Seat Swap Questions

[Flw Sock]

I'm thinking about putting these seats in the Festiva.



They are from an old Cadillac, I think. Both of them are powered.
What would I have to do in order to get these into the Festiva? Would I just have to swap out the seat frames, or would I have to make the cadillac seat frame fit the Festiva floor?

I'm asking to see how much work I'm going to have to put in, roughly.

Thanks.

[koRnhead]

Custom mounts would be the easiest way. Either way, custom seats are a lot of work.

[TominMO]

Those are probably too wide to fit well in a Festy. Measure 'em before proceeding.

[Bert]

Very likely a 'pipe dream' but first off measure the width of these seats to see how badly they would interfere with operation of the handbrake and/or closing of the doors. After that it is simply (?) a question of adapting rails and floor mounts; that is if you don't care about getting easy access into the back of the car.
I do have to admit that settling into a set a luxurious Caddy leather seats would certainly distract me from thinking I was driving a 20 year old econobox. With seats like that in place I'd probably be looking for spongy springs, power steering, auto shift and a first class sound system too!

[Flw Sock]

Very likely a 'pipe dream' but first off measure the width of these seats to see how badly they would interfere with operation of the handbrake and/or closing of the doors. After that it is simply (?) a question of adapting rails and floor mounts; that is if you don't care about getting easy access into the back of the car.
I do have to admit that settling into a set a luxurious Caddy leather seats would certainly distract me from thinking I was driving a 20 year old econobox. With seats like that in place I'd probably be looking for spongy springs, power steering, auto shift and a first class sound system too!

Lol'd so hard

[navdoc101]

My first reaction was , widen the Festy about 2 feet.:highly_amused: Got to say they would be comfy.:thumbs_up:

[200KGPGTP]

Why do old seats always sag towards the center like that? That's always bothered me.

[DON SVO]

I am positive that I can install a set of ANY early-to-mid 90's Honda-style seats into a Festiva within 2 hours. It retains all of the festy seat guts, so the result is a seamless, flawless OEM install.

[Britstiva]

Why do old seats always sag towards the center like that? That's always bothered me.

B/c you lean inward when you need to get something out of the back while driving... OR most GM seats look like that after a while... OR it came from a car of two fat kids! :0)

[Festevil3]

Those seats are gangsta, definitly OG status