Ah man, the first time I sat in the Celica I thought "These seats kick ass, I wounder if I could get them in my rex."
Do you have any pictures that you could send? Especially pics of the brackets. Thanks, Damion --- Nicholas Crego <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
