Shane Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Around a year or so ago I bought a pair of leather Generation 7 seats from a guy on here and have finally got around to fitting them, well one of them so far to the car using the seat rails from Johnd's group buy. Last time I removed the drivers seat from my car it took around five minutes, this time it took over 3 hours! The mechansim had jammed with the seat in the furthest back position and I was unable to get to the rear 3 bolts, that part of the job was a complete nightmare. Once out I checked the rails fitted and have to say they are a perfect fit: Once I was happy that they fitted I ground the original fixing lugs from the Celica seats and did a test fit and marked the rails up. Clamped the new rails to the seat: And after a bit of very basic welding with my new £35 arc welder from Aldi:D: It's in. Had the old seat not been such a bitch to get out, it would have been an ok job and hopefully I will do the passenger side next weekend. Had to swap the seat belt retainer over too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d-_-b Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Whats the sitting height like with them in dude? -They look pretty decent in the car. : ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitz Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Looks good. I'm also liking the fact that the inside of the door frame is silver.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Do you know you can wind the electric seat in manually? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pezzler Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Do you know you can wind the electric seat in manually? Please share........mines all jammed up too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Take the front trim off the lower part of the seat. You will see a 14mm nut (might be 12) and a 10mm nut. Turn each one counter clockwise at the same time to move the seat equally forward. You need to make sure you do it equally so that it doesn' tighten up as the nut will then loosen off and you will need to screw it back in (PITA). Have fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pezzler Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Nice one scott, one for the weekend; no more driving on tip-toes for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westy Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 I hope you hoovered inside before putting in the new seat!? Looks good mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Posted November 1, 2011 Author Share Posted November 1, 2011 b;3241981']Whats the sitting height like with them in dude? -They look pretty decent in the car. : ) Cheers, have gained about 40mm between the seat and the roof with the seat base wound down to it's lowest position. The Celica base sits slightly lower in it's frame than the Supra one does. Looks good. I'm also liking the fact that the inside of the door frame is silver....Yeah yeah I know, next year now before I get the chance to do a full respray, looks ok with the door shut though;) Do you know you can wind the electric seat in manually? I did know that yes. But sadly the tunnel side had completely jammed up and wouldn't budge, the door side did and that bolt came out pretty easily as did the floor bolt on the tunnel side once I had removed the seatbase, but the one in the tunnel was a complete nightmare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Posted November 1, 2011 Author Share Posted November 1, 2011 I hope you hoovered inside before putting in the new seat!? Looks good mate.Cheers mate, nah..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delboy52 Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Nice work Shane. Did the same conversion in my gen6 Celica a few years ago. Not seen it in a Supra before though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Posted November 3, 2011 Author Share Posted November 3, 2011 Very nice mate. Nice comfy seats eh. Nice car you have there, the missus has a gen6 at the moment 2.0gt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
listy Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Just bumping this...... Shane, have you got any better pics of the seats fitted? Contemplating this myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Posted March 22, 2013 Author Share Posted March 22, 2013 Blimey, seems like a lifetime ago, I can take some mate. Time and weather permitting I will do some tomorrow with a camera rather than a clapped out BlackBerry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
listy Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Cheers bud. Found a pair in good nick on fleabay for £200 so might be worth a punt. I've had 2 gen7 Celicas too so know they are comfy lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delboy52 Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 They are nice seats. I do 500 miles a week on them for the past 2 years with no comfort complaints Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Posted March 24, 2013 Author Share Posted March 24, 2013 Passenger seat Driver seat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitz Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Question is; did you paint the door frame? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Ive got a pair of subframes for sale that you can prob bolt pretty much any seat too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Posted November 13, 2013 Author Share Posted November 13, 2013 Ive got a pair of subframes for sale that you can prob bolt pretty much any seat too. Yeah saw them, would have saved me a whole lot of hassle, but mine are good using the rails from JohnDs group buy. The rails you have would suit the corbeau seat I have in for sale at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Yeah saw them, would have saved me a whole lot of hassle, but mine are good using the rails from JohnDs group buy. The rails you have would suit the corbeau seat I have in for sale at the moment. I have pics of them with a Corbeau on them !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bigggie25 Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 How do these work in real life?I need some low low low seats... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 My subframes sit about as low as you can go, the Corbeaus sit just on top, I had to space em up cause I like to sit up high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy-No-Knee Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Thread revival time..... Are the original mounting holes so far out that you need the seat rail adaptors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Posted November 2, 2014 Author Share Posted November 2, 2014 Thread revival time..... Are the original mounting holes so far out that you need the seat rail adaptors? They couldn't be more different in terms of angles and positions. I looked at all ways to try and gt them to fit but there was no chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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