For anyone who read my last post about seats and was wondering how it turned out, here it is. They work! The 2002 Celica seats are very nice, and much more comfortable, and sporty than the Stock CRX Si seats (or the DX seats I also have). The backs are quite a bit taller, and only clear the roof by 2 inches or so, but that just means the headrest are going to do their job. To get them to fit, I had to do some surgery. I cut off about 4" of steel from the bottom of the seat (basically, the brackets and sliders, and then about an inch above that) with the handy-dandy Makita Sawzall and a blade that is intended for use cutting cars open after a major crash. After that, it was a pretty simple matter of using some thick steel angle and bar stock to put two cross members between the reamining seat structure, then bolting the stock 88Si sliders on.
I'm pleased with the final results, they look great, and are comfortable. I sit about half an inch higher than I do in the Honda seats, but that could be partly because the foam in my old seats had pretty much worn out. They have more support than the old ones, and I'm sure will hold me in place well in the corners, whenever Winter ends and I get to pull the car out. I still wish that I didn't have a sunroof, so I had more head clearance (I'm 6'1"), but I wished the same thing with the old seats. Best part? They were only $250, and they are basically brand new, I only had to vacuum the glass left over in them from when the previous owner totalled his car. I just had to keep checking eBay, and it finally came up. ------------------------------------------- Nicholas Crego Yellow Y-49 88 CRX Si 1966 C-150F 8046S Single and Multi Engine Instrument Pilot, Certificated Flight Instructor
