Fiesta Seats

[AverageJoe]

So i picked up a complete interior from a newer ford fiesta. I got the leather seats from a friend that has a 2014 Fiesta ST and was thinking of switching out his ST Seats for standard leather, but the console didn't work. I picked them up for $100.00.

After a test fit and measuring I made up some brackets.




I used 1 inch square tube welded up 3 high to get the 3 inches from the front left hand factory mount. I ended up making 6 of these brackets.

[AverageJoe]

i tried to keep the most movement out of the seats and making it easier to mount. On the front corner closest to the door I used the factory mount location. I did have to cut out the door side seat mounts for clearance.





I also cut off a piece of the seat rail just to allow more movement on the seat.

[AverageJoe]

The brackets mounted on the seat before installing.






I started with the drivers seat and copied it with the passenger seat. I mounted through the floor pan using large washers and bolts.

[AverageJoe]

The drivers seat sits slightly to the left of the steering. the distance from the door panel to the start of the cushion on the drivers side is 2 1/2 inches and the passenger seat is 3 inches. Not sure how this happened as i moved the seats as tight as I could to the hump in the center.





The seats sit slightly higher then the stock Festiva ones with the drivers side a bit lower as you can adjust the height on the new Fiesta one. You can see a bit in this picture.

[FestYboy]

Man, that is sexy, and what a deal!!!

[AverageJoe]

More pictures of the seats mounted.










I haven't got to drive the car with th enew seats yet as it is still parked for winter here but the do feel better and really clean up the interior.

[AverageJoe]

It should be noted that the seats do allow for the driver to sit farther back but how I mounted them they can't go as far forward. I am 6 foot tall and now have plenty of room ( Also no back seat in my car ) My Mom who is alot shorter then me couldn't reach the pedals as easy with the seat forward. My mount method was to be the easiest and quickest way.

[bravekozak]

I used the stock seat holes for my seat swap.
I wanted easy access to the back.

Are you seatbelts loose since the seat is so far back?

Now you need black carpet.
See how one thing leads to another?

[w4rkry]

One of the few seat swaps that make me jelly after I did mine, very nice!

[firebush357]

That is so cool~ I was eyeballing a Fiesta in the local Junkyard Inventory the other day thinking about trying the seats out of it. Now I've got a reason to go pull parts!

[radi8u]

Man, what a bargain! Those look great, makes me want to scour the local JY and swap out the Capri seats in my car....

[Supachin]

What happened to all the pics?

[bravekozak]

June 26th, 2017