Help with a seat swap please

[Sarra]

I just picked up a 2002 WRX front driver seat. How do I remove it from the rails and transplant it to my stock rails? Easy or hard?

[blackgtbeauty]

Not sure, however I'm very curious as to how this is done too!

[deadlydave]

My STi seats swapped in both my BD and BT fine, rails and all.

[bakergtt]

You shouldnt need to swap rails unless youre a tall guy and want to sit lower.

Where in Oregon are you? I can help ya on the weekends

[blackgtbeauty]

unless youre a tall guy and want to sit lower.

Bingo.

[Wiscon_Mark]

unless youre a tall guy and want to sit lower.

Bingo.

yeppers.

Dave - we were talking about applying the STi seats to the lower Legacy rails so the seats don't sit so high.

[bakergtt]

I have never swapped rails but I imagine you just turn the seats over, unbolts the seats from the rails and swap them.

I cant see it being that hard of a job but since i never dont it I could be way off.

[blackgtbeauty]

This definitely should be pursued, I have never really seen an answer to this, unless someone who has could shed some light. I'll see if I can acquire some Impreza seats cheap and maybe some sort of extra stock seat and experiment, but it may take a bit, I've just invested into some wheels so $ is a little tight.

IIRC, when i had my jdm wrx seats, I had looked into this and I thought they were welded.

[bakergtt]

If I hook up with Sarra we will check it out and take pics and document it.

[Mr. Sociable]

I'm interested in sitting lower (6'6" = the suck) as well.



Also, this should be in the interior section.

[Wiscon_Mark]

Also, this should be in the interior section.

Done!

Yeah, being 6'2", I'd like a lower seating position like I have in my Legacy. Definitely wouldn't want to sit higher.

[Sarra]

I'm just north of the Cali border.

There aren't bolts just holding the seats on the rails, the rails are kinda built into the seats.

I was told there isn't any benefit (height reduction) to doing the swap, so I'm not gonna bother.

[bakergtt]

Ok so maybe I wont be helping you with the seats.....lol.....didn think you were that far away

[grayguy]

If your really after a lower seat, I wouldn't think it'd be too hard at all to modify them. Little cutting here, a little welding there...I'm only 6ft, so I'm not gonna worry about it.

[blackgtbeauty]

Bride makes a some seats branded 'Low Maxx' (lower seating position), Stradia and something else, but they're $1200 a seat :shock:

[Sarra]

I just want the stock seat positions back. :( Though, it's great having your head 2 inches below the headliner when offroad, you can really see where the tires are going.

[bakergtt]

Can you slide the seat off the rail and then slide the new seat on the stock rail?

Just trying to throw out ideas

[shazapple]

The bottom of the WRX seat is a lot taller than that of the legacy. There's little difference between the rails as far as I can tell.

Other than one bolt, and a different way to attach the seatbelts the seats attach to the body identically.

I'm pretty sure you can remove the sliders on the seats and then there's 4 bolts that attach the rails to the seats. I'm not sure if they can be swapped though.

[Sarra]

No, there's a stop preventing you from doing just that. I tried.

I think it's okay the way it is. I've driven it 4 times now and it's way more comfy than stock seats.

[shazapple]

yeah, even though they are quite high their comfyness and ability to hold you in definitely more than make up for it.

Somewhere around here I posted up measurements of the WRX seat for anyone who wanted to see how they fit

[Sarra]

Still makes me grumpy that the bolt that holds the sub in place under the seat doesn't match up.