing the feet. I'm going to have to grab some new drill bits. They're struggling to penetrate from age and abuse. Other than that, everything is going according to plan.

If only the rain would STOP, I could frack around with it some more. My garage is cluttered with stored junk, so I can't work on it in there.

Will post back with some result later on..

If you have a bench grinder you can sharpenyour bits.

^^^ I do. I'll give that a shot. Otherwise I'll just pick up some new ones tomorrow.

Stephen, he'd need to know how to do it, angle to hold them and such. However I'm sure you can find a video on Youtube.

I am pretty sure he could figure it out by looking at a sharp drill bit. Not really rocket surgery.....

But it DOES take some practice. It is pretty easy to grind a drill bit that WON'T cut...

What the Zig man said.
I learned to do it in college the first time around but I've got it forgotten now since I haven't done it in years.