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----- Original Message ----- From: "Damion McHenry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Nicholas Crego" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 12:29 AM Subject: Re: CRX: Celica Seats > 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
