| Honda Seats (again) [message #190737] |
Mon, 19 November 2012 09:56  |
tphipps
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For those of you who have replaced your seats with the Honda/Chrysler minivan seats. I've located a set of mid seats from 2000 Odyssey. They are easily removable from original van.
Two questions; 1. Will they work with base removal from seat. 2. Would the two front seats be a better choice, or has anyone tried them?
Just another Winter project.
Tom, MS II
Back home after 3000 mile trip.
2012 Phoenix Cruiser model 2552
KA4CSG
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| Re: Honda Seats (again) [message #190740 is a reply to message #190737] |
Mon, 19 November 2012 10:18  |
C Boyd
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Hi Tom: One little issue with the Avion (only) pedistals, they swivel in the middle instead of offset as the other GMCs. You will have to raise the seat back each time you want to swivel the seat to keep it from hitting the wall. But to answer the ? I believe the 2000 seats had the cup holders and twin armrests and are prefered. Mine are the later and do not have cup holders. I think the center seats were prefered cause at the time we got them as new take-outs. Mine still had the plastic on them. The Honda sliders should bolt to your pedistals by drilling one hole IIRC..
| tphipps wrote on Mon, 19 November 2012 10:56 |
For those of you who have replaced your seats with the Honda/Chrysler minivan seats. I've located a set of mid seats from 2000 Odyssey. They are easily removable from original van.
Two questions; 1. Will they work with base removal from seat. 2. Would the two front seats be a better choice, or has anyone tried them?
Just another Winter project.
Tom, MS II
Back home after 3000 mile trip.
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C. Boyd
76 Crestmont
East Tennessee
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| Re: Honda Seats (again) [message #190753 is a reply to message #190737] |
Mon, 19 November 2012 12:47 |
GMC Cruse
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| tphipps wrote on Mon, 19 November 2012 10:56 |
For those of you who have replaced your seats with the Honda/Chrysler minivan seats. I've located a set of mid seats from 2000 Odyssey. They are easily removable from original van.
Two questions; 1. Will they work with base removal from seat. 2. Would the two front seats be a better choice, or has anyone tried them?
Just another Winter project.
Tom, MS II
Back home after 3000 mile trip.
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The mid seats were preferred because they had two armrests while the front seats had only one. However, beginning with the 2011 model, the mid seats only have one armrest
Mike K.
'75 PB
Southeast Michigan
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| Re: [GMCnet] Honda Seats (again) [message #190756 is a reply to message #190740] |
Mon, 19 November 2012 14:19 |
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Tom,
Chuck is correct (naturally) I installed a pair of Honda's in Double Trouble. I found that to make them swivel I had to offset the
center of the seat from the center of the steering wheel. The seat had to be offset a fair amount towards the passenger seat. I
hated that and decided I would forgo being able to swivel the seat and mount center to center. This does put the driver's seat close
to the side wall and I have to have the armrest on that side up to reach down and grab the seat belt to pull it out.
MrErf has a series of photographs / instructions on how to install them.
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showgallery.php?cat=5090
I got lucky and got a pair of offset swivel trapezoidal seat bases off eBay for $50 and DanG was kind enough to pick them up for me
when he was visiting his family in Indiana (not sure about the state).
Now I have to figger out whether I want to install them in Double Trouble or The Blue Streak.
Regards,
Rob M.
-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Boyd
Hi Tom: One little issue with the Avion (only) pedistals, they swivel in the middle instead of offset as the other GMCs. You will
have to raise the seat back each time you want to swivel the seat to keep it from hitting the wall. But to answer the ? I believe
the 2000 seats had the cup holders and twin armrests and are prefered. Mine are the later and do not have cup holders. I think the
center seats were prefered cause at the time we got them as new take-outs. Mine still had the plastic on them. The Honda sliders
should bolt to your pedistals by drilling one hole IIRC..
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C. Boyd
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Rob M. (USAussie)
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Sydney, Australia
'75 Avion - AUS - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
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