Alright, my fiance has a 03 TL-P, and she kind of shares the car with her mom, so its not just her car, its kind of theirs both. Now, she asked me if the passenger seat on her car, can be taken out and replaced with a drivers seat instead. Reason for doing this, they would like to have the seat lowering/raising feature that the drivers seat has. Bascially the 8 way power seat.

I was thinking that maybe a drivers seat can be ordered from Japan, since they drive on the Right Side, and so the controls will be on the right side. But is this feasible and can it be done???

And if it can be done, how and where do I get the seat ???

 

Is the Honda Inspire built in japan or is it built in ohio and shipped over there?

r u desi?

cool later

 

Doubtful....the seats are hooked up to the ECU for the airbags. I would think the ECU would get screwed up if it had to driver's side seats.

 

I dont get it, I thought it was just a motor in the seat, cuz the airbag is on the same side, so how would that scew up the ECU? Is the drivers seat that much different?

 

U have to think about the side airbags. If you switch those seats, the airbags will be located at the wrong side. And when you have a collision by any! by any tiny little chance, side airbags will pop up facing inner side of the car when it should pop up on the outer side of the car and reduce injury.

 

I guess it depends on how much you really like the driver!! :toothless

j/k

 

Maybe Im not being clear, but I said that I would get the seat from Japan. In Japan they drive on the right hand side, so therefore the side air bag would be located on the right hand side. So why would this make a difference you know??

Cuz if I just got another drivers seat from the U.S. then I would have the problem u guys are talking about, not to mention the dam controls for the seat would be on the wrong side too... lol.

You guys following?

 

i am pretty sure you can, i would get a jdm seat with wiring harness, along with the harness that ran to the passenger (japan driver) fusebox. in japan they don't have memory seat so wiring would be easier, the airbag in the seat should be no problem as well, it is simply two wires in the yellow loom, if the j-spec connector doesn't match up you can solder the end connector with the us spec ones. this way you have 8 way adjustable in both side. but gotta buy a wreck one in japan, one brand new one is too costly

 

why not just get a second drivers seat rail and motor from a us tl? i tshould bolt up, you just would have to modify where the seat controls are

 

[QUOTE=REV-01]i am pretty sure you can, i would get a jdm seat with wiring harness, along with the harness that ran to the passenger (japan driver) fusebox. in japan they don't have memory seat so wiring would be easier, the airbag in the seat should be no problem as well, it is simply two wires in the yellow loom, if the j-spec connector doesn't match up you can solder the end connector with the us spec ones. this way you have 8 way adjustable in both side. but gotta buy a wreck one in japan or anyplace with right hand drive, one brand new one is too costly. i saw a actual right hand drive acura tl in hong kong, the driver seat (over there) look just like our passenger seat here except 8 way and the stupid back support thing.

 

Way not worth it for the cost.

 

If you can get a 1999 Inspire/Saber seat from Japan, it won't have the side air bag.

 

not worth all the trouble...just so the seat raises and lowers? Not worth it in my opinion. I see what your saying and I think it could be done, but at a cost.

 

Yeah I will have to investigate the costs, maybe a better option would be to go with the TYPE S seats, even though they don't raise and lower, atleast they sit lower, so you dont feel like your sitting on top of the world. More comfy also in my opinion.

 

im not sure what yr ur tl is but on my 01 the passenger side has the motorized seat and its got the temp control.

 

mayb u can get the seat out of the older model and put it n ur 03 if the colors match in ur interior

 

innovation704, My TL is an '00.
Your TL (like mine) has 4-way passenger seat (forward/backward,tilt backward/forward). Also the temp control on your passenger seat is only the bottom cushion, not the backrest as well. The backrest contains sensors for the side airbag that determine whether it's safe to delpy it or not.
The original poster is try to duplicate the *8*-way power seat features of our driver seats, which also allow raising/lowering of the front and back edges of the bottom cushion.
Putting a '99 Inspire seat in would still cause the problem of the missing side airbag, because the '03s computer will be looking for it.

 

I thought you wanted the height adjustment so you could raise the passenger seat. The passenger seat sits lower than the lowest position on the drivers seat. Atleast in a 2000 TL-P it does.

 

NYDesi80
What shift knob is that?

 

The second question, How random is that?? One should be able to imply from the name the answer therfore should not ask the question.....

NY Desi 80 : in an attempt to answer your inquiry.......
I tried looking for the schematics (diagrams) but I can't find them [Note: the search function sucks]. But I do recall that the seats sit on a track that is elevated. I think the TSX using the same track but sits lower. Once again, you are making the seat stationary incapable of up and down mobility. (Just mentioned it because the seat would sit an inch lower) I would try to see if you could use the track from the TSX. My buddy did his from TSX, but he had a Prelude (he replaced the cloth seats woth the Leather TSX ones)

If you have the money, then try to invest in those hydraulic seats they have on sale for forklifts and other machinenery. You just have to replace the seat with the Acura cushion, aside from the other mods you have to do to the seat. If this is done then you can probably forget about the heated seats. Also, I do believe that back in the day Mecedes made their seats with adjustable springs.... They were not motorized, but they could be adjusted.... atleast I think it was Mercedes.... maybe the early to mid 90's c-class???? Also, Toyota and Honda did this with their entry level Accords in the mid to late 90's.

I think your best bet would be to find a driver seat from another TL and remove the control from the left to the right (this would require some cutting to create the cavity). The heat controls should be the same, I don't see them changing the connectors for the driver and passenger. Once again, this is all heresay, I would need to see the schematics of the seats..... Whatever you do, Goodluck....

BTW: Fiance? Holy S#!t, folks are getting married younger and younger these days.... Good luck with that, brother.... but as soon as you get hitched say goodbye to the modding.... all your hard earned money is going to go elsewhere..... Can we say matching shower curtains and rugs???? :toothless

 

indomfp you must not have read any or many of the previous posts. The seat heater connection would be different because the passegner seat doesn't have a heatiung element in the backrest. Also there's the issue of the side airbag if he took your suggestion on switching a seat from the left to right.

 

fast-tl, I read them, but are they sure that the heating element is one conector and not two?? Also if the connector fits, then the seat back will simply not heat up.... Also, i assumed that the side airbag was in the side door not the seat... I concede my mistake.... :toothless

I also, have not seen the schematics for the door and seat, therefore could not provide huge insight....