anyone do rx8 seats in an fd yet?
 

i was thinking about doing a writeup on it, but dunno if it's already been done. would i be wasting my time?

i never noticed before, but rx8 seats have the butt pump :D

Looks nice.

Aren't RX-8 seats really heavy? And no room for a harness...

naw, they're lighter than my fd seats. but my fd's are leather. haven't (and don't intend to) put them on a scale and weigh them.

they're just really comfortable, great height for me, and they have the triangle and the butt pump :D

harness? it may have 500 hp, but it's a commuter car :p:

writeup now

And all this time I thought they would have been too big. Ya I say you do a writeup, as I'm sure some people might be interested.

writeup later...BEER NOW!!!!!!!!!!!

I'd like to read what it was like to install them. They look more comfortable than the FD seats. Also, if you don't mind, I'd like to hear the cost and where you got them.

you should weigh them think it would be good info

i don't care how much they weigh. they're lighter than the fd seats.

cost and where... cheap, from a wrecked rx8 :D
i'll get more pics when i do the writeup. honestly, only the front of the seat is mounted. i still have the rar to do, but it's pretty damn solid for only having 2 bolts in it so far.

I've never sat in an RX-8, but the first thing I noticed about the seats at the dealership were the plastic rotors in them. Doesn't it seem as though those would kinda jab into you?

na, they're very comfy. that's why i put them in.

I stand corrected. That would be an good write-up on how to sorta modernize your FD. You have my vote.

for those that haven't sat in an RX8, the seats are great. We've done several long trips in the wife's 8 and the seats support well, and you get out feeling great. They suport rather well in autocross too. I think they would be a great option for moderinzing the FD. I'm just not going to do it to mine :o

the one complaint i would have about the 8 seats is they're kinda wide. but i guess i can get fat and still fit in the thing in the future now.

Back at least year's rotorfest in NJ I saw a blue FD showcar that had the 8 seats in them. They did look wide, and looked to be a tight fit.

They can be found for ~500-600 per pair in great shape. I was considering this for my R1, but opted to go a different route :)

shit, if someone gave me 600 for the pair, i might just take them out and put the fd seats back in. i didn't pay anywhere near that ;)

Bump for the write up! :D

later. my mamma blew up the tranny in her protogay and i got nominated to swap it out. GRRRRRRRRRRRR

they look to wide for me. but other than that there ok!

I have a 93 touring and the drivers seat has a split at the seam in the seat and other areas have just split. The left bolster (? sp and terminology) has a hole the size of a half-dollar in it. My wife is going to get them re-upholstered for my BD but I kind of like the look of the RX8 seats. I would like to see a write-up also. Probally be much less expensive than new leather.

Dang, how did your moms do that? :p: Seriously, the seats are comfy. I got to test drive an '8 a few months ago and they feel very nice. I don't recall the lateral support aspect though (especially as compared to the FD). I'd love to see a writeup as my FD seats are on the list of crap to get rid of.

EDIT: What's this "butt pump"?

I like the way you think. But do the write-up. I'm old, my ass is getting wider and this sounds interesting.

A write up sounds good. :bigthumb:

i just had a bunch more work come in. it'll be a little while before i get around to it, unless i can't sleep (which does happen pretty often) and decide to do it in the middle of the night. but plan on it being a few days at least before i get-r-done.

they look no wider than 99% of aftermarket seats. rx8 seats are actually very comfy, even more comfortable than fd seats.

rx8 seats are the shit, one of my favorite seats there are.

The RX-8 seats are very comfortable, but i seem to be a perfect fit for the FD seats. The side supports fit just snug against me, so i'm not worried about aftermarket seats.

Anyway, i don't think they look that bad.

Does it require any fabrication??

Do the Rails fit?? or what??

yea, i had to build stuff.

Yea there was also a black fd with rx8 seats at rotorfest last year. Sorry you cant really make out the seats but it was the only pic of the car I could find in my folder. This was at the mini meet right before rotorfest. My opinion, the seats looked great in the car and actually looked like they belong there. Being an rx8 owner, id also agree that the seats are very comfortable.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y27.../P10101992.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y27...r36/black8.jpg

what about an fc would they fit in there?

yup ive seen them in an FC before, the FC is roomier than the FD too

looks good in a fd
should look badass in a fc also

ive seen em in an FC, they fit well but its too modern looking for the FC, looks out of place a little. its fine in the FD cuz the FD is more modern looking.

i kinda wanted to be the first, but i'm a little late.

but do i have the first ems'd, turbo, renesis-powered first gen?

and speaking of late...

when using a t66 turbo in an fd, the g-force from the acceleration tends to pin ones body to the seat. in doing so, the body tends to flatten out and become wider--this is where the rx8 seats come into play.

let's start by hacking them up.

everything blue, get rid of. on those 2 brackets, i ran a drill through the holes and whacked them off with a hammer.

that locating dowel i zipped off with the sawzall.

hokay...
the bolt hole spacing on the fd rails is about 12.5"
it's something like 16" on the rx8 rails, so we're gonna have to build stuff.

if you notice the angle of the front mounting points on the fd rail, they're at a different angle than the nearly-vertical rx8 rails...no problem, a few very precision whacks with a big hammer took care of them.
***note*** they bent VERY easily. doesn't give me much faith in the strength of these seats.

Any idea what the leather seats from the rx8 weigh? I think they would be the perfect addition to a red w/ black interior if you could find some leather Black w/ red accents rx8 seats.

i got a stick of 1/4" flat bar at home depot and used some bolts i had laying around. notice the holes are oval? this wasn't a precision job, so i gave myself room to wiggle the thing around in there.

i HATE trying to hold one end of a loose bolt with a wrench, while trying to tighten the nut with another, so i welded some bolts through the holes and ground down the back side. that way, they're ready to bolt once they're in the car and no fumbling with the wrenches.

now the new brackets don't lay down flat on the floorboard--there a nub of carpet in the way, so i just welded (poorly) a bunch of washers on to space them up a bit--worked out just fine.


***btw, that gouge on my thumb hurt like a bitch!! i do volunteer work at a horeback riding place for disabled kids and i got a nice blister scooping up all that horseshit. looks worse in the pic than it actually is, though. carry on ***

once the holes were drilled and the bolts welded and ground down, i layed the mounts in the car for a test-fit. notice the mismatched bolts? i told ya i used what i had laying around :p:

i had make small adjustments, but all in all, they pop right in. tighten them up, and the front rails are done.

there is now ZERO clearance between the door panel and the seat.

that's all i have time for right now. i'll do the writeup on the back mounts whenever i get some more time.

it's time to build my downpipe :)

GuitarJunkie, thanks for going to the trouble of doing the write-up along with the pics. It's very professionally done.

professional? well, thanks for the compliment anyway :)

anyone have any questions on measurments or procedure? the job is a bit sloppy, but you can definately use it as a starting place if you want to try it--then correct my mistakes so i can copy you next time :p:

Sorry to resurrect an old thread.

Thanks for posting some writeup on this. Can you tell me what you think about the head clearance between the FD and the RX7 seats? I'm 6 2" and I have long considered the RX8 seats

https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...ighlight=seats

..but my head is about a 1/2" from the roof. If anything I'd like to get more clearance so I can get a helmet in the car while it's on my head :)

Did you lose height?

Eschumac, the original poster has passed away.

Sparco Roadster II, 1 piece shel with excellent side support, light and easy entry, no side panel rubbing etc.... Just those damned brackets...

R.I.P. Dave, your missed down here. Scott

I did a search a while back because someone posted a set of leather Rx-8 seats for sale on this forum. They were a steal at like $350 for both (in NJ). I was gonna buy the seats and put them in my Rx-8 (since all the leather Rx-8 seats are heated) and take my cloth Rx-8 seats out and put them in my 7.

I did a search and found others have done this. The only note is that the seat rails on the 8 don't line up so you have to weld the 7 rails to filt the 8's seat frame. Its been a while since I read the write up but I believe the 7's attachment points are slightly closer together than the 8's. Its not a big deal and is a very simple mod.

In the end, I decided to just purchase race seats since I like the large bolstering of the race seats versus the good but not great boltering on the Rx-8 seats.

Looks good man. Do you know if these seats rub up on the door panels when pulled all the way back?

Man, what a guy. He got a blister while shoveling horse-shit for disabled kids.


Thanks for everything, Dave. You're missed sorely.