subie94 Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 The seats in my 86 Brat are a little beat (specially torn up drivers) and was wondering if there were seats i could use out of a different Model/year Subaru ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bratman18 Posted August 7, 2011 Share Posted August 7, 2011 XT6 seats work great, need slight modification, but bolt in for the most part. And they are much more comfortable, and have height adjust! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flowmastered87GL Posted August 7, 2011 Share Posted August 7, 2011 For DIRECT Bolt in... an EA81 style (gen 2 car) would be the best donor... 1980-1984 wagons/sedans. Ea82 seats can fit with some modifications as can XT and XT6 seats. Legacy seats are probably the most comfortable, but you also need to make an adapter plate for them. There may still be a pattern on the USRM for the adapter plates to make a legacy seat fit in. If not I may still have the JPG laying around somewhere on a CD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bratman2 Posted August 7, 2011 Share Posted August 7, 2011 I have 03 Subaru RS seats in mine. The inside bolts to stock location. The outside I had to add a small piece of steel to step the tabs in 1". Forester or Legacy seats should also fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subie94 Posted August 7, 2011 Author Share Posted August 7, 2011 Thanks for the replys.. i think i'll have to wait and see if i can get by with seat covers for now.maybe i'll find someone selling decent seats that'll be direct bolt ins in the future.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bratman2 Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Not that hard really to put in late model Subaru seats. I think it took me maybe 2-3hrs. with a drill, sawzall and a few bolts! I included a picture so you could see what they look like. I got lucky on these as I bought them back in 04 or 05. They had been pulled new out the car for rally racing and sat in a garage. Think I paid less than $300.00 with shipping from Fla. to NC. Best money I ever spent on the Brat. I wouldn't even considering putting old seats back in when late model legacy, Forester, Impreza and WRX seats can be made to fit fairly easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamCF Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 I have Legacy seats (I think out of a '92 Legacy...) in my '83 GL wagon. I just cut the Legacy mounting points off and welded the GL points on in the right spots and braced them up for strength. (use a welding blanket or something to keep sparks out of the bottoms of the seat foam.) Super comfy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bheinen74 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 04 Limited and a PERFECT color match I used all 4 stock floor mounting holes in the BRAT, with lots of fab'ing to the 04 rails to fit the BRAT floor holes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bratman2 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 And looks very nice Bheinen. I used the stock mounting holes also. The drill was to drill holes in the tabs to use the stock floor mounting holes. Now you make me wish I had held out for leather,lol!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bheinen74 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Thanks, I am only 6ft tall, they seem to fit just a TAD too tall even for me, but i live with them. Much better comfy than the stock torn dried out ones. But the color on them is exact for BRAT, like it was made for it. You can see my door sill plates, the door panels, all a exact match, got lucky i suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo'J Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 For DIRECT Bolt in... an EA81 style (gen 2 car) would be the best donor... 1980-1984 wagons/sedans. Ea82 seats can fit with some modifications as can XT and XT6 seats. Legacy seats are probably the most comfortable, but you also need to make an adapter plate for them. There may still be a pattern on the USRM for the adapter plates to make a legacy seat fit in. If not I may still have the JPG laying around somewhere on a CD. Ya got that jpg.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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