Installed GS-R rear seats in my hatchback (96-00) new method
05-20-2007, 05:12 PM
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Installed GS-R rear seats in my hatchback (96-00) new method
GS-R Seats in my 99 Hatchback.
Of course the fronts needed the inner civic rail swapped onto them to work.
So i've got front/rear 98 GS-R seats in my hatch. I wasnt too thrilled with how they went in. I dont have the rear cargo cover so there isnt really anything for them to rest on. Not to mention the GS-R center mount piece has studs to go into the seats and then spacers are used on the outsides to keep them in place.
So when I put the seats in of course there was a gap between the upper and lower piece, but since there wasnt a center mount point (the civic is just a metal bracket with a hole for the stock seats) they locked in on the upper corners but just flapped around in the center and sagged. I couldnt have that.
So with a roll of easy rip duct tape (bear with me here) two 3/4" long bolts with decent heads and washers, and a single urethane spacer/washer type piece (it actually was a front swaybar end-link energy suspension piece) and a hammer, I made it work, and fold down like stock without having it flappy or sag.
Be sure the heads arent too tall because you want it to be half-half. Basically your converting the center bracket from the EK, to the center bracket (that has studs on each side) of the GS-R.
Take the bolts, and wrap the threaded part with duct tape neatly. Cut off any excess and test fit in the hole in the seat, it should fit VERY snug, like have to tap it in with a hammer. Then wrap the head of the bolt same deal, test fit it in the center bracket and it too should fit very snug, but so much as in the seat.
Start with the driver side seat. Put the pin on the outside edge in the hole on the chassis, then pound the bolt into the other hole so it should just have the duct taped head sticking out, then man handle the seat into the center mounting bracket until the head of the bolt sits in the hole. Then move the seat back and forth until the head is sitting in the hole. Swing it up, and latch it in. SWEET, one down.
The passenger side is a little different on the outside pin (the one that sits in the chassis mount hole). Make the same duct tape wrapped stud and pound it into the inside hole on the seat. You'll need either the urethane piece I described above, or even the spacer that comes stock on the GS-R. The outside pin is longer, which caused the seat to not stay put. So either put the urethane ring on, or the GS-R spacer and feed the outside pin in. Then man handle the inside bolt head into the center bracket. Once it seats, the pressure from both seats should hold them quite still. Also, since you wrapped the **** out of them with tape, they will move very little if any at all....and best of all THEY WONT RATTLE!
Swing the seat up and latch it (wrap those top latch points with tape as well to deaden any rattle if you have any.
If you had the same success I did, the seats should be mounted quite well. To take them off remove the spacer or just muscle the seat sideways. Once I was done installing mine, I grabbed them and shook them beyond any normal movement they'll experience driving or whatever, and they didnt budge. I sat slammed my back into them and they didnt budge. They also unlatch and pivot like a normal GS-R!!
The gap is still there, but hell, they are mounted properly! Hope this helps anyone having the same problem I am. Comments welcomed!
If any furthur explanation is needed on any part, i'll glady help.
Here are some pics!
This is what the bolt (wrapped in duct tape) looks like in the seat
installed and hinging like a champ!
Please mind the gap :-P
Nice and even, solid mount point top and center
No longer afraid to have people sitting back there! :-D
Modified by djmatix at 11:42 PM 5/20/2007
Of course the fronts needed the inner civic rail swapped onto them to work.
So i've got front/rear 98 GS-R seats in my hatch. I wasnt too thrilled with how they went in. I dont have the rear cargo cover so there isnt really anything for them to rest on. Not to mention the GS-R center mount piece has studs to go into the seats and then spacers are used on the outsides to keep them in place.
So when I put the seats in of course there was a gap between the upper and lower piece, but since there wasnt a center mount point (the civic is just a metal bracket with a hole for the stock seats) they locked in on the upper corners but just flapped around in the center and sagged. I couldnt have that.
So with a roll of easy rip duct tape (bear with me here) two 3/4" long bolts with decent heads and washers, and a single urethane spacer/washer type piece (it actually was a front swaybar end-link energy suspension piece) and a hammer, I made it work, and fold down like stock without having it flappy or sag.
Be sure the heads arent too tall because you want it to be half-half. Basically your converting the center bracket from the EK, to the center bracket (that has studs on each side) of the GS-R.
Take the bolts, and wrap the threaded part with duct tape neatly. Cut off any excess and test fit in the hole in the seat, it should fit VERY snug, like have to tap it in with a hammer. Then wrap the head of the bolt same deal, test fit it in the center bracket and it too should fit very snug, but so much as in the seat.
Start with the driver side seat. Put the pin on the outside edge in the hole on the chassis, then pound the bolt into the other hole so it should just have the duct taped head sticking out, then man handle the seat into the center mounting bracket until the head of the bolt sits in the hole. Then move the seat back and forth until the head is sitting in the hole. Swing it up, and latch it in. SWEET, one down.
The passenger side is a little different on the outside pin (the one that sits in the chassis mount hole). Make the same duct tape wrapped stud and pound it into the inside hole on the seat. You'll need either the urethane piece I described above, or even the spacer that comes stock on the GS-R. The outside pin is longer, which caused the seat to not stay put. So either put the urethane ring on, or the GS-R spacer and feed the outside pin in. Then man handle the inside bolt head into the center bracket. Once it seats, the pressure from both seats should hold them quite still. Also, since you wrapped the **** out of them with tape, they will move very little if any at all....and best of all THEY WONT RATTLE!
Swing the seat up and latch it (wrap those top latch points with tape as well to deaden any rattle if you have any.
If you had the same success I did, the seats should be mounted quite well. To take them off remove the spacer or just muscle the seat sideways. Once I was done installing mine, I grabbed them and shook them beyond any normal movement they'll experience driving or whatever, and they didnt budge. I sat slammed my back into them and they didnt budge. They also unlatch and pivot like a normal GS-R!!
The gap is still there, but hell, they are mounted properly! Hope this helps anyone having the same problem I am. Comments welcomed!
If any furthur explanation is needed on any part, i'll glady help.
Here are some pics!
This is what the bolt (wrapped in duct tape) looks like in the seat
installed and hinging like a champ!
Please mind the gap :-P
Nice and even, solid mount point top and center
No longer afraid to have people sitting back there! :-D
Modified by djmatix at 11:42 PM 5/20/2007
05-20-2007, 08:15 PM
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Re: (Rus1an)
Well I find it new. Everyone I've asked who have these seats (rear ones) in their 96-00 hatch have either not gotten back to me, or said they are just barely in there and no one ever sits back there.
So I figured i'd share this with everyone since i'm somewhat picky and am quite happy with my functional/mounted rear seats :-D
So I figured i'd share this with everyone since i'm somewhat picky and am quite happy with my functional/mounted rear seats :-D
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