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Anyone out there had any luck in putting newer seats in a older 80's suby? I have a 85 wagon that runs great and i drive everywhere. But, the seats are really broken down. I wanted to put some legacy or ? seats in it but have been told it will take lots of modifications. Anyone had any luck?

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Yes, basically... I cut the mounts off and tack welded pieces of flat bar to make my mounts. Pulled the seats out and finished the welds. Little bit of paint and BAM!!!!

 

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I put a set of flofit seats (think recaros) in my EA81 coupe. All the mounting points lined up perfectly with the factory EA81 rails so all i had to do was space the seats up off the rails 1/4" to clear everything.

 

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Legacy seats are easy to put into an EA82. It just requires a little modification of the EA seat rails and removal of the Legacy ones. Took me about half an hour with a drill, a hammer and cold chisel and some scavenged hardware.

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I put a set of flofit seats (think recaros) in my EA81 coupe. All the mounting points lined up perfectly with the factory EA81 rails so all i had to do was space the seats up off the rails 1/4" to clear everything.

 

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Did you get these seats new from a store? Or pick them up used from someone? Looked online but haven't seen much.

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Yes, basically... I cut the mounts off and tack welded pieces of flat bar to make my mounts. Pulled the seats out and finished the welds. Little bit of paint and BAM!!!!

 

seats.jpg

 

Thanks...May give that a try if I can find a wreck STI or Legacy around here. those look sweet and thats one of the better looking Brats I have seen:)

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Did you get these seats new from a store? Or pick them up used from someone? Looked online but haven't seen much.

 

Used online. They come up on ebay and on craigslist from time to time. I would never pay new for them. The price of a pair new is insane. I probably stole these for the price i paid but no one really wanted a pair of brown seats...except me :grin:

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Some one on here said Escort/GT seats are a pretty close fit for early EA cars.

 

That would be these from a 99:

 

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GD used some from an earlier model that look a little different, but mount the same.

 

Dan

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That would be these from a 99:

 

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GD used some from an earlier model that look a little different, but mount the same.

 

Dan

 

What exactly are you saying? That seats from a 99 Escort fit the same? Or that those are seats out of an escort that fit into your 99?:confused:

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They didnt make a Brat in 99.

So they are obviously seats from a 99 Escort.

 

Uh Thanks...I knew your post was from a Brat owner. The other guy just said 99 and he didn't look like he had a Brat.

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Uh Thanks...I knew your post was from a Brat owner. The other guy just said 99 and he didn't look like he had a Brat.

 

Just take a look at the picture that you quoted from him.

Its a Brat with the Escort seats in it.

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Just take a look at the picture that you quoted from him.

Its a Brat with the Escort seats in it.

 

Thanks again...the original post you felt to comment on about the "didn't make a brat in 99" was from BeachBM69 who doesn't have a Brat in his profile pic, also the in the picture it looks like what I thought is a back seat. I am getting ready to go hunt for some of those seats. So I was just trying to get HIM to clarify.

I am new to this post stuff but FYI that is what I was trying to accomplish

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Thanks again...the original post you felt to comment on about the "didn't make a brat in 99" was from BeachBM69 who doesn't have a Brat in his profile pic, also the in the picture it looks like what I thought is a back seat. I am getting ready to go hunt for some of those seats. So I was just trying to get HIM to clarify.

I am new to this post stuff but FYI that is what I was trying to accomplish

 

It is indeed a hatch, but from the back of the front seats forward everything is identical to a Brat.

 

As a side note, seats from any escort in that era will work, the ones from a GT are just nicer.

 

Dan

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