I came across a post where "GChislett" mentioned a "seat-mod" for the 08's to get more bolster out of them. Nowhere else other then his single post mentioning it have I heard anything about this.
Everyone who has sat in my seats loves them..Even people driving older STi's with the better seats say my 08' seats hold them in better now.
So I figured ide make a quick and dirty write up for anyone who is interested. The mod is 100% reversable if you do not wish to keep it like this, Plus it only takes a minute to do this mod. Also it can be done on the passenger seat as well.
Step 1) Find the large zipper closest to the door. The Bottom of the zipper has about 3 inches of slack that is tucked in the seat, and is kinda tough to get. I used needle nose pliers and tugged on it pretty hard til it came out. (this was the hardest part of the mod)
Step 2) Un-zip the zipper all the way, and open it up, You will see there is some weird plastic covering everything, I have no clue what the plastic does, but it ripped mine outa the way, and its been fine since...There is 3 hooks, connected to springs that are hooked to lil plastic piece, All you have to do is unhook each of them them off the white plastic pieces. You only need to do 1 side to make this mod work
Once that is done, just let them hang there, Might be a goooood idea to put some tape around the end of the hook so it doesnt poke through the back of your seat there will be no noise or issues if you leave them like that (this is what im doing)
Un-hook these hooks off the plastic (there is 3 of them)
Step 3) Zip back the rear of the seat, tuck in the extra slack of zipper, and enjoy your seats as your being held tighter in corners now!
Ive had this mod done for the past 6k miles, and the seats have been perfect, with no stretching or anything..Im not a small, lightweight guy either...
Great mod IMO, makes the seats super comfy, and grips you much better in corners....Oh and its completely reversable!
Everyone who has sat in my seats loves them..Even people driving older STi's with the better seats say my 08' seats hold them in better now.
So I figured ide make a quick and dirty write up for anyone who is interested. The mod is 100% reversable if you do not wish to keep it like this, Plus it only takes a minute to do this mod. Also it can be done on the passenger seat as well.
Step 1) Find the large zipper closest to the door. The Bottom of the zipper has about 3 inches of slack that is tucked in the seat, and is kinda tough to get. I used needle nose pliers and tugged on it pretty hard til it came out. (this was the hardest part of the mod)
Step 2) Un-zip the zipper all the way, and open it up, You will see there is some weird plastic covering everything, I have no clue what the plastic does, but it ripped mine outa the way, and its been fine since...There is 3 hooks, connected to springs that are hooked to lil plastic piece, All you have to do is unhook each of them them off the white plastic pieces. You only need to do 1 side to make this mod work
Once that is done, just let them hang there, Might be a goooood idea to put some tape around the end of the hook so it doesnt poke through the back of your seat there will be no noise or issues if you leave them like that (this is what im doing)
Un-hook these hooks off the plastic (there is 3 of them)
Step 3) Zip back the rear of the seat, tuck in the extra slack of zipper, and enjoy your seats as your being held tighter in corners now!
Ive had this mod done for the past 6k miles, and the seats have been perfect, with no stretching or anything..Im not a small, lightweight guy either...
Great mod IMO, makes the seats super comfy, and grips you much better in corners....Oh and its completely reversable!