RX8 Seats?

[JTaylor2005]

Hi all,

My front seat isn't the comfiest tbf and feels like its kinda collapsing. I have looked around and new seats and seen that people have fitted the RX8 seats in their 306's.

http://306oc.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=20268

I read that thread and it basically says that they *should* fit straight into 5 door 306's. Does anyone have any more info on this such as the pre tensioner and how to transfer the seat belt over from the 306 ones to the RX8 ones?

Thanks

Jack

[ash23]

Check my project out i have them in myestate they defo don't just bolt in. One of the rear holes will line up ok but apart from that you will need to make them fit

[JTaylor2005]

Well does it make a difference whether its phase 1/2/3? I know 5 doors are different to 3 doors.

What actually needs to be done then to get them to fit in? The wiring I can do easy enough

[ash23]

Phase dosnt matter mines a 5 door being an estate. All you have to do is adapt the subframes to fit the 306 or make the car fit the seats

[JTaylor2005]

Okay. So what am I looking at doing? Cutting loads welding I ain't got a clue haha. What's the general jist of fitting these seats?

Thanks

[Eeyore]

welding bars onto subframes...

[Iceman299]

Buy an rx8 and find a way of putting a dw10 in

[JTaylor2005]

Ahh I see haha. Well it's not as easy as some people seem to make it out to be then. Haha. And I think that may compromise the handling haha

[Toms306]

Nothings ever as easy as people make out on here.

But yeah, really you're best to stick with 306 seats unless you can weld.

[JTaylor2005]

I'm not amazing at welding. Wouldn't trust my welds to save me if I ever crashed. Seat would probably collapse haha

[Iceman299]

I'm not amazing at welding. Wouldn't trust my welds to save me if I ever crashed. Seat would probably collapse haha

Ejecto seato

[JTaylor2005]

Ejecto Seato......... onto the bonnet :/

[Iceman299]

In some situations, going through the windscreen saved people's lives and being in a seatbelt would have killed them 

[Toms306]

Which situations were they!?

Seatbelts can cause injury if not used right, but I don't think hitting the windscreen is beneficial to your health.

[Niall]

They don't just bolt in. You need to grind the mounts off the RX8 rails and weld on a tab on each corner as the RX8 ones are much slimmer than the 306 seats. On the 5 door, providing you line them up correctly, you can just drill holes in the tabs and bolt them down.
Pre tensioner, you need a funky ass bolt and a spacer to bolt the pre tensioner to the side of the seat and the side air bag, in theory you can wire it up as the info i found says that the monitoring and firing resistance is the same as the 306 one but i haven't manned up and tried it yet!

[JTaylor2005]

Very helpful explanation mate cheers Something I would struggle to do my self but I can look into in the future Im wondering if there are any seats that would be a pretty standard fit that are heated. Not bothered about the electric adjustments but having heated seats sounds cushy haha

[Toms306]

Heated seats are crap tbh...its just a small strip along your arse cheeks that heats. I was expecting the whole base and back area to heat up. Very disappointed. However full leather is awesome.

[JTaylor2005]

Oh haha well forget that then haha. I got spoiled by my financed fiesta st haha that had proper toasty seats in that did haha

[Niall]

Heated seats are crap tbh...its just a small strip along your arse cheeks that heats.  I was expecting the whole base and back area to heat up.  Very disappointed.  However full leather is awesome.

Errr in which case, your heated seats are shite! All of them I've sat in with exception of cheaper Vauxhall ones warm you all over!

[Toms306]

Heated seats are crap tbh...its just a small strip along your arse cheeks that heats.  I was expecting the whole base and back area to heat up.  Very disappointed.  However full leather is awesome.

Errr in which case, your heated seats are shite! All of them I've sat in with exception of cheaper Vauxhall ones warm you all over!

Oh.   Never had any before tbf lol. 

[Iceman299]

Which situations were they!?  

Seatbelts can cause injury if not used right, but I don't think hitting the windscreen is beneficial to your health.

I've seen a few programmes where, on some rare occasions, if the driver/passenger had been in the seat they would've been dead due to forces acting on the body/getting crushed etc instead they went through the windscreen, ended up on the road and survived with minor injuries.
Wearing a seatbelt and going from 60mph to a stop in a few metres wouldn't exactly be beneficial to your health either lol

[Toms306]

It's not just the belt though, it's the fact you're held in the seat by the pretension, blown in the face by the airbag to save your head/neck and the crumple zone takes a large part of the impact. Hitting your head on the windscreen at 60 is almost certainly going to do more damage. It may be true of old cars that only have belts - likely to snap your neck and/or slip under the belt lol - but I just don't see it being true in any modern car.

[Iceman299]

It was a while back when i saw that stuff tbf lol
I guess you'll never really know as no-one will actually officially support the fact that a seatbelt, which is law, could kill you in some scenarios lol
Airbags cause a fair few injuries themselves as well. My mate had a proper minor knock in his car, was KO'd by the airbag and burns all over his wrists and face. 

[Niall]

It was a while back when i saw that stuff tbf lol
I guess you'll never really know as no-one will actually officially support the fact that a seatbelt, which is law, could kill you in some scenarios lol
Airbags cause a fair few injuries themselves as well. My mate had a proper minor knock in his car, was KO'd by the airbag and burns all over his wrists and face. 

Airbags do do you a fair bit of damage but its bugger all compared to the damage that can be caused by not having it there. Plus with multi stage air bags in modern cars, the chance of them doing you damage is much less unless you have a serious crash

[JTaylor2005]

Yeah tbf I would rather take my chances with a big balloon exploding in my face than having it smashed against a solid steering wheel haha

[Iceman299]

It was a while back when i saw that stuff tbf lol
I guess you'll never really know as no-one will actually officially support the fact that a seatbelt, which is law, could kill you in some scenarios lol
Airbags cause a fair few injuries themselves as well. My mate had a proper minor knock in his car, was KO'd by the airbag and burns all over his wrists and face. 

Airbags do do you a fair bit of damage but its bugger all compared to the damage that can be caused by not having it there. Plus with multi stage air bags in modern cars, the chance of them doing you damage is much less unless you have a serious crash

Very true. When i had a side impact in my clio sport, the airbag didnt go off and the drivers door was jammed shut. The inspector opened the door to check details on B-pillar and got KO'd by the airbag lolll only know that as he told me on the phone when he rang to give me the valuation

[todd1983]

I have a drivers rx8 seat about to come out of mine inc rail if interested

[RA306]

I am Interested

[rd070707]

just to bump this I am fitting buckets from a celica and the 306 seatbelt plug and pretensioner doesnt fit on the seat. Can I just the celica seatbelt plug and wire it in?

[bashbarnard]

just to bump this I am fitting buckets from a celica and the 306 seatbelt plug and pretensioner doesnt fit on the seat. Can I just the celica seatbelt plug and wire it in?

Possibly. Try it obviously no one has done it before so who knows.