Driver Seat Replacement/Transplant from other Lexus
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Driver Seat Replacement/Transplant from other Lexus
Are there any other Lexus seats that could be transplanted in place of the driver’s seat? Still use heated seat switch and power options. I would like something with more side bolsters too and have more tilt up in the front and more drop in the rear. At full max up in front and down in back I still hit my head on the head liner sometimes.
Last edited by 7schulz; May 10, 2010 at 08:49 AM.
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Looks like the IS300 has the same color seats. So does anyone know if they will fit or if it would be easy enough to make the transplant for just the front buckets? Which seat is better the Cloth and leather or the all leather.
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Last edited by 7schulz; May 10, 2010 at 09:44 AM.
Power and heat is very easy to rewire, but you'll lose memory seats, and most likely seatbelt tension reducer feature.
As far as fitting the seat itself, should be possible, but you will need to make some custom brackets to adapt the rails.
As far as fitting the seat itself, should be possible, but you will need to make some custom brackets to adapt the rails.
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Not worried about memory I am the only driver of this car. What is the seatbelt tension reducer the button that moves the seat belt height is on the door.
Last edited by 7schulz; May 11, 2010 at 05:30 AM.
No. In the LS model the seatbelts are setup to have less tension when they are buckled in than when they are not buckled in. There's a switch inside the buckle that activates the feature, obviously its not present in the IS seat.
Without this feature enabled you will find your seatbelt too tight and uncomfortable. The workaround would be to just wire it to the ignition, so that it would activate as soon as you start the car, but on the downside, if you unbuckle, the seatbelt wont automatically retract until you shut off the car.
This is what you should do, fasten yourself up and move around in the seat with the ignition on and off. You should feel the difference in tension and decide whether you could live with the feature disabled or use the work around.
Without this feature enabled you will find your seatbelt too tight and uncomfortable. The workaround would be to just wire it to the ignition, so that it would activate as soon as you start the car, but on the downside, if you unbuckle, the seatbelt wont automatically retract until you shut off the car.
This is what you should do, fasten yourself up and move around in the seat with the ignition on and off. You should feel the difference in tension and decide whether you could live with the feature disabled or use the work around.
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Again thanks, I tried the seat belt tensioner and it seems to be associated with the ignition not the seat belt receiver. As soon as I turn the car off you can feel the belt pull back towards the b-pillar.
When the car is running however, tension reduces once you buckle in.
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