Yarco Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Hi Just looking for a bit of feedback. I fitted some leather seats in my 1997 Supra on the weekend. The driver side went in fine but passenger was a pain in the a-se. The leather seats I bought are OEM so I assumed they would just drop in. In the end I had to cross thread one bolt on the passenger side to get it in. The cross thread hasn't affected its securement, it's well in there and probably will never come out again! lol. I thought all OEM seats were the same but I guess it will vary slightly from model to model. Anyone else had this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_jza80 Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 As far as I'm aware, all OEM seats, including the optional Recaros and later 'manual' drivers seat, are fully interchangeable. It it more likely that one of the subframe brackets has been bent in storage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 They're exactly the same mate. What was the actual issue you had? was it the bolt holes not lining up? It's often best to put the bolts into the holes in a certain order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarco Posted September 1, 2014 Author Share Posted September 1, 2014 As far as I'm aware, all OEM seats, including the optional Recaros and later 'manual' drivers seat, are fully interchangeable. It it more likely that one of the subframe brackets has been bent in storage. Ye I'd go with that as the passenger side has subframes which are angled, not flat like the driver side. What a nightmare though, 20mins on driver side and 1.5 hours on the passenger side! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarco Posted September 1, 2014 Author Share Posted September 1, 2014 They're exactly the same mate. What was the actual issue you had? was it the bolt holes not lining up? It's often best to put the bolts into the holes in a certain order. Basically the passenger side just wouldn't line up no matter which order I put the bolts in or whether the seat was tilted or reclined. In the end I broke out the elbow grease and forced it to line up and had to cross thread one bolt because it would go in straight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 The brackets shouldn't be straight, they should be angled. Something sounds a bit strange here. Did you take any pictures of them to compare? They may have been bent, as suggested. At the rear the inner side should have 2 bolts IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarco Posted September 1, 2014 Author Share Posted September 1, 2014 The brackets shouldn't be straight, they should be angled. Something sounds a bit strange here. Did you take any pictures of them to compare? They may have been bent, as suggested. At the rear the inner side should have 2 bolts IIRC. The bracket/frame is angled on the passenger seat but not on the driver seat. As mentioned the passsenger side is more prone to being bent out of shape because the braket/frame is angled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abz Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 (edited) I went from stock seats to Recaro stock seats and as Jay\Scott mentioned it was a straight swap. Would certainly agree that it could be bent. Edited September 1, 2014 by Abz (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 The bracket/frame is angled on the passenger seat but not on the driver seat. As mentioned the passsenger side is more prone to being bent out of shape because the braket/frame is angled. The brackets, from memory, are exactly the same on both sides..... just a mirror image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Mine where out slightly, nothing a bit of pushing into place wouldnt solve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David P Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 The bolt holes on the transmission tunnel are in a slightly different position between Facelift and pre, yet a tweak by hand to that part of the brackets worked for me. Jazzi is the expert on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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