seat brackets I made today

[lovetoski]

I'm not a metal fabricator. I don't have much beyond hand tools, though I borrowed a drill-press for this project. Nevertheless, I was able to make some crude brackets to mount "new" seats in my 60 today. I used 2X2 inch square tubing (1/8 inch - thinnest the shop had). The seats are from an LX450 I think. Power drivers, manual passenger. Leather, nice upgrade in terms of comfort.

Here are some pics...

 

[jjbodean1970]

damn, looks sweet! how tough was the wiring for the drivers seat?

 

[lovetoski]

Wiring was super easy. The plug had three male ends. One was a ground. One was hot. No idea what the third did. Maybe it was for a seat heater - but I don't think mine has one (though maybe it does, I'll have to check that out.) I spliced the hot into the cig lighter, and now I have a power seat! Woo Hoo!

 

[jjbodean1970]

no way! that easy, huh? damnit doug, now i'm gonna have to find me some nice seats, too.... how about fabbing up an extra set of brackets?

jeff

 

[lovetoski]

The wiring was easy (I can do electrical). The brackets were hard. Did I say hard? Each set of seat brackets took about 5 hours. Pathetic I know. But they work great, so I'm happy.

 

[Cookiemonster]

WOW! Brackets look great. Any probs with the mount-up regarding front to rear movement, thus ensuring you have enough leg space? Thanks Mike.

 

[lovetoski]

Front to rear movement worked OK. OEM adjustment is about on spec. I measured the stock seats in the furthest forward position, and set up the brackets so that the replacement seats were similar. That sounds complicated though, becaue the way it turned out was all I did was center the new seat holes on top of the existing holes in the floor. The brackets just were the means to connect the two together. The new seat holes were ~ 2 inches further apart front to rear, and ~ 3 inches wider than stock.

 

[Doc]

Nice job- that is a pain that I know all too well.

The seats look nice in there!

FYI the power plug on the Honda Pilot seats had about 6 wires, one was ground, one power for the seat, two went to the seat belt to turn off the idicator lamp when you were belted it, and two were for the side air bag.

 

[60wag]

You did wire up the airbag didn't you? A friend has some Volvo seats in his 40 with the side air bags in them. I was wondering if it would make sense to wire the two airbag pins together to reduce the chance of a misfire.

 

[patride71]

looks good. esp since the color is so similar to the interior.

what did you do with the old seats? were they in poor condition?

 

[jjbodean1970]

did the existing male end of the seat belts clip in to the new female ends correctly?

 

[hightide]

sweet!

 

[lovetoski]

Thanks for the props guys...

Doc - I think I got the idea of using 2X2 square tubing from you - if so, thanks!

Patride71 - the old seats are worn, though cosmetically not too bad. They were uncomfortable for long trips. I compared the cost to rebuild, vs used, and did the cheapest route.

jjbodean1970 - I removed the female end that came with the seats, and am still using the stock female end that came with the truck. The female end that came with the seats didn't fit the male end for the stock belts.

1200 mile ski road trip tomorrow w/my son. Got the seats done just in time.

 

[Doc]

I was wondering if it would make sense to wire the two airbag pins together to reduce the chance of a misfire.

For safety's sake you should remove the side air bags completely from the seat. Stuff some foam in the hole and put the seat cover back on.

 

[Cruisergreg]

Boneyard seat swap was the third best mod I've done to mine. Totally different driving experience...