md_dingo Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Does anyone know if seats from an '06 WRX will swap into a '99 outback with minimal modifications? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
86BRATMAN Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 They should be a close swap, if not direct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheYeti Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 It is pretty much a Direct swap. The only thing you may need to do is add some spacer washers to the side that bolts up nearest the to the exhaust/driveshaft channel. Impreza seats/brackets are just a touch narrow compared to the Legacy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
md_dingo Posted August 2, 2007 Author Share Posted August 2, 2007 It is pretty much a Direct swap. The only thing you may need to do is add some spacer washers to the side that bolts up nearest the to the exhaust/driveshaft channel. Impreza seats/brackets are just a touch narrow compared to the Legacy. Excellent, thanks both of you. Now, does either of you know how to convince my wife that this is a totally necessary change? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheYeti Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Heh. Good luck with that, chief Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy D Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 Heh. Good luck with that, chief haha:dead: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s'ko Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 When put 2002 WRX seats into my OBS it was a direct swap. There is a guy here called Jamal that put a set into his legacy. It's the older square body styled one. We both experienced less head room b/c the seat mounts are taller. Regarding the wife... I installed them and I asked her... hey.. do you notice a difference. She looked at me and said 'no...but the colors don't match" BW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
md_dingo Posted August 3, 2007 Author Share Posted August 3, 2007 When put 2002 WRX seats into my OBS it was a direct swap. There is a guy here called Jamal that put a set into his legacy. It's the older square body styled one. We both experienced less head room b/c the seat mounts are taller. Regarding the wife... I installed them and I asked her... hey.. do you notice a difference. She looked at me and said 'no...but the colors don't match" BW That might work. I don't think she'd notice the difference, but she may notice a $500+ deduction from our checking account! :-\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s'ko Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 That might work. I don't think she'd notice the difference, but she may notice a $500+ deduction from our checking account! :-\ Yeah... that's a tough one to get around. Luckily I got mine from a buddy for $50.00. I also installed the old seats into the BRAT so I killed two birds w/one stone. Good luck w/the swap. If you can swing it. it's worth it b/c the seats are a lot better than the stockers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
md_dingo Posted August 6, 2007 Author Share Posted August 6, 2007 Yeah... that's a tough one to get around. Luckily I got mine from a buddy for $50.00. I also installed the old seats into the BRAT so I killed two birds w/one stone. Good luck w/the swap. If you can swing it. it's worth it b/c the seats are a lot better than the stockers. Yeah these seats are killing me. But I don't exactly drive it every day. This is more of a bad-weather sort of car. My wife's Prius doesn't like snow and muck and such. Where as the subie luvs it! So I might just save the cash until it gets closer to winter, then worry about it. There's plenty of other projects clammering for my hard-earned cash! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamal Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 It is pretty much a Direct swap. The only thing you may need to do is add some spacer washers to the side that bolts up nearest the to the exhaust/driveshaft channel. Impreza seats/brackets are just a touch narrow compared to the Legacy. Aha! that's why my seat doesn't move forward and back very smoothly. Also you should note that the 02-03 seats (which I have), sit lower than 04-06 seats. Even with the height adjustment all the way down my seat is about an inch higher and I couldn't find an easy way to swap or modify the rails to lower them. If I were shorter it wouldn't be a problem but as it is I plan to find something lower. The added bolstering is worth it though, especially the way I drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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