Prelude Seat Swap DIY.
This is for all of you 90-91 tuners interested in swapping seats, but want to retain your auto seat belts. I Found a set online for $60 bucks so i started looking around. AccordWarrior had done this and kept his belts so i asked. What he told me was to swap the entire bracket over from the stock seats to the prelude seats. This is what i had to do. It may be different for a coupe. I did this with a sedan.
Disclaimer: You will be cutting into seat brackets with this. What i did has worked fine but i am not responsible for anything you do to your car. modifying seats can be hazardous if done wrong.
Tools:
Ratchet
sockets: 12mm, 14mm, 17mm
Philips head screwdriver
Flathead screwdriver
Pliers
Dremel, drill, or any other tool you can use to cut holes or enlarge them.
Parts Needed:
Accord seats
Prelude seats
2 M10x1.25 bolts
lots of washers to fit those bolts. like 75 or so
To start, pull the accord seats out. you can see the prelude seats are a good bit more narrow than the accord seats. Take the brackets off each by removing the plastic and seat belts. the levers just pull off but you really have to tug on them. Or you could use a screw driver or open-end wrench, put it in the hole of the handle and smack. Should come right off. The plastic is held on by two screws on the outside. Remove these and slide the plastic up on the front to go over the lever and it should come right off. The seat belt is held on by one 17mm bolt and a 12mm bolt/nut. Just reach in there and hold the nut steady and it should come right out. keep this hardware safe because we'll be re-using it.
Now remove the lower seat cushion. it held on by two 14mm bolts on each side. there are bigger than the ones on the seat back and you'll need them later. You can remove the wire used to adjust the seat to make this whole ordeal way easier. Now pull the back of the seat off. I had torn up seats so i just yanked them off with abandon. needless to say i broke the tabs. on one side there will be two 14mm bolts under the cushion on the side. on the other there is one 12mm nut with two washers. save all these.
now with the brackets off, you'll need to whip out the dremel or whatever cutting tool your using. You have to widen the lower hole down on the seat back mount, and both front holes on the front side of each bracket. both will be opened up towards the back of the seat.
On to the prelude seats, the cushions come off the same way as the accord ones. but you don't need to keep the brackets. save the bolts though just in case. Also, i pulled the extra adjuster cord off the bracket and tucked it into the back of the seat. Take the prelude cushion and make sure all the bolts line up correctly. on outside bracket you'll be putting 10 or 11 washers in between the bracket and seat for both front ans back bolts. for the inside bracket, the rear hole lines up with the bracket flush. For the front i used about 15 washers and the longer bolts you got.
The seat back bolts up fine as long as you opened up the hole enough. with the cushions on, put the seat into the car to see how well the holes line up. with some adjustments they could line up perfect. Mine were real close so i had a friend help line up each hole as i would put a bolt in. Be sure to put the seat belt back on before you actually bolt it in, and put the wire back in for adjustment.
repeat the same for the other seat. Overall, the whole ordeal shouldn't take more than 2 -3 hours if you take your time like me keep destroying dremel bits. after bolting each seat down tight, test them out and make sure their in there good and tight. Take a ride and get a feel for your newly applied prelude seats.
Ill get pics of the finished product tomorrow when the sun's out.
This is for all of you 90-91 tuners interested in swapping seats, but want to retain your auto seat belts. I Found a set online for $60 bucks so i started looking around. AccordWarrior had done this and kept his belts so i asked. What he told me was to swap the entire bracket over from the stock seats to the prelude seats. This is what i had to do. It may be different for a coupe. I did this with a sedan.
Disclaimer: You will be cutting into seat brackets with this. What i did has worked fine but i am not responsible for anything you do to your car. modifying seats can be hazardous if done wrong.
Tools:
Ratchet
sockets: 12mm, 14mm, 17mm
Philips head screwdriver
Flathead screwdriver
Pliers
Dremel, drill, or any other tool you can use to cut holes or enlarge them.
Parts Needed:
Accord seats
Prelude seats
2 M10x1.25 bolts
lots of washers to fit those bolts. like 75 or so
To start, pull the accord seats out. you can see the prelude seats are a good bit more narrow than the accord seats. Take the brackets off each by removing the plastic and seat belts. the levers just pull off but you really have to tug on them. Or you could use a screw driver or open-end wrench, put it in the hole of the handle and smack. Should come right off. The plastic is held on by two screws on the outside. Remove these and slide the plastic up on the front to go over the lever and it should come right off. The seat belt is held on by one 17mm bolt and a 12mm bolt/nut. Just reach in there and hold the nut steady and it should come right out. keep this hardware safe because we'll be re-using it.
Now remove the lower seat cushion. it held on by two 14mm bolts on each side. there are bigger than the ones on the seat back and you'll need them later. You can remove the wire used to adjust the seat to make this whole ordeal way easier. Now pull the back of the seat off. I had torn up seats so i just yanked them off with abandon. needless to say i broke the tabs. on one side there will be two 14mm bolts under the cushion on the side. on the other there is one 12mm nut with two washers. save all these.
now with the brackets off, you'll need to whip out the dremel or whatever cutting tool your using. You have to widen the lower hole down on the seat back mount, and both front holes on the front side of each bracket. both will be opened up towards the back of the seat.
On to the prelude seats, the cushions come off the same way as the accord ones. but you don't need to keep the brackets. save the bolts though just in case. Also, i pulled the extra adjuster cord off the bracket and tucked it into the back of the seat. Take the prelude cushion and make sure all the bolts line up correctly. on outside bracket you'll be putting 10 or 11 washers in between the bracket and seat for both front ans back bolts. for the inside bracket, the rear hole lines up with the bracket flush. For the front i used about 15 washers and the longer bolts you got.
The seat back bolts up fine as long as you opened up the hole enough. with the cushions on, put the seat into the car to see how well the holes line up. with some adjustments they could line up perfect. Mine were real close so i had a friend help line up each hole as i would put a bolt in. Be sure to put the seat belt back on before you actually bolt it in, and put the wire back in for adjustment.
repeat the same for the other seat. Overall, the whole ordeal shouldn't take more than 2 -3 hours if you take your time like me keep destroying dremel bits. after bolting each seat down tight, test them out and make sure their in there good and tight. Take a ride and get a feel for your newly applied prelude seats.
Ill get pics of the finished product tomorrow when the sun's out.
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