im plan is to get replace the front 2 seats with bucketseats...but in order for me to do that i need manual seat rails...does any1 know if the accord seat rails fit in the tl? kuz its the same chassis n all so wouldnt it b the same? if it doesnt...does any1 know where i can get them on the net? there was some1 on here that was selling seat rails but i think that thread was daaaays ago n i didnt find it when i searched...thx a bunch

 

cant help with this one but i do remember somebody put red bucket seats in a tl. i just dont remember who. sorry

 

wont this throw off your SRS? your airbags may not deploy in case of an accident. that is unless you bypass the sensor.

 

wait wait...whoa...hold up...that cant b good...is there a simulator for that as well?

 

i believe so. its all connected so if you disable your srs it will disable the driver airabg/passenger and side airbag if i am correct.

 

is there anyway to bypass that?

 

not to sure..

btw, were you going to have a harnesses with your seats? if so, where were you planning to mount them?

 

from what i heard it can b bolted down to anywhere...(i.e. which means u can bolt it down under the rail) thats where i was thinking bout

 

i really wouldnt suggest that. usually with a harness is suppose to be used with a roll cage, to prevent your head from getting crushed. but anyways, IF you were to get it mounted, the harness is to be mounted at a certain angle. if the angle is too much it may not work properly.

 

I thought the TL already had bucket seats? If the original seats are gone, the side airbags are obviously not going to deploy.

To put this in simple terms - no matter what you do, if that red "SRS" light is on - the airbags and seatbelt pretensioners WILL NOT FUNCTION.

 

Unless they are leather, they are gonna look rice IMO.

I wouldn't do it just because of the airbag situation anyways.

 

but he goin for the whole sporty "jdm" look so i think it would look fine

 

safety > "JDM" look

 

 

racing seats are JDM now?

 

If he follows through with this modification, it's probably going to be more work than he bargained for. The side airbags will be gone, and who knows how he'll trick the SRS system into thinking they are there. And the OPDS light (Side Airbag Off) will probably go nuts. If he leaves the SRS light on, crash protection is greatly reduced - the airbags and electronic seatbelt tensioners will not function.

 

your life or the so called "jdm" look as stated above? your choice.

 

The accord seat brackets will fit but you have have to modify one of the mounting bolt on the rear of the bracket. As for the SRS, a resister has to be used to to turn the SRS light off and keep the rest of the system working (ie front airbags).

 

I was going to say something like that. There has to be a fairly easy way since i know hes not teh only one who has done something like this.

 

yea yea yea....i just beat you to it jk

I would go check to see what type of resister is needed but im too lazy. If you want take a Muilti meter and play around with the 2 green SRS line and see what ohms you need to slow the current flow down.

 

That can get you killed. If the floor of the car were to buckle in an accident, the harness could pull down on your spine and seriously harm you or possibly kill you. Thats why the best spot to mount them is a roll bar, but some mount them to the rear seat area which is ok as well.

 

i think the latch behind the rear seats (on the rear deck) will work..?

 

yea...safety is 1st...n i do know the place that can help me trick the SRS...as for the mounting the harness...i dont know where else...kuz i still want passengers in the rear...thx for all the lil details every1...

 

I say do what you want to do. Yet I don't quite get this one. The TL isn't a lil sport compact, nor is it a sports car for which racing seats with 5 pt.'s would be fitting. I think the type-s seats fit the car just fine, staying in tune with the luxury aura of Acura.

 

I say if you want seats that hug you more, then swap them out for CL-S seats. I'm guessing that'd require less modification to fit. Plus, it'd look OEM.

 

cls seats were my 1st pick...but thats more $$...the direction im going with the car is its primarily a track car n secondly a mild show car...everything but supercharger under the hood n a suspension setup for track use n no ICE at all...the main reason i need buckets is kuz the suspension is so stiff that im get lifted up from my seat everytime i drive around...n thats where the harness come in...

 

I gotcha. My suspension was extremely stiff on my last car and it gets really annoying when you bounce and slide all over the place. Best of luck on making something work. You will need a resistor in order to keep the SRS light off and keep the airbags functioning. Let me know what you find though, I'm curious to see what is required.

 

ttt, i would like to see how this works out with the resistors.