Forester seats --> Micra - Take 2

smidge

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• Feb 14, 2008

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i recently installed some forester seats into the micra, using the forester rails...

comfy, but the back of the seat sat up to high, the front part (under the knees) was around the same height but the micra ones the butt part sits quite a bit lower

the other problem is they wouldn't fold nearly as far forward as the micra ones did which was a PITA after only two days

it involved gutting both the seats and transferring the padding and covers onto the micra bits

will probly be making a vid on how to do this for anyone interested, and will have some pics when i get home... but it turned out pretty well i reckon!

heres a pic, sorry bout the crap phone quality, gotta grab the rest off the camera

 

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okay here are some better pics....

 

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and it folds forward! exactly the same as the stock setup

 

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CMF_turbo march-rolling shell

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fark man, your keen as, i woulda just went out and bought some bride's. 10 points for effort!

 

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as we've discovered turbo, i'm a bit tight when it comes to modifying

whole interior (front and back) was $200... and matches the look, is legal blah blah

pretty happy with it anyways, but gonna back more foam into the ass of the seat so its squishy

 

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• Feb 15, 2008

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smidge WROTE:

"as we've discovered turbo, i'm a bit tight when it comes to modifying <BR><BR>whole interior (front and back) was $200... and matches the look, is legal blah blah<BR><BR>pretty happy with it anyways, but gonna back more foam into the ass of the seat so its squishy

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yeh man, i reckon it looks mad.. and the arm rest thing is awesome.. might have to get some integrated into my bride ... should get yourself a center console thing where the gearstick is....

 

CMF_sikK11

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• Feb 15, 2008

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how hard is it to install bride seats or is there any other seats i can put in with little effort.

 

smidge

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• Feb 15, 2008

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seats and little effort don't really go together unless you give someone some money to weld you up a seat frame, there's another thread floating around here about that

 

CMF_turbo march-rolling shell

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• Feb 15, 2008

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yeh its easy if you get bride rails and bride seats, or recaro rails and recaro seats, that said, the jdm rails still have to be very slighty modified (cut and rewelded) because the jdm floorpan is slightly different.

 

CMF_egSi

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• Feb 17, 2008

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**** thats awesome!

 

smidge

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• Mar 19, 2008

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rear seats are finished!

 

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• Mar 19, 2008

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all foamed up

 

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looking good mate