To the 999,662,876,543,321,088,543,678,049 people that is going to ask this again........

The answer is (ONCE AGAIN) you will need to make modofications to ANY SEAT (civic, integra, s2000, etc) that is not in your year i.e.
EF seats are year specific as you will find that ALOT of things are this way.

**88-89 Civic seats are ONLY interchangable with 88-89 Civic seats.
**88-89 CRX seats are ONLY interchangable with 88-89 CRX seats.
**90-91 Civic seats are ONLY interchangable with 90-91 Civic seats.
**90-91 CRX seats are ONLY interchangable with 90-91 CRX seats.

Do you get my drift....... CRX and Civic seats ARE NOT interchangable. For example: 90 Civic HB seats WONT fit into a 90 CRX and vice verse. Seats are one of those year specific things. And once again, ANY other seats will have to be modified.

I put '89 Civic HB seats in my '90 hatch and I had to swap seat pans and then I reversed the seats (drivers on pass side and vice verse). I didn't have make any brackets or anything. My own write up for what I did: (this is copied from back in Jan. '04)

In my case I had 88/89 Civic Si seats going into a '91 Civic Std.
*Took the seat apart (2 halves top seat bottom seat
*I took the rails off my STD seats.
*Took some hog pliers and removed the clips holding the fabric onto the seat.
*pulled the fabric back (not off)
*pull the cushions away from the seat pan
**Did the same thing for the Si seats**

Then,
I took the Si seat cushions and put them onto my '91 Civic Seat pans. I noticed that most of the Honda seat pans are the same, but mount in a different spot. So I just used my seat pans.

I got part of my idea from a guy on HT that put s2000 seats in his civic by swapping the seat pans. Then Usdm 4g vtec did something similar. I put 2 and 2 together and Voila!!
I am so happy though. Those vinyl seats nearly cut me up. It took me about 1.5 hrs on one seat. Then, when I figured out how easy it was, the second seat took me about 30 minutes.

HOLLA if you have questions about how I did this.

This is the thread that gave me the inspiration to do the seat pan swap. He gives you a general idea of how easy it is. I had never done anything like this. With the EF seats you may have to switch the seats around (pass & driver) when you get ready to put the seats back together you WILL see what I mean. And sometimes it works out better that way, especially in my case because the passenger seat was in better condition than the drivers seat. Anyways, on to the link:

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=347548



maybe this will become a sticky one day Everytime I come across an illustation or thread with CORRECT (not hearsay) info about installing seats, I will add it hear. Or if anyone know links add them here so that NOOBs can stop asking this question.

Old pic of my seats:

 

yea, those seats are my fav ef seats usdm. I did the same thing 89 crx si seats in my 88 crx dx, because there are , now dont quote me on this, but i belive there are 89s that are bolted like the 88 and like the 90-91, it seems like nobody ever wants to search for the info, so maybe this thread will end it, but u know it wont, but good thread.

 

How can I go about fabricating a custom bracket for a kirkey seat.

 

this should be in the archived.... good info and very true....

had to switch pan and bracket to fit 99-00 civic si seat to my 88 crx

 

it sucks when u change ur seats to integra seats by switching out the pans, because the integra seat ends up sitting WWWWAAAAAAAYYYY reclined when its supposed to be in correct upright position though, and i think the only way to fix it is if u cut your recliner bracket and re-weld it at a better angle
*edit* this is with 94-01 integra seats

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by T-Mo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
**88-89 CRX seats are ONLY interchangable with 88-89 CRX seats.
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are you sure about this? i thought 88 and 89 crxs were different, cause the 89 has the belts on the door... sparco even has different part#s for the 88 and the 89 bracket.

 

thanks for clarifiying a lot of things but yea the 88 crx seats are in a leage of their own. Im not sure if this goes for all 88's but i know the 88 crx seats are different from 89-91 crx seats

 

yes..unfortunately still a bit of a gray area with 88-89 seats but..awesome thread..clears up A LOT of future questions(that will still come up )

pic of my jdm sir ef8(passenger side)seat into my 89 crx

 

uhh my 91 civic si seats bolts in my 1990 dx hb

 

Ha ha...nice post Tesha. Looks like this was irritating you for a while.

 

In my case I had 88/89 Civic Si seats going into a '91 Civic Std.
*Took the seat apart (2 halves top seat bottom seat
*I took the rails off my STD seats.
*Took some hog pliers and removed the clips holding the fabric onto the seat.
*pulled the fabric back (not off)
*pull the cushions away from the seat pan
**Did the same thing for the Si seats**

i did the same.. not not very good pics

 

Thanks for the replies people..There is a gray area with the 88-89 seats, because from what I heard some '89's come with belts in the door and some don't. Also canadian cars are kinda in the different arena too.

The red car in my avatar is an '88 std hatch and it has '89 Si seats in it for sure, no fitment issues. So thats why I can vouch that '88 seats and '89 seats are interchangable.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SkipMic2006 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">uhh my 91 civic si seats bolts in my 1990 dx hb </TD></TR></TABLE>
I am sorry, but I don't understand what your reply is implying.

 

If only I knew 2 months ago.

Anyone have 88 STD Seats that I could steal the pans from . Great post, T-Mo.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SkipMic2006 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">uhh my 91 civic si seats bolts in my 1990 dx hb </TD></TR></TABLE>

lmao

 

Which seat have some good bottom cushion to steering wheel clearance, i'm only 6'2" and my knee could use some more room around the bottom cushion and the steering wheel.

 

Okay, here's one: Will the front seat covers from an '88-'89 Civic fit on a '90-'91 Civic?

 

here is the anwser to 88-89 crx seats! 88 crx si and 88-89 crx hf have different seats but 89+ crx dx, si, 90 hf+ have the same seats!


Modified by igotcrx at 3:43 PM 9/22/2004

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SkipMic2006 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">uhh my 91 civic si seats bolts in my 1990 dx hb </TD></TR></TABLE>

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by T-Mo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">**90-91 Civic seats are ONLY interchangable with 90-91 Civic seats.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Reading the thread ownz j00

 

so you know this isnt true with the rest of the world...

rest of world 88-91 crx seats all interchangable
88-91 civic all interchagable

for the us

88 crx can only go into 88 crx and 89 hf
89-91 crx go into each other

88-89 civic can only go into that
90-91 civic can only go into that...

 

what bout 90 hf and 90 si crx. will that work?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by T-Mo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">...I put '89 Civic HB seats in my '90 hatch and I had to swap seat pans and then I reversed the seats (drivers on pass side and vice verse).
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yO T-Mo you didnt swap the driver and pass. side seats b/c u wanted to, it was cuz u HAD to, right?

The 3rd post from the top of my write-up on a how-to swap pans https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1062869 was my question to peeps who have done this swap, Did you have to swap driver and pass.? I guess u confirmed it that you have to, at least on 88-91 HBs. I did 90-91 Si seats in my 88 HB.

Also can anyone confirm this statement???? <TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SilverCivic2k &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">...honda uses the exact same seat bottoms for it's seats with just different mounting points </TD></TR></TABLE>





Modified by JapJunkie at 9:41 PM 12/20/2004

 

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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SkipMic2006 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">uhh my 91 civic si seats bolts in my 1990 dx hb </TD></TR></TABLE>


<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by T-Mo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I am sorry, but I don't understand what your reply is implying.</TD></TR></TABLE>

He's implying he's a moron

 

Are EG seats a direct swap into '90-'91 EFs?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Nov!ce &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Are EG seats a direct swap into '90-'91 EFs?</TD></TR></TABLE> Nope

 

I rebuilt my driver seat by using a passenger cover and foam.
It looks and feels great.

Just another option.