Wow! I did the same exact thing in my hatch a couple weeks ago. And I thought I was the only guy to cut the brackets off and re-weld to fit. Nice job Jon
I swear, any time I have a question about something EF related, I just search your channel because I know you've probably already got a video on it; lol. I just picked up a nice set of 87 Prelude seats that I plan on putting in my EF and this vid will help alot. They're blue, and will go perfect with my blue interior.
Also the update on our project ....ngk spark plugs wires and starter installed and works perfect starter inhibitor switch was replaced and installed head gaskets seals valve cover gaskets and seals replaced and installed wiring harness repaired fuel system being replaced oil band and sensors gaskets and seals replaced all hoses and lines replaced filters being replaced ....as for brakes upgrade suspension upgrade front and rear conversion to disc will take a while due to budget.....so far but will make the list as well as some cool stuff we seen on your cars the list goes on but we are making progress thanks to all your inspiration you gave my husband and me thank you so very much because he really loves his car and has separation issues with it ....because he owned it for so very long that he says its part of him part of who he is part of his soul and at first i thought that was weird but now I get it ...because he has had so many memories owning this civic that if he lets go of his car the memories go with it. ...so now I fully understand and glad he has been working hard to rebuild and restore his...oops our civic hi5
I know the feeling, but I don't possess it anymore because I love making new memories also. I'm actually selling a couple of my cars right now too because my wife and I want to move. It's time, and I can always find something else to get into in the future. But I'd like to never stop growing in my learning with these cars!
Great idea but you need a better weld. You have a lot of undercut and your weld doesn't fill the whole seam. Next time just go a little slower and weave your weld to fill that seam. But like I said before great idea
good stuff man, I realize your video is a little old but it will help me a lot. I'm working on replacing my seats on my 95 Tacoma. This is the perfect video I was looking for. I will learn with mine because I don't even know how to weld but it's okay. I will be able to finish it eventually. thanks agian
Nice!! Good info! now too look for sum clean seats! You ever fixed a broken seat? The ones on my da, the seats are still mint but the driver seat broke on me it leans back no support! Something broke inside! I wonder if i took off all the fabric to find where it broke and weld it! But idk! Guess ill hit the junkyard up and look for something descent! Good informative upload as always! Jon you the man!👍👍👌👊✌
Another excellent video. Thanks for sharing your technique. I have some RSX seats I'm going to be installing in an 97 Integra and this method may work for me. I have been thinking about how I was going to go about doing that. Keep up the good work.
Thanks! Those are nice too! I had a set of EP3 seats once but those were too big for an EF hatch. I think the RSX will be just fine for size in a DC Integra.
This gives me hope. I’m putting in AE92 GTi seats into my KE70 Corolla and the rails are okay but the brackets are huge in comparison to the stock seats. They’re about 1-2inches too wide. So need to cut and readjust then weld back on. What settings do you use for your welder? I have a similar flux core one
Yes, I've been doing this for years. Mine was at speed 4 and on MAX. Test it on a similar sized thickness metal. I always do that first to try and get the cleanest and best penetrating bead.
Have you considered a pan swap? I've mounted 3rd gen prelude seats into crx, DA seats into ef sedan, and Delsol seats into crx using a pan swap. My current 90 hatch has 88 Si seats in it as well using a pan swap. No cutting or welding and all brackets line up like stock.
@@GarageBuiltHondas the older gen seats all came out matched up very well. I could see a larger bottom cushion like in those later Prelude seats being an issue, so in that application you were 100% spot on with your method :) But for sure DA seats into EF, 88/89 into 90/91 Ef or vice versa are an easy pan swap. I was even able to source blue auto seat belt DA seats for my 90 EF sedan with interior and auto belts :) only one I tried where the pan swap didn't work was leather integra seats into my crx. The seat pan swapped over perfect but the top bolt hole on the reclining handle didn't match and the seats had a permanent g-lean.
Nice! I just got a nicer condition seat cover and foam for my 88 CRX, is it relatively easy pulling the seat apart and reinstalling with the new foam/cover?
@@GarageBuiltHondas I've never gone as far as pulling the foam from the skeleton. But pulling the cover is not bad. If you get a hog ring tool it'll be easier, but I always just used pliers. I even reused the old hog rings. There are maybe 20~something holding the bottom seat cover, and less holding the seat back cover. I think of the seat back cover like taking a shirt off someone. You're way more mechanically incline than me so it would be a cakewalk for you bro :)
Cool video Jon my husband and I watched it....twice because our seats in our 90 civic lax sedan are starting to wear ....and considered this as a third option if can seem to find any decent oem replacements or aftermarket racing seats at a fair price and we both talked about civic si seats from like 99-00 or yrs seats from 94-00 maybe some Del sol is seats I actually love the s2000 seats and the tsx seats but will keep this option open the only thing is neither of us have a welder or even know how to weld lol that's the only reason we commented as third option lol....o yea my husband is hadden vladamir III one of your followers and was wondering if you might have any throttle bodies for sale in good shape for a fair price from a d15b2 motor dual port fuel injection model ours has a cracked sensor in the rear of ours and don't know what sensor it is o reillys autozone advanced auto parts and car quest didn't know either so we figured to buy a used replacement
Probably not. There's not a lot of room on the rails for extra hardware especially when they are on the edges. I'm not a welder either. This welder is only $90 from harbor freight and it's super simple to use. It gets the job done. The welds aren't super nice but for small exhaust work and stuff like this it'll really come in handy.
@@GarageBuiltHondas Looking to do a build sometime in the future, your videos are helpful in giving me an idea of what I would need to do since the Hondas we like are more than 20 years old; we're bound to encounter issues with them. Keep up the good work.
Nice vid. Appreciate what you do for the Honda world. By chance do you know if a drivers seat from a 91 DX sedan will just bolt in to a 91 DX hatch? My DX hatch didn't come with seats and I need to get a drivers seat in temporarily. Thanks.
Nice video. I was thinking wouldn’t be easier and faster to bolt down the 3 remaining brackets and spot weld them at the same time. Then take out the seat and fishing welding them outside.
Nice! I’m about to swap some eclipse seats into my Mazda b2200. I’m also a beginner to welding which kind do you recommend using? And did you learn to weld on your own?
The flux core I have is a cheap unit. It works well but the welds aren't super pretty.. I did learn on my own. It's pretty straightforward with this kind of welder too
I don't know if I'd trust the JB over time. Think about when you hit a big bump how much the car shakes. Rail swapping is hard, a lot of seats have different mounts. The welder was only $90, and works great for a multitude of small projects.
Please don't rig no seat up lol I got an 89 civic sedan with sum half assed bolted prelude seats in it an someone rear ended me with an f250 luckily we was at a redlight stopped and he took off on red an hit me but it gave me whiplash bad from the seat moving any harder of an impact and id be messed up worse. Sucks bc I still need a seat and its an 89 and everybody has 90-91 seats and they're different
Awesome DIY, I'm trying to get EVO 4 Reacro's in my EG hatch but the EVO4 rails are so wide (48.5cm from bolt hole to bolt hole), i can't use those rails and have to make some brackets which i weld on the EG rails. I will put a video of that on my YT channel, maybe someone can use it ;)
the first one I did was 85 Camaro seats into 1966 Chevelle then there was 88 Isuzu Impulse into an Opel GT it can be a real pain since your trying to imagine so and so seat will work in so and so car, most car guys don't know how to weld or even have a welder
These seat attachments from the prelude could not be sawed off, it was necessary to simply remove the attachments from the Civic and twist them to the prelude seats, well, that's all! Thank you all for the read comment.
Still have 6. Waiting on the rest of payment for the sedan then it's gone, selling this one in a week or so, then selling my wagon. Only keeping all the Si's.
Once again, another great how-to video. The Haynes manual 2.0 of UA-cam.
Wow! I did the same exact thing in my hatch a couple weeks ago. And I thought I was the only guy to cut the brackets off and re-weld to fit. Nice job Jon
That's how to do it!! 🙏🙏
Garage Built Hondas but I've never seen anyone else do it like we do. Usually they just weld the rails to the humps.
I'd never do that, it'd be a pain to remove it.
I swear, any time I have a question about something EF related, I just search your channel because I know you've probably already got a video on it; lol.
I just picked up a nice set of 87 Prelude seats that I plan on putting in my EF and this vid will help alot. They're blue, and will go perfect with my blue interior.
It's really not too hard. Just takes a little time and effort.
Also the update on our project ....ngk spark plugs wires and starter installed and works perfect starter inhibitor switch was replaced and installed head gaskets seals valve cover gaskets and seals replaced and installed wiring harness repaired fuel system being replaced oil band and sensors gaskets and seals replaced all hoses and lines replaced filters being replaced ....as for brakes upgrade suspension upgrade front and rear conversion to disc will take a while due to budget.....so far but will make the list as well as some cool stuff we seen on your cars the list goes on but we are making progress thanks to all your inspiration you gave my husband and me thank you so very much because he really loves his car and has separation issues with it ....because he owned it for so very long that he says its part of him part of who he is part of his soul and at first i thought that was weird but now I get it ...because he has had so many memories owning this civic that if he lets go of his car the memories go with it. ...so now I fully understand and glad he has been working hard to rebuild and restore his...oops our civic hi5
I know the feeling, but I don't possess it anymore because I love making new memories also. I'm actually selling a couple of my cars right now too because my wife and I want to move. It's time, and I can always find something else to get into in the future. But I'd like to never stop growing in my learning with these cars!
Og Jon love ur videos one of the best UA-cam channels with lots of content..lots of love coming from Toronto Canada
Just wanted to say u make very detailed and well informative videos on diy
Thank you! And thanks for the comment, means a lot!
Damn that's a shotty looking job bro, one good bump and bye-bye weld
I've never had an issue yet. That's why I weld on every possible joint so it strengthens the bracket as a whole.
Great idea but you need a better weld. You have a lot of undercut and your weld doesn't fill the whole seam. Next time just go a little slower and weave your weld to fill that seam. But like I said before great idea
And also just get a better welder. 😃
good stuff man, I realize your video is a little old but it will help me a lot. I'm working on replacing my seats on my 95 Tacoma. This is the perfect video I was looking for. I will learn with mine because I don't even know how to weld but it's okay. I will be able to finish it eventually. thanks agian
Thank you bro for each and every episode that you posted, EF FOR EVER!
You're welcome! #EF4L
Nice!! Good info! now too look for sum clean seats! You ever fixed a broken seat? The ones on my da, the seats are still mint but the driver seat broke on me it leans back no support! Something broke inside! I wonder if i took off all the fabric to find where it broke and weld it! But idk! Guess ill hit the junkyard up and look for something descent! Good informative upload as always! Jon you the man!👍👍👌👊✌
Yes, you can absolutely do that! Or find a different seat and swap all the fabric and foam to the new seat.
Nice to see how someone else does it. And honestly I like your methods better(than mine).
Well thanks man!
Another excellent video. Thanks for sharing your technique. I have some RSX seats I'm going to be installing in an 97 Integra and this method may work for me. I have been thinking about how I was going to go about doing that. Keep up the good work.
Thanks! Those are nice too! I had a set of EP3 seats once but those were too big for an EF hatch. I think the RSX will be just fine for size in a DC Integra.
Definitely needed this video, my driver's seat is thrashed in my rex
Seems like they always are. 🤕
Awesome work jon black dragon looking good once again
Gonna drive it right now! 😁
Garage Built Hondas Do It!! Put in those Miles
It sounds so good man. It drives comfy. Just a few small details and she'll be ready to go!
Garage Built Hondas that freaking badass dude I'm glad dragon back on the road
Me too. Hopefully someone treats her well!
Nice job, thanks for the tutorial!
Ohey! i was looking on CL just windowshopping, and I found your CL post for your honda! Lawl small world
Sedan?
This gives me hope. I’m putting in AE92 GTi seats into my KE70 Corolla and the rails are okay but the brackets are huge in comparison to the stock seats. They’re about 1-2inches too wide. So need to cut and readjust then weld back on.
What settings do you use for your welder? I have a similar flux core one
Yes, I've been doing this for years. Mine was at speed 4 and on MAX. Test it on a similar sized thickness metal. I always do that first to try and get the cleanest and best penetrating bead.
Have you considered a pan swap? I've mounted 3rd gen prelude seats into crx, DA seats into ef sedan, and Delsol seats into crx using a pan swap. My current 90 hatch has 88 Si seats in it as well using a pan swap. No cutting or welding and all brackets line up like stock.
I've never attempted it. Does the foam all match up as well?
@@GarageBuiltHondas the older gen seats all came out matched up very well. I could see a larger bottom cushion like in those later Prelude seats being an issue, so in that application you were 100% spot on with your method :) But for sure DA seats into EF, 88/89 into 90/91 Ef or vice versa are an easy pan swap. I was even able to source blue auto seat belt DA seats for my 90 EF sedan with interior and auto belts :) only one I tried where the pan swap didn't work was leather integra seats into my crx. The seat pan swapped over perfect but the top bolt hole on the reclining handle didn't match and the seats had a permanent g-lean.
Nice! I just got a nicer condition seat cover and foam for my 88 CRX, is it relatively easy pulling the seat apart and reinstalling with the new foam/cover?
@@GarageBuiltHondas I've never gone as far as pulling the foam from the skeleton. But pulling the cover is not bad. If you get a hog ring tool it'll be easier, but I always just used pliers. I even reused the old hog rings. There are maybe 20~something holding the bottom seat cover, and less holding the seat back cover. I think of the seat back cover like taking a shirt off someone. You're way more mechanically incline than me so it would be a cakewalk for you bro :)
Lol. Let's hope so! I think I'll try to make a video of it also since it'll be my first time doing one!
Cool video Jon my husband and I watched it....twice because our seats in our 90 civic lax sedan are starting to wear ....and considered this as a third option if can seem to find any decent oem replacements or aftermarket racing seats at a fair price and we both talked about civic si seats from like 99-00 or yrs seats from 94-00 maybe some Del sol is seats I actually love the s2000 seats and the tsx seats but will keep this option open the only thing is neither of us have a welder or even know how to weld lol that's the only reason we commented as third option lol....o yea my husband is hadden vladamir III one of your followers and was wondering if you might have any throttle bodies for sale in good shape for a fair price from a d15b2 motor dual port fuel injection model ours has a cracked sensor in the rear of ours and don't know what sensor it is o reillys autozone advanced auto parts and car quest didn't know either so we figured to buy a used replacement
Which sensor is cracked? I can see if I have a replacement lying around.
I don't have a welder nor can I weld lol so would drilling holes and bolting work?
Probably not. There's not a lot of room on the rails for extra hardware especially when they are on the edges. I'm not a welder either. This welder is only $90 from harbor freight and it's super simple to use. It gets the job done. The welds aren't super nice but for small exhaust work and stuff like this it'll really come in handy.
Its the sensor on the rear located closest to the firewall and im not sure but I think 2 vacuum lines are attached to it
Thanks for sharing your DIYs, man! 🍻
You're welcome, thanks for watching
@@GarageBuiltHondas Looking to do a build sometime in the future, your videos are helpful in giving me an idea of what I would need to do since the Hondas we like are more than 20 years old; we're bound to encounter issues with them. Keep up the good work.
Thanks, good luck with your build!
John this is a good for 90 91 civic but for 88 89 they are veryyy different do you use the same method
Yes, you'll just have to look at the mounts when attempting to add the new seats!
Great job love the VIDEO BRO
Thanks
Thank you so much! ive been looking for something like this
You're welcome!
Nice vid. Appreciate what you do for the Honda world. By chance do you know if a drivers seat from a 91 DX sedan will just bolt in to a 91 DX hatch? My DX hatch didn't come with seats and I need to get a drivers seat in temporarily. Thanks.
Thanks! Negative, not a direct bolt in. Maybe 1 or 2 might line up.
@@GarageBuiltHondas bummer, but thanks for the quick response and keep up the great work.
Great help to the community! When you want to sell it let me know.
It'll be for sale within the next 2 weeks!
I have to do this in the next week or two. Trying to fit golf 2005 mk5 leather seats in a polo 6n2 2000 with the same annoying hump in the way 😂👍🏼
You got this. 👍
Nice video. I was thinking wouldn’t be easier and faster to bolt down the 3 remaining brackets and spot weld them at the same time. Then take out the seat and fishing welding them outside.
Absolutely, especially if you had a MIG welder. My flux is so messy I didn't want the spatter everywhere in the car.
Nice! I’m about to swap some eclipse seats into my Mazda b2200. I’m also a beginner to welding which kind do you recommend using? And did you learn to weld on your own?
The flux core I have is a cheap unit. It works well but the welds aren't super pretty.. I did learn on my own. It's pretty straightforward with this kind of welder too
Do you have any water pump and timing belt replacement diy videos? For a Honda Civic hatch 1989
I've been meaning to do one on my crx, but haven't had the time/money yet. Hopefully within the next few months.
Ps sorry for text spell errors spell check correction causing that lol
Thanks Jon! I still need to swap that CRX seat into my hatch...
Or send it to me! Haha
I plan to do this but I'm planning to jbweld the hell out of it due to not having access to a welder... or maybe I'll just swap the rails? 😏
I don't know if I'd trust the JB over time. Think about when you hit a big bump how much the car shakes. Rail swapping is hard, a lot of seats have different mounts. The welder was only $90, and works great for a multitude of small projects.
Please don't rig no seat up lol I got an 89 civic sedan with sum half assed bolted prelude seats in it an someone rear ended me with an f250 luckily we was at a redlight stopped and he took off on red an hit me but it gave me whiplash bad from the seat moving any harder of an impact and id be messed up worse. Sucks bc I still need a seat and its an 89 and everybody has 90-91 seats and they're different
Great video bro!!!
Thanks man!
Awesome DIY, I'm trying to get EVO 4 Reacro's in my EG hatch but the EVO4 rails are so wide (48.5cm from bolt hole to bolt hole), i can't use those rails and have to make some brackets which i weld on the EG rails. I will put a video of that on my YT channel, maybe someone can use it ;)
Where can I get these wheel covers⁉️⁉️⁉️
Junkyard is where I found mine.
@@GarageBuiltHondas do you know what the would come off of I’ve been looking for some because my buddy has some on his ef and they look really nice
Older Civics, 92-00
Dude thank you!
YW
thanks, this is exactly what i would like to do since CRX seats are so much
I know man. I didn't want to waste a ton of money on a different set.
I have five cars and a 89 hatch back that I picked up four months ago with a blown head gasket
Keeping all of them?
I’m looking for prelude seats for my Honda Accord
Check local part outs or a junkyard
where to get these welding brackets?
Just a metal bar from your Lowe's. I cut it into small pieces.
What do you do with the 91 LX auto seat belt with seat replacement? What you do for the belt portion?
Keep using it and swap the seat belt assembly that's on the original seat.
What welder do you use?
Flux
@@GarageBuiltHondas Whats the make and model?
I got it at Harbor Freight about 6-7 years ago.
Awesome
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the first one I did was 85 Camaro seats into 1966 Chevelle then there was 88 Isuzu Impulse into an Opel GT
it can be a real pain since your trying to imagine so and so seat will work in so and so car, most car guys don't know how to weld or even have a welder
True, I'm not a welder either. lol Anyone can use this particular kind of welder and its not too expensive either.
How's the grind sparks on the leg's..LOL
Ouch!! Lol
These seat attachments from the prelude could not be sawed off, it was necessary to simply remove the attachments from the Civic and twist them to the prelude seats, well, that's all! Thank you all for the read comment.
No, they didn't fit well. I had to move them then re-weld them into place.
Genius
How many civics u have
Still have 6. Waiting on the rest of payment for the sedan then it's gone, selling this one in a week or so, then selling my wagon. Only keeping all the Si's.
Yeah 😍
lol, that's too much for me these days!!
Nice
It was fun, but it's too overwhelming now. It takes me a long time to save up for parts for all of them. It'll be easier for only 3
Vertical welding is bottom to top
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I'll have to go to the junkyard and see what seats I can find
I've thought about trying other brands too. Look for the 88-91 prelude, those seats fit well. I installed a set once and loved those!
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