So I finished mounting frs seats in my xb2. After adding tein springs, trd shock/struts, hotchkis sways, tanabe strut, 17x8 on meaty continetal dws's I was amazed how good my xb2 handle.
Only thing was my butt was getting thrown all over the seats whenever I sped through turns lol.
I'm about 6'1 160 tall and thin so I wanted a seat where it hugs my frame more, and where I sit a little lower.
So I planned on mounting racing seats, but wanted a stockish feel and airbag sensors.



srs Airbag sensors plugged right in. seat belt sensors do not, so on my dash I have seat belt lights on, but I'm just gonna pull them from the gauges eventually.





I lined up the seats when I took out my xb ones, I wish I took a picture. The mounts to the naked eye look exact. when you measure, the frs seat sliders are a little narrower.
The bottoms of the seats look pretty close, except the xb2 since its a higher car, the seats sits on little legs almost. So these mounts were custom made, same height as xb2 brackets, then were powdercoated black.



So the driving height difference is lower about 1.5". Like I said the mounts are the same height, its just because the frs bottom cushion is smaller and sits lower.

Also added rogue status gun show steering wheel cover. I highly recommend this, its the perfect thickness and feel.

For the rear seat I have an all black leather clazzio on order with extra material for the door inserts.

All my parts I bought from Bean Garage , I couldn't be happier with the service, pricing, and the genuine customer care.




I couldn't be happier with this mod. I feel like I'm driving a whole new car and makes me love my xb2 even more. Best thing was when I pulled out on a back country rode to do some test driving, an frs pull right in front of me, and we played around in the 85-95mph range. I held my own around turing for sure, my xb is tighhhtt. but WOW that frs moves...coming out of a turn that thing smoked my ___.


I plan on starting a build thread when it gets warmer and I can detail my car, I don't want to post how it looks after this crappy NJ winter

 

Nice to see someone do it. I hate the stock seats support too.

 

thanks yeah man stock seat support sucks, I have crazy mountain roads by me, I felt like I was getting thrown all over. especially when I did the whole suspension and was able to push it further

 

That's awesome. I want lateral support but softer bottoms... ha ha, think that's possible?

 

hmm softer bottoms...well when I first bought my xb in '10 my first mod was clazzio quilted covers, man those things were great, right where your butt is was slightly baggy so it sank with your butt when you sat on it, very comfortable.

when I initially planned to go down this route I was going to go with leather clazzios for the frs front seats, and rear xb seats but now that I have the frs seats I realized how comfortable the material is. I'm sure if you drive an frs I can see why you would upgrade, but coming from the xb2 cloth material the frs is quite nice. the pvc back with pocket is sweet too

but as far as the soft bottom goes, these compared to stock xb seats, night and day for comfort, but is cushioned nicely, shoulders and back locked in place.

 

Love the look of those seats! Do you have any pics of your car with the 17's???

 

not on me, I'll take some tomorrow morning and post em right up

 

nice

 

who custom made your brackets

 

very cool and definitely a one-off mod! just wondering - how/where did you get the seats and how much did they cost?

 

That's pretty badass

 

buddy of mine in town owns a metal working shop where they do all custom fab anything with metal


evasive motorsports stripped down their whole frs and did a complete part out on ft86club.com, I paid $500

 

Hey jus found this thread. I know it is old but I want to put fr-s seats in my xD. You said you had to modify or make special mounts if I read that correctly.

Looks like they line up or would fit my car. Is there anything you can tell me abou the airbag and other sensors below the seats?

Thanks

Your ride looks sick.