best seat swap

[Cory Hanson]

Hello do you remember the approx year on the seats you installed? I like to install better seats in my new ride

[blueoval]

to take the seat brackets off all you do is drill the rivet out and take a cut off wheel and cut through the weld that's around it. real simple just did mine last Saturday now got 2003 protégé 5 seats in my car. night and day difference

[ozzyd2]

ok so i pulled my passenger seat and tried removing the bracket from the seat so i can fab it to fit my suzuki swift gt seats. i had very little progress didn't want to break anything, so decided to ask if there is an ideal way to make your own sliders and seat brackets. can i buy some that are prefabbed? link to thread would be helpful.

[moz]

If you ever get a chance to sit in an old Tiburon, let me know if it isn't one of the most comfortable leather seats you have ever sat in. By the way, the seat belt buckle is always in the same place. It is part of the seat.

Hey Dan,
Were those seats hard to get in? Did you keep the Hyundai rails?

[getnpsi]

Yes, always the solid philosophy. Technical question: Are the oem feet bracketry and rails under 3/16" for example? A HF ad says the welder can work with up to 3/16" mild, low carbon, but no stainless and so on. I can always zap it and pay someone a second time so they dont have to do the measuring but id like to just do it. Also coming from a guy who's driven around for 15k miles in a s-10 with honda seat held in with one bolt but besides the point...

[blueoval]

should beable to that's how I see things to why pay for labor just buy the tool and do the job yourself

[getnpsi]

I own some black miata seats, but they are currently stacked on top of my mustang. I may do the solid rivets and do a "not all 4 holes" fit in a week or so. Can a 110v welder do the job to make some quick ugly brackets? Id rather pay 120 bucks at harbor freight than the same money to a guy and not own the tool for another job.

[blueoval]

suzuki swift gti seat are real nice,kinda hard to come by

[ozzyd2]

i have suzuki swift gt seats i want to install however they have no bracket and not sure if i can make fit on festiva.

[drddan]

anyone got protégé seats in festiva if so got pic? thanks

I was tempted by some protege seats at a JY, They were 2 tone light and dark gray. Woulda looked good in the Festy!

You got a welder? Any seat around the same size as a Festy will fit!

[blueoval]

is that all the seats that have been successfully swapped into a festiva?

[blueoval]

anyone got protégé seats in festiva if so got pic? thanks

[blueoval]

drddan I followed your install look like they could of came factory in the festiva

[drddan]

How about ..Pontiac Montana seats? :mrgreen:

http://www.fordfestiva.com/forums/sh...ontiac+montana

[blueoval]

just think it would be good to have all the seat swaps that have been preformed in the same thread