BigZ88

Ok, i may have the opportunity to pick up some fairly cheap 92 prelude seats. Now my question is, will my 97 coupe brackets bolt up to the bottom pan of the prelude seats and have everything work? or will i have to remove the bull clips and such and swap bottom pans so they will fit?

anyone know what im talkin about?

3RdT

i think they would fit...but im not sure so wait on some more replies.

Don Napier

you will have to do some mods.

BigZ88

such as???? this is what im wondering. Has anyone here done this?

munscher

bump

BigZ88

ok really guys, i did a search and couldnt find anything....do all my questions have to go unanswered? I swear i remember someone on this board having prelude seats in a civic.

93eg-EKhybrid

It is alot of work, since the rails attach differently than the civics do. You will have to make some custom brackets. I say it's worth it if you can get the seats for free or for cheap!

BigZ88

im sure its alot of work, but im wondering if i could do something similar to what that one guy did with his s2k seats in his civic. He took the botttom assembly and cushion off the civic so that he had the metal pan that everything attaches to, and swaped those over so that he could have civic rails and the seats from the s2k.

its alot of work, but i like the feel of the seats and the price would be just over $100 shipped to me. That isnt bad for the comfort and support they offer over my seats. hopefully they will sit a bit lower as well seeing as im 6'2 and almost hit my head on the roof when im in the car.

Ricey McRicerton

It's a bunch of work....just tried it recently. Your going to have to make custom brackets....making seat brackets youself probally wont pass tech inspection at a track!

93eg-EKhybrid

I used to have a Prelude and I will say that I love the seats! They should sit lower if you make custom brackets but I'm not so sure that they will be lower if you use the Civic buckets. If I were you, I'd go for it! When you do it, make sure to write up a tech story on how to do it and make sure to include pictures.

BigZ88

Well if i do it, I will make sure to let everyond know how to do it. I am trying to do this cuz i want better seats. I am a big guy and racing seats are hard for me to find. They are always too narrow and uncomfortable for a big guy. The stock seats sit me too high and dont have the side bolsters that lude seats and del sol seats have. i know sol seats will bolt in easily, but im hoping that the lude seats wont be TOO horrible. Anyways, if anyone knows how to do this, please let me know.

PupaScoopa

I'm your man with Prelude seats in a Civic. A '99 Civic to be exact, so your floor mounts should be the same as mine.

Two things you'll need to do to make 'em fit:

1. Swap the inside rails. The rear-inner mounting point on a Prelude is flat, on the Civic it's more vertical. These bolt right up with 2 or 4 bolts if I remember correctly. Make sure to reattach the wire that goes in between the two cables so the seats slide foward/back properly. Make sure they're tight too, you may need to modify them a little. My passenger side wasn't tight enough and the rear-seat release automatic-slider didn't work until that wire was tightened.

2. On the outer rails, just bend the rear-outer rail end down so it's parallel with the mounting point in the floor. Note: you'll have about a 1/2 inch gap between the end of the rail and the mounting hole. So... find some longer bolts (take your bolts to a hardware store or bolt/nut store) and something to use as a spacer between the end of the rail and mounting point.

The two front rail mounting points should bolt right up with no modifications.

The seat height is about the same as stock. The side bolsters are about a 7 out of 10 for holding capability. The bottom bolsters suck. I has at a track a few weeks ago and my *** was sliding sideways through the turns.

I'm 6'0", 200lb and they fit me perfect.

Another project for these seats may be to weld in some 1/4" spring wire to support the side and bottom bolsters a little better.

Let me know if you have any other questions on this. I have some pics on photos.yahoo.com/pupascoopa in the "Car" folder.

BigZ88

well, the thing about that is, the seats im lookin at are 4th gen seats, not 5th like yours. I will probably end up getting them and seeing what i can do. I will write something up and take pics of everything. Hopefully things go well

thanks for your info, hopefully they will be similar and i can use your info too.

PupaScoopa

That's exactly what I did... just dove right in and did what I could do. Nothing is impossible!

BigZ88

cool....hopefully it all works and i get the seats

Hatchy-Ownzjo0

I'm pretty sure you have to swap the bottom pan things or mod them in some other way in order to make it work, but i have the seats in my hatch and i can tell you they are sooo damn comfy and are worth all the work it will take. good luck.

I would tell you how to do it, but the seats came in the car.

BigZ88

dont suppose u wanna take your seats out and look at em and try and see if they just modded the existing pan?