oogy-boogy
07-06-2004, 10:57 AM
Well, after having all sorts of problems and complications getting my hands on a set I finally picked some up. Drivers side had a small little nick that looks repairable. The price was great and I met up in Upstate NY with a guy from Jersey. I know this has been done but there was little info available. On another note, I think I'm the first to switch the rears to the RSX-S leather as I could not find any information with my countless searches on 4 forums. I'm a sucker for leather and love the smell and feel :D.
The install was fairly easy. It's not quite perfect yet but I have solutions for everything I happened to come across. Here are a few of the minor issues:
Front seats:
- Each seat will only align on three of the 4 holes. The rear rail holes closest to the emergency brake (on both driver and passenger seats) sits up ~1" too high and is offset forward ~ 3/4". For the time being I put 2 washers and a nut on the bolt so that it sits up high enough for the seat rail to rest on it. It's pretty secure but I am hoping to have one of the machinists at work fab me up a little "L" shaped tapped bracket.
- The SRS plugs are fine on the drivers seat. The passenger side only plugs into one of the sockets. The other one doesn't match up. I have an SRS light due to the latter. Oh well, I'll figure out how to rewire the plug at some point.
- The underside of the drivers seats is low due to a couple of support bars that are shaped like so: \______/ . In order to allow for clearance for my amp I switched it to look like this: /-------\ . I also put in a bolt on each side and tghtened it on to allow for another 1/2" of clearance. Amp fits perfect and there's no way you can feel the bar. I sat on it and felt around. There's still a good 1" of clearance between the seat springs and the bar.
Rear seats:
- The bottom bench section clips into the 2 front OEM clips. The metal loop lines up to one of the rear OEM center bracket holes.
- The rear lower bench is approximately 2" smaller in width. This made for a small 1" gap on either side. It's not bad and I'm already working on a solution.
- The rear center bracket had to be removed as the SI seats are 60/40 whereas the RSX rears are 50/50 split.
- The rear center bracket will have to be relocated to the middle. I have not screwed it back on yet. I'm hoping to get some self tapping screws this week.
- The rear folding sections will click into the 2 OEM metal brackets. They fit in there tightly. At this point I don not have them "bolted in" but they are very secure.
- The rear folding sections sit ~ 1" lower at the level point of the seats (area w/out the head rests. See the pics). It's not a huge issue to me as it is now working like a ported enclosure for my sub. The bass is so much better ;). I'm hoping to fabricate something to shrink most of the gap.
Overall, I love it. The seats are comfy and firm. The added lumbar support, height adjustment and feel of the seats is great. They also sit a little lower (adjustable) and would probably be nice for some of the taller EP drivers.
Here are some of the pics...
View from the hatch:
http://www.digitalgumball.com/gallery/albums/oogy-boogy/P7060004.jpg
Passenger shot:
http://www.digitalgumball.com/gallery/albums/oogy-boogy/P7060005.sized.jpg
http://www.digitalgumball.com/gallery/albums/oogy-boogy/P7060007.sized.jpg
Rear bench:
http://www.digitalgumball.com/gallery/albums/oogy-boogy/P7060008.sized.jpg
Rear bench side gaps:
http://www.digitalgumball.com/gallery/albums/oogy-boogy/P7060009.sized.jpg
http://www.digitalgumball.com/gallery/albums/oogy-boogy/P7060011.sized.jpg
http://www.digitalgumball.com/gallery/albums/oogy-boogy/P7060012.sized.jpg
Rear bench with seat belts:
http://www.digitalgumball.com/gallery/albums/oogy-boogy/P7060010.sized.jpg
WOOOHOOOO!!! A Map pocket ;). I missed having one.
http://www.digitalgumball.com/gallery/albums/oogy-boogy/P7060013.sized.jpg
The install was fairly easy. It's not quite perfect yet but I have solutions for everything I happened to come across. Here are a few of the minor issues:
Front seats:
- Each seat will only align on three of the 4 holes. The rear rail holes closest to the emergency brake (on both driver and passenger seats) sits up ~1" too high and is offset forward ~ 3/4". For the time being I put 2 washers and a nut on the bolt so that it sits up high enough for the seat rail to rest on it. It's pretty secure but I am hoping to have one of the machinists at work fab me up a little "L" shaped tapped bracket.
- The SRS plugs are fine on the drivers seat. The passenger side only plugs into one of the sockets. The other one doesn't match up. I have an SRS light due to the latter. Oh well, I'll figure out how to rewire the plug at some point.
- The underside of the drivers seats is low due to a couple of support bars that are shaped like so: \______/ . In order to allow for clearance for my amp I switched it to look like this: /-------\ . I also put in a bolt on each side and tghtened it on to allow for another 1/2" of clearance. Amp fits perfect and there's no way you can feel the bar. I sat on it and felt around. There's still a good 1" of clearance between the seat springs and the bar.
Rear seats:
- The bottom bench section clips into the 2 front OEM clips. The metal loop lines up to one of the rear OEM center bracket holes.
- The rear lower bench is approximately 2" smaller in width. This made for a small 1" gap on either side. It's not bad and I'm already working on a solution.
- The rear center bracket had to be removed as the SI seats are 60/40 whereas the RSX rears are 50/50 split.
- The rear center bracket will have to be relocated to the middle. I have not screwed it back on yet. I'm hoping to get some self tapping screws this week.
- The rear folding sections will click into the 2 OEM metal brackets. They fit in there tightly. At this point I don not have them "bolted in" but they are very secure.
- The rear folding sections sit ~ 1" lower at the level point of the seats (area w/out the head rests. See the pics). It's not a huge issue to me as it is now working like a ported enclosure for my sub. The bass is so much better ;). I'm hoping to fabricate something to shrink most of the gap.
Overall, I love it. The seats are comfy and firm. The added lumbar support, height adjustment and feel of the seats is great. They also sit a little lower (adjustable) and would probably be nice for some of the taller EP drivers.
Here are some of the pics...
View from the hatch:
http://www.digitalgumball.com/gallery/albums/oogy-boogy/P7060004.jpg
Passenger shot:
http://www.digitalgumball.com/gallery/albums/oogy-boogy/P7060005.sized.jpg
http://www.digitalgumball.com/gallery/albums/oogy-boogy/P7060007.sized.jpg
Rear bench:
http://www.digitalgumball.com/gallery/albums/oogy-boogy/P7060008.sized.jpg
Rear bench side gaps:
http://www.digitalgumball.com/gallery/albums/oogy-boogy/P7060009.sized.jpg
http://www.digitalgumball.com/gallery/albums/oogy-boogy/P7060011.sized.jpg
http://www.digitalgumball.com/gallery/albums/oogy-boogy/P7060012.sized.jpg
Rear bench with seat belts:
http://www.digitalgumball.com/gallery/albums/oogy-boogy/P7060010.sized.jpg
WOOOHOOOO!!! A Map pocket ;). I missed having one.
http://www.digitalgumball.com/gallery/albums/oogy-boogy/P7060013.sized.jpg