Recieved my Corbeau A4s the other day and installed them last night and today.

Whats everyone think?

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here is a DIY to help people out.

Its fairly simple and if done at once should only take about an hour. (i was busy so did it when i had time)

(I am not responsible for any damage, or laws broken by messing with the airbag system)

1 Ratchet
1 14 MM socket

Start by pushing your seats all the way back. There are 2 bolts up front that need removed with a 14MM socket. Remove the two bolts shown.

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Once they are removed. Push the seat all the way forward and tilt the seat forward. There are two covers in the back that need popped off. Once popped off, they reveal 3 bolts. remove with a 14 MM socket.

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With the 5 bolts removed the seat is loose. DO NOT PULL IT OUT. Lean the seat back and you will see a wiring harness going to under the seat. The harnesses are for the airbag monitoring system. Disconnect the plugs.

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Pull the seats out of the car.

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Good time to vacume the car. i didnt because its just to hot and muggy outside.

You can see where the mounting bracket will go. On the Corbeau mounts I recieved they are labeled backwards. The passenger is really the driver side. And driver passenger side. To tell, look for the side that has the extra hole for the bolt going into the center console transmission well.

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The mounts, mount to the seat before mounting to the floor. The allen wrench is provided with the seats if purchased brand new. I found mine after install tapped to the bubble wrap. Unscrew the four allens from the seat bottoms. The seats are not the same, there is one for driver and one for passenger, you can tell by the side the seat tilt is on.

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Move the rails all the way forward to attach the rear bolt. Then slide all the way back to get the front bolt. Make sure they are really tight so the seat doesnt move.

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In the stock seats, you will need to remove the seatbelt assembly, and the airbag harness. I didnt remove the sensor for the seat cushion yet, but I will. simply unbolt the seat belt harness with a 14 MM socket. Un-attach the clips for the harness.

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Attach the seatbelt to the new seat on the spplied bracket. Run the wiring under the seat.

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Put the seat in the car. Tilt the seat backwards and hook up the harness back to the car.

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Resecure the seat with the 5 bolts you removed. Make sure they are secure for safety purposes.

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Before and after pics:

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Seats look great, thanks for the write up!

very nice

Damn bro, your car keeps gettin' better and better!! :clap: :clap:

BTW-Welcome back from Iraq!!

Thanks guys.

Its coming along nicely. I am about tapped out on fund for it tho. From here on out, it should be just small stuff to finish it all off.

Thanks Hyghgynx!!

Thaxs for the DIy -- Those seats looks great -- makes me rethink my desire fro sparcos

Did you get the wide seats, or the standard? I am a little bigger of a guy and I don't want to be crammed in the seat. I would like to be comfortable while driving.

So let us know how the body fits in them.

Thanks

I bought the wides.

Deffinetly spend the extra money on them. I am 5'9" 187lbs. Not a small guy but not big. I am just comfprtable. Any tighter wouldnt be fun for daily driving.

Damn!!! I'm 6 foot 215lbs, pure muscle....

looks very nice, thanks for the write up.

very nice, Thanks for the instruction.

wow, that thing look sweet. does the seats sit lower than stock? and how much did it run you all together?

Welcome back, feels good to be a civilian aye?!

It sits a little lower than stock. I am going to make spacers I think. The wife isnt to happy with not being able to see out the front. She is only 5'1". I am going to use some tube steel to raise the seats about an inch. Probably on my side make the front higher than rear to give a tilted seat like you can do with the stock ones.

I got the brackets used for about $100. Seats were $688 because I got the wides. And now I am going to get harnesses to use at shows. I wont use them for daily driving tho.

How much lower do they sit? I am thinking bout either getting the A4's or the CR-1's . I just don't want it to sit too low cause I am a short guy. Prolly like 5'8" or 5'9". Would u need new bolts that are longer if u run spacers?

I dont know an exact measurement of how much lower. I just know its a bit lower. You would need longer bolts if you spaced it out. Its not low enough that you cant see. But it is lower and it tight spots (parking garage today) I was worried about hitting a curb with my wheels.

I would like to space them out to make them taller. I wanna be able to see just lke the regular seats.

nice writeup!

I would like to space them out to make them taller. I wanna be able to see just lke the regular seats.

After work tomorrow I am going to stay late and make some spacers out of tube steel. I will take some measurements and post everything up with pictures.

those seats are HOT man! i been looking for a set of Corbeau's and i think this thread just helped me decide!

if you dont mind me asking...can you PM me what you paid for it all?

I wanna get the same seats in red. I have a BSP and am trying to keep it in a red/black theme. Lemme know if those spacers help out. If they work I might get you to make me some and get them mailed to me.

P.S. SCION EVOLUTION rocks!!!!!!!!

i like those seats, cept I am dumb and keep reading it as caribou lol. Think they would be better w/o the text across them, but they definatly look good in there.

i'm surprized people needed a DIY for this

those seats are HOT man! i been looking for a set of Corbeau's and i think this thread just helped me decide!

if you dont mind me asking...can you PM me what you paid for it all?

I got mine at racing seats usa. here is the link: http://racing-seats-usa.com/60091.html

I got the wides so they were $688 shipped.

For the sliders, I got them used, but they have them on there for I think around $200 for a set. You are looking at about a little less than $900 for a complete setup.

I wanna get the same seats in red. I have a BSP and am trying to keep it in a red/black theme. Lemme know if those spacers help out. If they work I might get you to make me some and get them mailed to me.

P.S. SCION EVOLUTION rocks!!!!!!!!

I didnt do the spacers today. Worked way to hard and am tired. i will do them tho.

i'm surprized people needed a DIY for this

Most people shouldnt need one. But alot of people are timid when it comes to working on a new car. I think it helps to see, its not so hard.

people pay to have intakes installed. No harder than this.

The seats look really good! Now the sensor in the cushion of the stock seats - what exactly is that and how would you move it to the A4s?

That is the pressure sensor that gives a signal that someone is sitting there. I am not sure yet how i will transfer it. I am going to cut it out of the stock seats and see what all it is.

I figured as much, though shouldn't there always be a body in the driver's seat if the vehicle is moving? I mean isn't a sensor there kinda . . . pointless?

I thought so also, but it might be weight sensitive and determine the strength of the airbag. i know it also has a sensor for seat position that determines rate of deployment based on how far away from the wheel you are. I havent figured out what to do with that either.

Righto. Well keep us updated. Those A4s look really sharp and it'd be nice if they worked with the airbags too.

do the resistor mod or the solder mod

I bought the resistors yesterday.
I have a question tho. does it just trick the light, or does it make it actually think someone is sitting there and allow the airbag to deploy?

those seats are sick, your tC is very very nice looking, keep up the good work

awesome diy!

So did u ever install the spacers to make it sit higher? Also I don't care bout the airbag working so could I just not plug it back in? I am planning on getting a quick release steering wheel hub and all that anyways.

I still havent done the resistors. I need to tho. Just been lazy and busy.

sickness

is the legroom any different than stock?

No, its the same. they slide and fold just like stock. Only real difference is seat height is a little lower and they sit flat, I like how the stock ones, you could angle the bottom of the seat.

Dude I can't wait to get mine once income tax time rolls around. Could u tell if they were any lighter than stock seats? Anything u don't like bout them?

I am gonna be getting them in red for my BSP. Can't wait to get them.

Can u PM me where u got them from and how much they cost?

I saw on Fastscions they had them but I don't know if that price is for 2 or just one.

yes they are ALOT lighter than stock. the stock ones are heavy because of all the adjustments and the extra padding and all.

Only thing I dont like is how they sit flat in the car. But I have had people tell how they put spacers up front to raise the front where your thighs would be. I still need to do that.

As far as price. I got the wides, I payed $688 for them. And sliders run around $150-$200 I think.

I dont have harnesses, but expect another $200 for them.

Where did u get them from?

How is comfort? I know they won't be as good as stock seats but what do u think?

Is there anywhere that actually has the harness bars so actually use the harnesses?

Nice Seat bro, I've got a set, what are you planning on doing with the airbag sensor? I took mine out of the old seats but just don't know what to do with them now lol

I am not sure about the airbags. i have the resistors to make them work. I just have been procrastinating on doing it. i have off this week so I might finsih it up.

sticky plz ;) thx

Awsome write up... now all i need is what type of harnesses i should get...

TAKATAS

i have em and love em'. bad thing is they're 400 a pop

will the wide version of that seat fit the driver side?

Yes, the pictures in this DIY are the wide versions.

the seats look really good =D
and good write up!

any one have a link on how to install the harnesses?

^x2

These seats look great! :clap: I like the fact that they are black and not blue or some other color. Looks better with the interior.

just some FYI .... i have a fix for the SRS light (airbag) when you do this install... all you need to do is basically take off the black box on the driver seat were the harness connects onto ... once you take it off and clip is back into the harness just slide it onto the bracket and it will stick to the bracket because the actual box is magnetized!!!!!.... that bolt for is a major PITA!! so grind it down.. the use a dremel and cut a slit onto the bolt... then use a flat head bit connected to a sock wrench or flat head screw driver, slide the flat head into the slit you just cut with your dremel and vuala.. just loosen it off and ur done....connect it to the harness..mount it or leave it under the seat and no more AIR BAG light.. woot! ...no money spent on resistors and your using oem parts...

I willae to try that, but that will only solve the issue of how far you are from the wheel, will it solve the sensor IN the cushion that tells if you are sitting on it?

And since the light is gone, does this mean the airbag will now function!!

yes the air bag will function... and the sensor in the cushion for the passenger has not come on for me ... lol.. or the driver.. everything is working nicely lol

nice corbeaus bro!

what we used to do to shim up the seats was get some body bushings for like a chevy nova or pickup that go between the frame and body they ranged between 1/2"-4 inches........local 4x4 shop is a good place to shop for them..........NAPA also carries them.....or can order.........quite cheap too.........

Holes are already drilled and they are solid and you can pick your height front and back..........

they are like 1 1/4 wide to 2" wide so they are a clean install.........give it a try...........

Thats actually a good idea. I wsh I wasnt so lazy. I still havent done mine. I hve the washers and all to space it. Just havent done it. The bushings sound much better though.

Jegs has body bushings and suspension bushings.........set of 8 for $23 on the suspension bushings.........htere is a 800 number too and they are great with info as to measurments............before the internet we had to call long distance and find some old guy who was a master at building crap to get the right part..........now it is jsut easy.......LOL

I have a few questions.

were going to tackle putting seats in a tc soon.
these are stupid questions but I want to make sure we have everything covered. I don't want to be in the middle of doing the install and have to run to the hardware store lol

so what have you guys used to space the seats up?
Did you have to get a longer bolt when you spaced them up?

Also was it hard to attach the bracket to the sea?

I installed two different sets of corbeau's in my old wrx years back and the brackets were a pain in the arse to get on to the seat .

I'm guessing after 5 years they have had time to fix this problem hopefully.

Bump

I have a few questions.

were going to tackle putting seats in a tc soon.
these are stupid questions but I want to make sure we have everything covered. I don't want to be in the middle of doing the install and have to run to the hardware store lol

so what have you guys used to space the seats up?
Did you have to get a longer bolt when you spaced them up?

Also was it hard to attach the bracket to the sea?

I installed two different sets of corbeau's in my old wrx years back and the brackets were a pain in the arse to get on to the seat .

I'm guessing after 5 years they have had time to fix this problem hopefully.

I bought washers to space mine up and still havent done it :) I need to tho. Wife wants the passenger side done bad!!
I think the bolt will be long enough.

Attaching the bracket is cake, for the brands I used. ZERO issues at all. Only slight issue is those allen bolts dont want to stay tight. Every few months, I have to tighten 2 of the bolts. Loc Tite would be good!!.

Install is pretty darn easy!!

thanks Nick. When spacing it up how big of a spacer should i get for front and back? Wouldn't the front need to be just a tad bit higher than the back?

And since i'm gonna be running a quick release setup should I even worry bout connecting the air bag sensor?

big bump.
but i need to remeber this thread. lol

need to remember this thread for when the time comes. thanks.

Added to Tech... since somehow this was never added before.

watching

nice write up and the seats look great. do you actually drive with the seats reclined that far back? LOL. seems a bit dangerous.

nice

bump to use this weekend (finally!) how big of spacers did you use?

how much lower does this sit you in the car?? cause i would loveeee to be sitting lower.. im 6'3" and love my tc but this car is too small for me, my head is always rubbing and hitting the ceiling and gets uncomfortable and annoying :(... if these racing seats add some style, as well as lower me down, i am very very interested... please reply!! thanks =)

I don't have any exact measurements, but I would guess at least an inch lower... When I autox with stock seats, my helmet hits the edge of the sunroof opening a tiny bit and it get a bit annoying. When I had the CR1s installed I didn't have that problem.

And I'm 6'3", about 215 lbs.

yea i think mines about 2" lower and definately made a noticeable difference because im 6'3 as well and i have more headroom than i did with stock seats.