[Honda civic MA questions]

Hi there Gary,

 

for the lights your best bet is ebay 

for the struts you can get some gas universal ones from a few websites, if you google universal rear hatch struts a lot comes up.

for the mirror again best bet is ebay, search for any breaking MA civics

I cant really comment on the rear washer but that shouldn't fail the MOT, a lot of modern cars don t even have rear wipers from factory so i dont see why it should be a big deal.

 

I hope this helps 

[Aftermarket seats & fitting]

Hi all,

So I can confirm aftermarket seats, without cutting frames or welding mounts to car, are completely possible.

If you have read my before method with the universal frames this way is a lot easier and more cost effective.

 

After 3 months of research I found a company called Planted Technology, they produced made to order seat sub frames for many cars. I emailed them to ensure my car was not an EK or an EG. I measured up the cars holes and got back the details of the closest fit frames they make. 

 

The Honda Accord 4th & 5th gen have the same interior as the MB3/MB6. 

I took a risk bought the frames and they do in fact directly fit.

 

I admit it was a bit of a fiddle as they had to come from America so may have been slightly warped or bent on delivery, never the less I got them in as seen in the image below 

 

Here is a link to the main page, it would better off ordering them from GSM performance 

 

Planted Technology https://www.plantedtechnology.com/products/planted-seat-bracket-honda-accord-4th-5th-generation-1989-1997-passenger-right

 

GSM performance https://www.sportseats4u.co.uk/product/planted-honda-accord-bracket/

 

Things to consider, these frames do not come with threads. M12 Nuts will be needed to fit seatbelts, M8 Nuts and bolts to fit seats to rails or frames, washers highly recommended

 

  

[Control arm bolts]

Hey there, 

 

I downloaded the Civic manual as I was looking for the bolt sizes and torque requirements for fitting. the LCA bolts are 14x1.5mm but it  doesn't say what length they are?

I need bolts for the compliance bushing that bolts into the chassis. picture below 

does anyone know the length of these bolts ? 

Kind regards 

[Aftermarket seats & fitting]

4 minutes ago, dr_broon said:

Nice bit of info that mate 

 

https://www.sportseats4u.co.uk/product/planted-honda-accord-bracket/

 

Spoke directly with someone from Planted Technology and he confirmed the measurements for me 

[Seat rails]

On 6/21/2014 at 1:14 AM, 13ob said:

I know this has probably been ask before but do any other civic rails that are similar to the MB ones? As before I've fitted dc2 rails into an ek with little modification

 

Hi there have a look at https://www.sportseats4u.co.uk/product/planted-honda-accord-bracket/. spoke directly with a guy from Planted technology and got the measurements. they are a direct fit as this Accord was the USDM MB if that makes sence  

[Aftermarket seats & fitting]

Hi everyone sorry been busy with work still haven't been able to get pictures.

 

Also found out some really cool information that would have made my life a lot easier.

 

The USDM Honda accord 5th Gen seat base frames are a direct fit to the mb models and company called Planted Technology manufacture these frames. 

So really you could get these subframes and bolt any seat into it with or without rails 

 

[Aftermarket seats & fitting]

18 hours ago, Darius said:

Really nice post! Will use this in the future :)

Cheers Darius,

glad this helps 

[Aftermarket seats & fitting]

19 hours ago, Dave said:

Nice write up mate and thank you. Do you have any pics of your seats fitted to the new mounts?

 Good morning Dave,

 

didn’t get pictures as I was too excited to get the seats in, will take them apart one day after work this week and show how i did it. 

[Aftermarket seats & fitting]

Hi everyone,

 Thought I'd write up a post to help a few people out. Spent 2 hours researching this today. It is possible to fit after market seats in an MB model civic without a tailored/specially fitted subframe. So for all of those that would like a sportier seat, or some racing seats, this is how you do it and what you need

 

List of parts:

 

• Seat (of your choice)
• Universal side mount rails 
• Base mount conversion rails (you will only need these if you are buying seats with base mount/bottom fitting only) 

 

How to install seat seat:

 

1. Remover factory seats and rails from car
2. Remove factory rails from factory seat
3. install universal side mounts to factory rails ( some bolts may need to be removed or cut off) put factory rails back into car with universal mounts attached
4. Install base mount conversion brackets to side mounts
5. install seat to base mount bracket 

 

If you have a seat that is side mounts only you will not need the base mount conversion bracket. you can skip step 4 and install the seat directly to the universal side mounts.

The great thing about the universal side mounts is that you have a lot of choice in how you can position your seat. meaning you can have more lean in the seat. be higher up or lower down. this is all depend ending on the side mounts you buy and the amount of holes available.

 

List of parts and seats I used to make this possible:

 

• Seat - Sparco R100 - https://www.demon-tweeks.com/uk/sparco-r100-seat-7000253/
• Side Mounts - Sparco Steel Side Mounts - https://www.demon-tweeks.com/uk/sparco-steel-side-mounts-s-s004902/
• Base mount conversion - OMP Base Mount Conversion Brackets - https://www.demon-tweeks.com/uk/omp-base-mount-conversion-brackets-omphc0-0660/

 

Hope this helps anyone still trying to figure out how to do this.