after driving around in some other sports cars, i've came to conclusion that our seats sit too high, even at the lowest setting. I do like the rsx seats.

so any body tried putting them in? also do the airbags plug right in?

if its a direct swap then i'll do this right away.

 

why would you want to give up heated seats and electric adjusting

 

If I was gonna swap seats I would go with the 2 tone ones from the 07 tl type s. http://l.yimg.com/dv/izp/acura_tl_ty..._frontseat.jpg

those would be pricey as hell tho.

 

This is the only swap id do...RSX seats would be way to narrow dude.

Alot of people swap them into 1st gen's.

I love that our seats are high up... right up, rigth back

 

yea why would you want to "downgrade"??

if ur doing it for weight get carbon fiber seats... there is a set on ebay for like 400.... that'll save you 200 LBS practically

 

also for those 07 tl seats youd have to find a wrecked car. Even if you bought the parts online new at 25% off dealer prices, the driver seat alone would be over 3 grand when I added all the parts together.

 

i fit perfectly in the rsx seats. plus i dont really care about the powered adjustments, its never really cold in houston so i sure wont miss the heated seats.

like i said, the main reason is because they're too high. i get annoyed by that now everytime i get into it.

 

i can get the seats for a 300 with the airbags so its definitely worth a try.
but can someone confirm they're a direct swap?

plus i think u guys should test drive some other cars in order to get what i'm talking about

 

I like the seats in the CL I find that there too close to the ground as it is, but your tall I can why you would want to be lower

 

... i'm 6,2 and my head touches the roof sometimes.. i feel like driving a honda element not sport luxury coupe.. comfy on the other side but way too high agree

 

i think im just avg height. about 5 10 or 11


we'll its been feeling high ever since i put in the 03 seat.

 

are the 03 seats higher

 

why would they be??

& the seats definately aren't a direct drop in, come on lol

custom rails & ur set..

 

i did my little research before i started the thread and found this:

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...ight=rsx+seats

look at post 6.

 

I think they redid the rails or the seats to give more head room in the 03 cars. people were complaining about that to acura.

 

I am 6'3 I wish I sat lower. I only like the head room when I get a hair cut since I don't hit the roof. But when the hair grows back.... I HATE IT lolz. Is there a way to redo the rails so I could at least sit an inch lower?

 

i think i had rather prefer a two tone to the rsx seats.
but u like wht u like......

 

I like these seats from the evo http://www.roadfly.com/new-cars/wp-c...ecaro-seat.jpg

 

I have the same problem, The seats are to high. I have to recline the seat back so my head wont be touching the ceiling. Im also 6` 3".

 

no, i have the 03 seats now so thats what making me feel like i sit real high. but they look exactly the same, may be just my imagination.

 

A number of people have done this in the 1G CL, you would have to modify the seat rails I don't think it's a direct swap

 

You can swap in pretty much any seat with the right brackets. I'm sure you can swap in the rsx seats with the CL seat brackets attached to them somehow, but then they will likely be the same height defeating the purpose. If you used the RSX seat brackets(which I think you would have too since they are manual) you will need to custom mount them to the car.
Also the airbags you can forget about. They won't work.
I was wrong in a previous post that the RSX seats are a direct bolt in. That's not the case.

 

my buddy has the rsx seat in his sunfire and it's not amazing by any means... I'd get aftermarket seat... MAYBE carbon fiber..

save a shit load of weight and unleash some serious pwr

in the weight loss category that is the biggest thing one could change about our cars to lighten them up a significant amount.

One seat is the equivalent of doing a CF trunk, hood 2 times over

 

Im also 6'2" and I cant figure out how the seats a to high for you. Are you sure they are still fully adjustable? have you sat in another CL to confirm that its not your seats malfunctioning?

 

You should only have to modify the rails. Id love to see if you do it though. I dont like our seats either.

 

what is there not to like

 

idk why everyone is saying the seats weigh that much... maybe 120lbs MAX together.. you could possibly save 80lbs at most by doing CF seats, pointless to me in our car unless your going hardcore and gut the CL.. however the rsx would be one of those cool swaps

 

just the hood is ~20 lbs x 3 = 60lbs + trunk in weight, just for one seat, not happening lol

 

The bottom bolsters are practically non existant. The uppers arent that bad, but they can be better. My Prelude had nicer seats. They were more sport oriented, and they actually held my body perfectly so they were very comfortable. These stock seats are not that comfortable to me. I do alot of driving, so comfort is a must. Ill go as far as saying my 88 Civic had more comfortable seats.

The stock seats do weigh around 60lbs a piece.

 

Nspec - I did a quick search and found out the RSX rails are 16" apart. I dont have any measurements for the CL rails, but I may measure them tonight. You got me interested in this.

One question I would have though is would the CL seatbelt buckle fit in the RSX female end. Ive seen a few Hondas (and I cant remember the models off the top of my head) that have a narrower buckle. I hope the CL and RSX are the same, along with the airbag.

 

I would assume the female end of the buckles would be the same for similar years that's something I think they would standardize throughout all the models. If not you can just get different belts; not a big deal to swap. . .

 

+1 for the prelude seats! The seats from my Corrado are easily my favorite. Does anyone else have one of these?

 

I've driven a Corrado G60 a few times and, yes, they are comfy.

 

I took this pic of my buddies Corrado seats in his MK2 VR6 if these are waht your talking about.

 

I would like to put like a nsx seat in my cl

 

i'll take the measurements in the parts car.

u got exact measurements for the rsx seats?

 

Thats what I got from a Civic forum. It sounded like a very round number, so Im not sure if thats exact. I dont know anyone with an RSX but if I find one at a dealer I may be able to take measurements.

My guess is that the front to back measurements will most likely be different between the two cars.

 

i dont know man ... seat is working, but i like to sit a little straight up and my head touches sometimes the edge between the headliner and the sunroof... not too bad but can be annoying sometimes specially when you make the "hawk" up

i guess i havent found my perfect sitting position in the car yet ... i keep changing it for a month now

 

those poor, poor seats..

 

speaking of CF seats...