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got my FC seats in, interior is coming together

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Old 04-26-04, 10:22 PM
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got my FC seats in, interior is coming together

i swapped the seats from my fc into my FB today
god can i say i will NEVER put FB seats back in there
the FC seats make the car feel like a totally different car and make the interior look 10x nicer
here are the pics
also my 8 shift **** and "short" shifter




Old 04-26-04, 10:44 PM
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nice keep at it.
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yep, those do fit nice!!

I had them in my car for a few years b4 I bought the sparco's. Sold the spcarco's cause they did not recline. Now I gotr some FD seats that I'm about to do this to.


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Where's the shifter??? (joke).

Man that thing is short. It looks great though.
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sweet man. I want to get some different seats in my car. I have seat covers over badly abused seats
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REALLY NICE!!! looks clean...
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How much work are the FC seats to get in?
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BTW dude, you should probably adjust your parking brake.
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the fc seats were a direct bolt in, i didnt even need to change the brackets, and the reason my handbrake is like that is because only one of the cables is hooked up and it isint tightend, nor is it functional yet...
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If you like those seats, wait till you try TII seats!

I like the shift ****, I haven't installed mine yet. I had to get an S5 shifter though, because it wouldn't bolt into the FB one.

Does yours light up too? I want to change the color to blue (if possible).
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Yeah awesome shifter!! Where can I get it? / how much?

luiml, is that your interior? looks really awesome. where did you get that dashboard?
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Aren't Rx-8s 6-speed? It would bother me forever if the shift pattern on the **** wasn't correct.
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I have a pair of fc seats in my fb too they were easy to install way better than my old ones.
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Originally posted by purple82
Aren't Rx-8s 6-speed? It would bother me forever if the shift pattern on the **** wasn't correct.
The US only has 6-Speed, but Japan & Europe have 5-Speeds available.
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mine is a 6 speed one , im taking it to a decal shop and having a 5 speed pattern sticker made to stick over the 6 speed one
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im surprised nobody has noted my big pimpin 5 dollar cell phone cradle holding my ancient cell phone
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Oh I noticed it. I think you should replace it with one of those big *** 80's, saved-by-the-bell, brick style phones!
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Originally posted by Directfreak
If you like those seats, wait till you try TII seats!
Yeah, T2 seats are great.

I only wish there was lumbar and seat cushion adjustment. You can adjust the seat cushion angle with washers between the seat and the rail, but a more conventional **** or lever would be preferred. Then again, if it adds weight, I'd rather not have it.

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So where'd you get the shift ****?
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love the shifter big throw differance i bet, huh? i have heard 97 and up prelude seats are awsome seats. the side bolsters are adjustabe and so is lumbar.
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That blue/silver is painful to look at.
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I got my shift **** from the Group buy here on the forum.

I got black on black illuminated, 5-speed one. So it's exactly what I needed.

It lights up in Orange, and I would like to change it to blue to match the new lighting going in.


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I actually like the blue/silver combo, it's different.

The European/Japanese Rx-8 light-up 5-speed shift ***** were part of a group buy here a while back. They were about $180 shipped. They are way heavy and way cool, but I haven't even decided which car to put it in yet...
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I actually like the blue/silver combo, it's different.

The European/Japanese Rx-8 light-up 5-speed shift ***** were part of a group buy here a while back. They were about $180 shipped. They are way heavy and way cool, but I haven't even decided which car to put it in yet...



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