the wonder if the 02-03 WRX seats sit to high..

[92.Legacy.SS]

So today I installed my wrx seats and to my wonder the are not to high i am a 6'3 guy and i have the hight level all the way down and i still have a lot of head room, and i know there has been a few people sawing they sit to tall but i dont see how unless there 7 feet tall lol.

But since i still have the manual belts in they dont really get stuck anywhere and i plan on doing a harness add to help with sitting nice and tight when driving them.

http://s1176.photobucket.com/albums/x33 ... C00693.jpg

and im also just thinking of removing the buckle off of the seat cause you can see how it sorta holds it..

[Legacy777]

Yeah I don't think the WRX seats are too bad either....so it may just be a preference thing....

[Apex3]

I'm 5'11" and I have maybe 2" of head room, I hit my head on I5 on a couple of the bumps.

It's not bad, but I definitely want it lower.

[92.Legacy.SS]

weird i have more then that lol

[Falken-18c]

weird i have more then that lol

your probly long leged smaller torso idk just a guess

[MikeyMeyagi]

the 04-05 seats sit alot higher then the stock ones, and higher then the 02-03. i have 04-05 seats and i want ones that sit lower.

[crisco]

cool!! do they bolt right in? i always liked the bugeye wrx seats alot. ive had 3 cars that came with them.

[92.Legacy.SS]

cool!! do they bolt right in? i always liked the bugeye wrx seats alot. ive had 3 cars that came with them.

yes they bolt right in the rears dont sit flush with the back where the speakers are but oh well lol

weird i have more then that lol

your probly long leged smaller torso idk just a guess

and you are correct SIR!!!

[jamal]

at 6'1 I consider them too high.

I need the seat to be lower and the steering wheel closer.

[Florin1]

Mike is right. The 04+ sit higher.

[Apex3]

I probably have the 04+, they're from a TR, don't know what years those came. With a helmet on I have to hunch down in the seat a little bit...

Honestly the stock seats are too high to me, but I'll take a little height for the support of these seats.

[MikeyMeyagi]

i think 08 sti seats are what im going to try next

[oldscoobyturbo]

fwiw you can swap the seat bases for the lower height older impreza bases 93-01
I swapped some old bases onto a set of legacy seats to lower the height of them.

This doesn't work for the WRX 02+ seats the bases are taller and have a different bolt pattern for the seat but they fit the floor pan.

[Falken-18c]

i like my sti seats there awsome

[Legacy777]

You can't swap the bases on the newer WRX/STi seats. I looked at doing that, and the side part of the seat is part of the base.....it just didn't seem like it could be done without cutting/modifying the seat.

[oldscoobyturbo]

i removed the covers first then removed all the bolts etc... its not for the faint of heart and you need some tools to reattach the upholstry clips. I'll see if I have some pics of the process still

[Bheinen74]

I have 02 WRx seats in my 85 subaru hatchie, and they are about right with the driver in lowest position. anything raised and it is too high, i am 6ft tall.

[Legacy777]

i removed the covers first then removed all the bolts etc... its not for the faint of heart and you need some tools to reattach the upholstry clips. I'll see if I have some pics of the process still

Yeah I'd be curious to see the pics if you have them.

Thanks

[MikeyMeyagi]

ive made mods to the rails of the 08+ seats to bolt them into the older cars, they fit perfect afterwards and it wasnt that hard

[Florin1]

Mike, id like to see pix

[Bheinen74]

ive made mods to the rails of the 08+ seats to bolt them into the older cars, they fit perfect afterwards and it wasnt that hard

here is mine just had to slot the outer hole front.
and drill a new hole for rear inner. and make a small bracket for rear outer.

comfy

[oldscoobyturbo]

i'll get tons of pics this weekend.
the seat rails on my wrx seats seem to bolt on the same as the stock ss seats.
they do sit a bit too high and i'm only 5'8" i do have headroom left just not enough i prefer the low riding 'gangsta lean'

[kimokalihi]

They definitely sit too high. 5'11" and my hair touches the roof. I once sat in my passenger seat and it doesn't have the height adjustment and it sits even higher. I hate how high the seats are. Florin just needs to trade me his 04 WRX seats with cut and welded rails or sell them to me on the cheap.

[vrg3]

One thing to keep in mind in this discussion is that if your car has a sunroof you'll have about an inch and a half less headroom to start with than if your car has a solid roof.

[kimokalihi]

Oh yeah I totally have a sunroof and often fantasize about not having one. I like it in the summer time a lot but that's it. Summers here are about a month and a half long so I'd rather not have it and it leaks even after cleaning out all 4 drain hoses.