I own a 1984 Subaru GL and want to get rid of the original seats for newer ones due to the old ones are shot. any years and ideas?

 

careful asking this without also declaring your height, If you are 6'2" and like a suggestion made by someone a little or a lot shorter you may be in for upset.

I am the longer limbed variety and have been in in EA82 seats in EA81 and wanted more adjustment backwards. I have made aftermarket seats fit me and no one else

also made 1990 Mazda 626 seats fit, others have done Forester and Impreza in same Fuji family, MX5 and Suzuki Swift Oz market also been done, with the Suzuki just a minor bolt hole change

I used a set of Integra DA9 seats. A bracket needed to be made up to support the back angle adjustment. A few new holes under the seat to reduce the rail width, then bolt the factory rails on and the seats in the brumby. 

These give me a nice “hug” while driving. I’ll have to get a pic as I don’t have one in my collection  

Cheers 

Bennie

 

I put Impreza RS seats in my 87 Brat. At 5' 10" they work for me. They do sit maybe 3/4" higher and I drive with them on the last click back. If you were 6' or more they may not would work.

Escort GT seats will fit in an EA81 with only the elongation of one of the mounting bolt holes. I don't remember the year but it's posted in here somewhere what I used with pictures. Since the Escorts were made by Mazda, I'm sure the same seats were in other cars.

I'm 6'3, and have no issues with them in a hatch.

Dan 

Great. Thanks people and good point about height, as I am 6 foot.

I’m just short of six two and I’m all good with the Integra seats  

Cheers 

Bennie

I just placed an order to try out Trailmax II Pro Front seats from Bestop. I know the base on gen2 seats is more narrow than the top, but hoping with them being 20" wide that they'll have a slight taper and still fit. When it comes in I'll repost how well it fits. Most of the aftermarket seats I could find that fit even close to the dimensions for width were these brands geared towards Jeep seats. Corbeau has their sport seats, but 22" wide seemed to be too wide in the confined spaces and these were much cheaper.

I tried swapping the passenger seat over on my 82 wagon to the driver, but it gets stuck on the tilt mechanism and I couldn't find an easy way to swap that over without having to press out the bit at the base where the seat tilts. I tried knocking it out, but just ended up banging in the metal a bit in the process. A press may have worked, but I would have still needed 1 seat anyways and now I can move the passenger seat back to it's spot. My original driver seat was very, very broken down and had parts of the springs broken off that I found under the seat. 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 24, 20196 yr by ebarb
resizing pic and adding an update

Ebarb please update when you get them installed, my drivers seat is trash and I've modified a newer seat for the passenger but it's not quite what I want.

I'll post some pictures tomorrow, but I have the new seat mounted and I love it. Stiffer for sure and actually a little shorter than the OEM though that's strictly due to the bracket mechanism a friend made for me. If I was very more concerned about fit adjustability I'd have the bracket mechanism modified to allow it to shift left or right to accommodate for the drive shaft well and the width of the seat. I could shift another 3/4 inch and raise the seat height a bit and it would nearly be a perfect fit. I went for too long using the passenger seat in the driver side so I feel like I'm riding in the lap of luxury now with both front seats installed. I could see myself down the line replacing the passenger side for match and durability. I think these new seats are going to wear very well over the long term.  

A few pictures of fit and clearances of the Trailmax II Pro Front seats from Bestop. 

Neat looking seats! 

I see what you mean about moving the seat towards the door a bit. It’d probably look better; the sides of your seat and your console would probably love you for it in the long run! 

Cheers 

Bennie