[Main Performance Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos Re: Performacnce Seats..which will fit adn best for buck? Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by Justin VanAbrahams [Email] (#32) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Justin VanAbrahams) on Wed, 20 Oct 2004 16:58:50 In Reply to: Performacnce Seats..which will fit adn best for buck?, Jack Crawford, Wed, 20 Oct 2004 12:40:12 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

I have been looking into this too, as the seats in my '86 900S are getting old, and the leather is fading. The thought replacing 18 year old leather with, at best, 14 year old leather from a junkyard doesn't seem like a great option...

Right now, I am looking at adapting seats from another make of car. Celicas and RSXs have fantastic seats, and my buddy at work drives a Tiburon GT V6 which has ultra-comfy and perfectly grippy seats. They have the added bonus of being tilt/slide, so when you tilt the seatback forward, the whole seat slides forwards about 6" to ease access to the back seat.

I've casually worked with Damien to get some adapters built, but I'm going back and forth on whether it's better to adapt the very common Honda or Toyota seat bolt patterns, or the more unusual Hyundai bolt pattern. From junkyards, used leather RSX or Celica seats run $400-$500 each (or more), but I can get Tiburon seats for $250. Of course, using such an adapter bracket one could in theory also more easily mount aftermarket seats that are made for these cars, although I dunno what a two adapter install would actually be like.

Not sure if this is of any use, but it's where I'm probably going. FWIW, Tiburon seats look like:

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• Performacnce Seats..which will fit adn best for buck?, Jack Crawford, Wed, 20 Oct 2004 12:40:12
  • Re: Performance Seats..which will fit and best for buck, jp, Thu, 21 Oct 2004 05:37:51
    • You guys have seen my RSX seats, Snipes, Fri, 22 Oct 2004 08:23:53
  • Re: Performacnce Seats..which will fit adn best for buck?, LarsW900t, Wed, 20 Oct 2004 19:43:38
    • Re: Performance Seats.. caution..., Eric van Spelde, Fri, 22 Oct 2004 06:11:19
    • Corbeau TRS..., Cutic, Thu, 21 Oct 2004 10:07:16
    • where can I see pictures? nm, snipes, Thu, 21 Oct 2004 06:45:48
  • Re: Performacnce Seats..which will fit adn best for buck?, Justin VanAbrahams , Wed, 20 Oct 2004 16:58:50 <-- Viewing This Message
    • plan to also use 4 point harness...should have mention, Jack Crawford, Thu, 21 Oct 2004 10:38:06
  • Re: Performacnce Seats..which will fit adn best for buck?, GM, Wed, 20 Oct 2004 15:29:24

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