Honda Seats

[chuckd]

I belong to a GMC site for the front wheel drive units built between 73 and 78, happen to have a 23 project if anyone is interested, but what several have done is to redo the interior using Honda Odyssey seats.  A company close to me sells the middle bucket seats with arm rest, leather or cloth for about $250/pair.  www.rollxvans.com.  In my 35 foot prevost, I have a couch on the curb side and two chairs and a folding table on the driver side.  The chairs could use replacing.  I was thinking about using the Honda seats, they are comfortable, durable, have a place to install seat belts.  Has anyone done this or thought of doing it, any concerns?

Thanks

Chuck

[chart1]

That link dont lead to any chairs.

[chuckd]

Sorry, that is the company that converts vans to handicapped vans and they take out the middle row seats as they are not useable.  Anywho I don't think they have pics but they are on e-bay. Sorry for the confusion - me bad.

Chuck

[chuckd]

Went to rollvans today and picked up two honda leather seats.  199$ for the pair, brand new take outs from the vans they convert to handicapped vehicles.  Great people to work with, very professional and the seats look great.

Now need to do some thinking before cutting on ways to mount them.

Chuckd

[Timkar]

Any chance of some pics of your new seats?
thanks

[chuckd]

Will do.

Chuckd

[Oonrahnjay]

Chuck, are these single (one-person) seats?  Also, available anywhere else besides The Tundra?  Thanks, BH

[chuckd]

Okay here are some pics of one of the seats.  These are take outs from the second row of seats, the 2011 seats only have one arm rest, the 2010 have both.

The seat back is very upright in the pictures so I could balance the seat and it would not fall backwards.

If you go to e-bay and search for honda odyssey seats, the supplier in Savage Mn is one of the providers, and an organization in Arizona is another that sells replacement seats.  The Az supplier is around 200$ for the seats as well.  Shipping is pricey.

Chuckd

[bottomacher]

Real pretty, except that the upholstery looks like my face since I turned 65...

[Jeremy]

Out of interest, how are you planning to mount the other end of the seatbelt?

I have some very similar seats from a Chrysler Voyager for my bus, but haven't really figured out a good solution for the seatbelt issue, as the seats are too far from a wall for a conventional 'car' seatbelt arrangement when mounted in the bus.

Jeremy

[Lin]

I recently used some seats from a Ford van to replace both my driver's and copilot's seats.  It took a bit of adaption to make them fit on the RV pedestals but ended up working fine.  The seatbelts attached to the pedestal.  Some would suggest mounting them independently through the floor anyway.

[Chopper Scott]

Not to change the subject but my Flexsteel seats are as comfortable as I have ever had. I don't know what it is but my bladder gives up long before my back!!!

[Timkar]

Thanks for sharing !!!

[Jeremy]

  The seatbelts attached to the pedestal.  Some would suggest mounting them independently through the floor anyway.

Was this for lap-belts or 3-point belts? If the latter I don't think you can avoid having a strong mounting point above and behind the seat - taking a shoulder strap straight down to the floor might cause horrible spine-crushing injuries in an accident.

It's a problem. In my case I can sort out the driver's seat without too much difficulty, but the passenger seat is a really long way from the wall, and also swivels round to face the rear when parked, so I can't build any kind of structure behind it. (The driver's seat swivels round as well, but is at least fairly close to a wall, although still not nearly as close as in a car).


Jeremy

[challenger440]

Nice looking seats for the money. 

On the seat belt issue.  Has anyone tried the chevy truck seats that have the shoulder belts built into the seat?  I think dodge has the same setup.   jm