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BlasTech
09-15-2002, 09:55 AM
How do you keep your back seats?
I got rid of the rear headrests...

redronin22
09-15-2002, 11:53 AM
sometimes i take off the head rest and lower the back seats but thats only for special dates. =-)

ortedd
09-15-2002, 12:10 PM
I keep mine up, with the headrests off since they obstruct alot of your view.

ApexinSi
09-15-2002, 12:33 PM
Originally posted by ortedd
I keep mine up, with the headrests off since they obstruct alot of your view.
Ditto.
I used to keep my back seats down also, BUT they deform the seat cushions a little after a while.

Spidey
09-15-2002, 12:43 PM
yeah the head rests really block alot of the view.

SBC31
09-15-2002, 06:34 PM
When the back seats are down, they then block the rear speakers. (don't they???)

I leave both up, but I removed the head rest on the rigth rear seat since I bring it down to put my hockey gear in there when I play hockey.

CgSi
09-15-2002, 07:15 PM
I think I'm going to take out the headrests back there and try it out for awhile

Spidey
09-15-2002, 09:27 PM
hey does it bother you that when you push the front seat forward to get to the back seat and the front seat slides back that the tilt on the back goes back to the original position. I have to keep telling the passenger to recline it back because it freaks me out when they sit up so straight.

natesi
09-15-2002, 10:13 PM
Originally posted by Spidey
hey does it bother you that when you push the front seat forward to get to the back seat and the front seat slides back that the tilt on the back goes back to the original position. I have to keep telling the passenger to recline it back because it freaks me out when they sit up so straight.

Yea; you would think since honda advertises the passenger seat as having a memory position that would also include the seat-back; not just the bottom portion position. I think that's kinda lame. Especially on the driver's seat. It's nice to just throw something back there by tilting the seat back forward... but NOT on THIS CAR. The last two door I had remembered the seat back position. For a car in this price range, I expect it--it's really lame Honda left that out.

As for the rear head rests, I keep mine in since I don't fold them down much. I think they look too cool to remove and don't really block that much to the rear.

1stockEP
09-23-2002, 09:08 PM
Originally posted by BlasTech
How do you keep your back seats?
I got rid of the rear headrests...

I did the same as soon as I got the car home. They'll probably sit in my basement for as long as I own it.

william
10-09-2002, 07:53 PM
I leave them in, and my seats up. And that whole passenger seat thing, with it going straight up, i totally know what your talking about man. I'm constantly saying " y'know the seat tilts back", or "tilt the seat back" And the people just look at me like i'm a freak, or they sit in it , straight up and say " oh its fine" It freakes the hell out of me. I wish it would go back to a sane position instead of straight up and down 90 degree angle. Thats my biggest gripe with the interior.

myeverlovinsir
10-12-2002, 10:17 AM
The canadian version of the EP has no seat memory or height adj. that would be nice. At least something. Am gonna try removing the rear head rests, and see how that is.

BarracksSi
11-01-2002, 08:35 PM
With my '86 Si, I left the seats down all the time. But, in the new one, I feel that they're good enough for passenger use, and it's nice to have a cover in the very back (which is actually just big enough to carry my tuba without its case).

Since the seats are up, I leave the headrests attached. Visibility is good enough for me, it's better than letting them roll around the interior, and besides, I'd rather not compromise the safety of anybody sitting back there. I drive well, but I don't trust the other people on the road.

BlasTech
11-14-2002, 12:27 AM
Comparing with the 96-00 hatches:

While the new rear deck cover is a fraction of the wieght of the old one, the rear seat backs feel 2-3 times heavier... I'm gonna take them out to weigh them one day.

IceD out N CALI
11-16-2002, 02:57 PM
i took the backseat headrests out the second day of having the ep i'll keep them off until the lease is up

golferjn
11-17-2002, 08:38 PM
i'm fine with the backseats and the headrests.

fyzm7357
11-21-2002, 01:28 AM
I keep both backseats up and both headrests on...doesn't really block the rear view that much....

carbonSI
01-03-2003, 07:01 AM
ha ha yea, i hate it when my passengers ride all boner style in the EP, its EMBARASSING! haha, but most people who ride in mine like to "pimp" it while riding haha i dont blame em! :D but even when theres no one in the seat, i cant stand i being all strait up like that... anyways, im about to take my headrests out for a day, see how that goes... -mike

natesi
01-03-2003, 05:31 PM
Originally posted by carbonSI
ha ha yea, i hate it when my passengers ride all boner style in the EP, its EMBARASSING! haha, but most people who ride in mine like to "pimp" it while riding haha i dont blame em! :D but even when theres no one in the seat, i cant stand i being all strait up like that... anyways, im about to take my headrests out for a day, see how that goes... -mike

How the heck do you see over the dash board when you drive mac-daddy-style? I think that looks silly, but that's just my opinion. Kind of like "rice"--just something people do for looks, but actually lowers performance of the car (or in this case, your abilty to control the car).

Doesn't your neck get sore after having your neck at that angle for any length of time? I'm not trying to be a smart ass--seroiusly.

carbonSI
01-03-2003, 05:43 PM
oh, i never ride "gangsta" i have to ride comfortably, but my passengers usually have to shift from boner style to however they adjust the seat.... but im about to go ride, im gonna take the rear headrests out, see how it works... il be round - mike

BarracksSi
01-04-2003, 06:01 PM
For what it's worth, I finally took a ride in my EP's back seat. Not even two days after getting to my parents' home in Nebraska, I said to my dad, "Hey, you drive -- I want to see what it's like to ride in the back!"

Th only problem for me was legroom -- everything else was just fine. In fact, my mom rode back there on a several-hour drive down to Kansas, and she fell heavily asleep.

carbonSI
01-05-2003, 09:27 AM
haha, yea, i noticed if its past 1am and were still riding around, my passengers take naps radomly haha, i rode in the back before too, but that was before i owned mine :D ridin shotgun is the shiznit, gotta love the seats! :D -mike

ortedd
01-05-2003, 09:40 AM
I was driving with passengers in the rear once and took a turn kind of hard, one of them slammed their head into the window, it was kind of funny.

carbonSI
01-05-2003, 09:48 AM
my friend was sittin shotgun last night, leaning his head on the door/window i kinda hit a small pot hole, and i just heard BAM! and then... "ouch..." haha but hmm, i never ride with more than 2 passengers... i can tell a huge difference with just 1, and 2 people... :rolleyes: :D -mike

ortedd
01-05-2003, 10:39 AM
Yeah, I drove my sister and her friend back from college for x-mas, with luggage, man the car felt sluggish and heavy.

the JigGa mAn
01-31-2003, 11:14 PM
Originally posted by ApexinSi

Ditto.
I used to keep my back seats down also, BUT they deform the seat cushions a little after a while.

how so?

BarracksSi
02-01-2003, 09:53 AM
If it's anything like my previous Si, the rear seatbacks would eventually flatten the bottom cushions. Relative to a person's body weight, the seatbacks don't weigh that much, but they would be pressing down for days, weeks, or even months at a time.

S2KplusSI
02-20-2003, 05:38 PM
I have both seats up with headrests on, but I may try it w/out the headrests.

carbonSI
02-21-2003, 12:02 AM
yea, im ridin without headrests, and backseat passenger (cause i only ride one in back if any) say that the headrests are the shit, because it makes you feel really comfortable and everything, but after i drop and tint in a little bit, ill probly put them back in, the back view of the seats dont look as good as without em, but when i tint, itll be all good :D -mike

BlackNRedSi
03-11-2003, 12:54 PM
good poll, good discusion!

GRRR....I hate it when someone gets into the passenger side and you have to tell them 'MOVE the seat back!' i feel the same way guys....i took my head rests out of my car, flip down the seats cause i have my amps mounted to the back of my fiberglass enclosure in the trunk...its real nice, you guys should check it out...!

eric

BlackNRedSi
03-11-2003, 12:57 PM
keep mine down cause of this....and yes i hate it when i have to tell the passenger to re adjust their DARN seat!!!! they look goofy when its @ a 90 degree!

KimchiBoy_TypeR
02-19-2004, 09:58 PM
I hate it when passengers have their knees up and it interferes with your shifting:mad: After I get tired of telling them to move their knee i just slam my metal shift knob into thier knee as hard as I can going into fourth. They are always like WTF was that for!!!!

972BlackSi
02-22-2004, 06:33 PM
I hate it when passengers have their knees up and it interferes with your shifting After I get tired of telling them to move their knee i just slam my metal shift knob into thier knee as hard as I can going into fourth. They are always like WTF was that for!!!!
just wondering what how passengers are messing up ur shifting? are they proping their feet on the dash?

KimchiBoy_TypeR
02-24-2004, 09:55 AM
they are sitting with thier knees upright and just kind of sprawl thier leg at angle to were thier left knee rest right on my shift boot. Pretty obvious to see how this would effect driving if you ask me:rolleyes:

Heitzke
02-24-2004, 02:04 PM
Yeah, it happens to me all the time. People always have their knees angled so that when i shift to 4th my elbow bashes right into their knee and messes up shifting a bunch.

chubbychu
03-01-2004, 12:42 AM
while speaking of back seats, does anyone get a clicking sound coming from around the right around that area?

when people sit on the right side of the back seat and i turn even a little bit there is a slight ticking like the car is settling or something. doesnt sound right. anyone?

audomatik
03-10-2004, 10:54 PM
i hate when people leave the seat so straight. my mom does it all the time, i'm like bitch fix yo self... haha. maybe we can break something in the lever so it doesn't go back to straight up.

Xtreme Racer
03-11-2004, 01:07 AM
As for the front seats i TOTALLY know what you guys are talking about.

I am one of those people who likes EVERYTHING uniform.

basically the front seats sit EXACTLY the same.

What i mean is...the recline and the front/back adjustments are identicle to one another.

as for the back seats....The head rests are a little obtrusive to my view...and having 5% tint doesn't help much either.

I'm gonna leave the headrests on though

toda_power
03-25-2004, 11:06 PM
dont u guys think our backseats are a little heavy? i gutted my car before and it felt somewhat quicker.

freidaddy
04-07-2004, 12:32 PM
did have my seats down, but now there up and the seatbelts are locked in and the head rest are off.

B4U
05-06-2004, 08:57 PM
I keep one down and one up( Showin off the 2 12's)
Bling

ecsahs3
05-09-2004, 06:19 PM
keep them up with the headrests off also

siver-SI
05-09-2004, 06:42 PM
I keep everything up and in. I guess it is mostly because I do not use my reveiw that much I use my side mirrors. I guess it is from towing so much and a stock mirror sucks so much compared to a racing mirror. If I could get a good looking racing mirror I might want to take out the back seats.

jbarket
05-14-2004, 06:06 PM
I completely understand the front seats business. I'm a little OCD, so I just can't take it if the passenger seat is like that. I'll reach over and adjust the tilt myself if necessary.

I keep everything up. There is a better view without the headrests, but I don't think it's a huge issue.

k20hatch
05-14-2004, 08:03 PM
Both up and headrest in!

Civicvtec1ps
05-23-2004, 11:53 PM
Headrests are removed. and Seats are down.

No hatch cover.
Need to show off Cusco rear upper strut bar.:)

KimchiBoy_TypeR
06-15-2004, 12:15 AM
Back seats out and food stains around my fuel line:D

zirai10
06-16-2004, 06:56 AM
does anybody know of any way to keep the passenger seat from staying straight up when you slide it back....?

archman
06-17-2004, 07:03 PM
Leaving the headrests off is definitely the way to go. They block a lot of the rear view

CivilEngSI
06-22-2004, 08:25 AM
Back seats? I dont need no stinkin back seats. I took mine out. :)

El Mocha King
06-23-2004, 11:01 AM
Back seats are usually always up unless I'm headed out to the gold course, which also makes me mad, because my dad can fit like 4 sets of clubs in the trunk of his 03 EX Civic without putting the seats down :mad: , then I fold the smaller seat down. Both head rests are sitting in the closet along with my hatch cover, the p.o.s wood liner thing on the bottom, spare, jack and tools. The passenger seat...dont even get me started on that...I always keep the seat perfectly angled with mine, and if anyone gets in, I make sure to possion the seat to where i want it before they even sit down.

dj addicted
06-25-2004, 04:37 AM
backseats up with my headrests out.... hmmmm.. "where are my headrests???" :confusem:

portugeetex
06-25-2004, 09:26 AM
Yea; you would think since honda advertises the passenger seat as having a memory position that would also include the seat-back; not just the bottom portion position. I think that's kinda lame. Especially on the driver's seat. It's nice to just throw something back there by tilting the seat back forward... but NOT on THIS CAR. The last two door I had remembered the seat back position. For a car in this price range, I expect it--it's really lame Honda left that out.

As for the rear head rests, I keep mine in since I don't fold them down much. I think they look too cool to remove and don't really block that much to the rear.



forgive me but i coudlnt follow anything u guys were saying, and i read it a million times and still dont get it lol, can someone explain

BaNAnABoAt689
06-26-2004, 01:36 AM
No backseats at all! :) less weight...

-kevin

JapanExpress
07-06-2004, 08:10 AM
both up, with headrests off so I can fold, but in the car so that I can put them back for passengers

frm_808
04-23-2008, 12:04 PM
both up, need em for passengers

Godhand
04-23-2008, 12:11 PM
After removing my rear seats, it all became clear that the ep3 should have only come with the front seats. After I carpet the shell, I think it'll be gorgeous.

frm_808
04-23-2008, 01:08 PM
After removing my rear seats, it all became clear that the ep3 should have only come with the front seats. After I carpet the shell, I think it'll be gorgeous.

how much lighter is it?

talonXracer
04-23-2008, 01:24 PM
Removed the useless back seats, I then put an engine behind the drivers seat................



























http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g96/talonxracer/IMG_0656.jpg

Godhand
04-23-2008, 02:40 PM
how much lighter is it?

About 50 lbs I believe.

ep3moschini
04-23-2008, 04:12 PM
ughhhhh. . . .

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v71/Buryingthesun/IMG_0265.jpg

blackbelt
04-23-2008, 05:51 PM
I leave them in and haven't actually thought about taking them out.

Godhand
04-23-2008, 06:31 PM
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj209/woodyinvincible/IMG_0116.jpg?t=1209000539

Have been busy scraping out all that nasty shit all week after work every evening.


Gonna buy some plywood and carpet over the weekend. . .god save me, I'm just a n00b.

Oh yeah, my Honda Civic backpack should be coming in tomorrow.:tongue: It's the one Honda sold for the new Si's. Gonna put my lugs and jack and shit in it.

xsimplistikaznx
04-24-2008, 12:54 AM
i wish i could take out my seats, but eh not ready to be raced yet.

Fallout
04-24-2008, 01:03 AM
I bought some headrests cause the previous owner took them out and lost them, lol. I think its passable to see out of and its a nice touch for rear passengers:tongue:.

Chad
04-24-2008, 02:46 PM
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj209/woodyinvincible/IMG_0116.jpg?t=1209000539




Gonna buy some plywood and carpet over the weekend. . .god save me, I'm just a n00b.

.

If you want to include the "wings" and have it fit all across the rear then you will have to split it, it won't fit thru the hatch. In other words, if you are tracing the stock carpet, you are in for a suprise :mbiggrin:

Godhand
04-24-2008, 02:49 PM
lol, yeah I was sitting around at work today, pondering, and then it hit me of how I am going to have to piece it together. . .sounds like sunday is gonna be a funday.:caked:

SiR R8TD
04-26-2008, 04:14 PM
I like having them removed. Not much weight savings, but it looks cool...IMO. A bit of a pain when you need to p/u more than one passenger. It gets you out of being a "taxi" for your drunken friends. I usually switch it up for the hell of it.

jdmrace1
04-27-2008, 10:35 PM
i just leave them the way it is...i can careless

shivic
04-28-2008, 11:30 PM
rock them how you drive away from the dealership.

Princess
05-31-2008, 05:38 PM
check out this gutted EG from Australia with painted interior... nice

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/1811/dscn3728bz6.jpg



When you are gutted you can a fancy fuel pump cover.


http://passwordjdm.com/images/Products/1949L.jpg


My ep3 that needs the remaining adhesive and sound deadening material removed. Such a pain.

http://a46.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/81/l_23daf0eee7a99336ba2fbd09ada27e95.jpg

chuck83
05-31-2008, 06:05 PM
http://a46.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/81/l_23daf0eee7a99336ba2fbd09ada27e95.jpg

damn girl, i think thats the most gutted ep i've seen yet

Princess
05-31-2008, 06:30 PM
damn girl, i think thats the most gutted ep i've seen yet

At least I kept the dash. Remember Skunk2's ep3 (http://www.importtuner.com/features/0407it_weight_reduction_tips/index.html)? I think they dipped it in acid to reduce the weight.

Here's some pics of Skunk2's ep3.




http://images.importtuner.com/tech/0407_20z+Honda_Civic_Si+Rear_View_Stripped.jpg

http://images.importtuner.com/tech/0407_13z+Honda_Civic_Si+Interior_View_Stripped.jpg

http://images.importtuner.com/tech/0407_16z+Honda_Civic_Si+Interior_View_Dashboard_St ripped.jpg

http://images.importtuner.com/tech/0407_19z+Honda_Civic_Si+Interior_Frame_View.jpg

T-MacK
06-01-2008, 07:40 AM
Seats down in the EG. Seats up in the EP.....but I removed the head rests. There gay!!

jenuyin
06-04-2008, 02:47 PM
roll with the backseats up and the headrests reversed.:bored:

pynikal
06-07-2008, 01:00 PM
I keep mine up, with the headrests off since they obstruct alot of your view.

me too.

i just quoted someone from 2002. DAMN!!!!

Akeeg4
06-07-2008, 04:12 PM
i took my headrests off too, i can see better: D

ryko
06-07-2008, 05:48 PM
thats where the bitches sit! i love my front seats so much...i even put walmart seat covers on them lol.

Princess
06-14-2008, 07:07 PM
Check out Spadz's gutted ep3 interior.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o149/fifthspadz/Newest005.jpg




thats where the bitches sit! i love my front seats so much...i even put walmart seat covers on them lol.WalMart seat covers? Not sure if that is love or hate. lol

20CiviC02Si
06-22-2008, 12:13 PM
Removed the rear seat finally!

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k136/20Civic02Si/DSC00032.jpg

02TWSI
06-25-2008, 11:20 PM
both DOWN!:mangel: