Best seat upgrade for MY??

[El_Freddo]

Thread dig!

I've fitted and am once again in the process of fitting Honda Integra DA9 seats to the brumby.

A bracket needs to be made up - use inch by inch angle. This goes on the outer side of each seat. Both rails use the factory front mount point, the rear needs a new hole drilled. A bolt and nut holds the rear of the rain in place.

The outer side uses this bracket to help strengthen the rear mount point of the rail. It also wraps up the side of the seat and is bolted in place where the seat backing mounts to the base of the seat. Some shaping of the bracket is needed her to make it fit nicely and have the factory Honda seat trim cover work it's magic (also needs lower edge to be trimmed to fit over the brumby scuff plate trim when fitted in the vehicle).

So far I've found that there are two interior colours for these integras - a grey-ish interior (that whens super faded looks blueish) and "graphite black" interior.

I'll get pics of the work once it's done

Cheers

Bennie

[henpecked]

Will absolutely Love to see the photos of the bracket and the installation process.

[El_Freddo]

Will absolutely Love to see the photos of the bracket and the installation process.

I'll certainly do that once the work is done

Cheers

Bennie

[Bantum]

There's also a new comer to the seat debate : BRZ / EA86 seats ...

Will have to try them out & see how they go ...

Cheers, Bantum ...

[El_Freddo]

There's also a new comer to the seat debate : BRZ / EA86 seats ...

Will have to try them out & see how they go ...

I've heard mixed messages on this - FT86 GT seats work but FT86/BRZ seats do not.

I'm not willing to pay the coin to find out then get stuck with some nice seats that I can't use. GT Liberty has a set of FT86 GT seats in his brumby that look sweet. I'll see what details I can get on that to add in here if he can't get onto the forum.

Cheers

Bennie

[dfoyl]

As far as I know the 86 and BRZ are the same (the BRZ simply has BRZ embroidered in them), and the GTS86 are leather and have the heated element on both and height adjustment on the drivers side. I have fitted GTS seats to my Brumby and they need to be shimmed slightly (especially the passenger side).

[El_Freddo]

I have fitted GTS seats to my Brumby and they need to be shimmed slightly (especially the passenger side).

Shimmed as in? Got any pics to share?

I'm currently in the process of fitting the new seats from the Honda Integra DA9. Half way through and a little more involved than I remembered

I'll have pics to share once it's all done

Cheers

Bennie

[dfoyl]

Either a couple washers between the runners and the seat frame, or between the runners and the floor. I haven't got around to re-pulling the seats to add the shims (the drivers side just bolts down without shims, and the passenger side is currently held with only 3 bolts! I may have to dig up some slightly longer bolts to take into account the washers. I think you might have some issues with the height of the seat if you had the 86 seats (I am about 5'10" and clear fine, but from memory you're around 6' ?).

[Cliff R]

Don't I remember somewhere on this forum that some Suzuki Swift seats fit well?
I have been meaning to pull a front seat from my 98 model Suzuki Grand Vitara to see if the whole Suzuki thing looks like working but haven't had the time to do this yet.

[El_Freddo]

I think you might have some issues with the height of the seat if you had the 86 seats (I am about 5'10" and clear fine, but from memory you're around 6' ?).

Yeah I'm just a bit over 6'1". The integra seat feels like it sits me up higher than I remember - but the original seat I had was collapsed so this could have something to do with it. I might swap it over and see what the difference is. One thing's for sure, the new seat is way better than the old.

Pics and write up to come soon - just need to upload the pics and find time to write it all out

Cheers

Bennie