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08-06-2013, 12:23 AM | #1 |
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Car seat is killing me,did anyone install camry seat?
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I have 2010 Yaris HB manual transmission . The Yaris's seats are really bad, I'm 5,11 and I have terrible back pain, which radiates to my leg, and every other car I've driven lately is much better than my Yaris, and I feel less pain. Is it possible to install a Camry seat in the Yaris? or any other model(corolla etc.) I can make brackets if necessary, I am about to sell this car if this wont work. I saw the projects about installing washers at the front of the seat, and also the one about installing brackets that take the seat back, this is not the problem for me, I'm sure that it's the seat's cushions that are terrible, because My wife's Prius 2002 is MUCH MUCH more comfortable than the Yaris, and I've made measurements, and the seat location and distance from the pedals is almost the same in both cars, and also the seat height from the floor is the same, it has to be those seats ! and not moving the seat back or up. Thanks very much for any idea! |
08-06-2013, 06:37 AM | #2 |
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I would think that the Camry seats would be too wide for the Yaris, but the Corolla ones may fit. Enviri on here installed a set of Scion (I believe Xd seats) that fit perfectly and are more padded than the base Yaris seats. Sticking with Toyota/Lexus/Scion seats of the same vintage is a good idea, as they all use the same sensors in the passenger seats.
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08-06-2013, 04:24 PM | #3 |
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Thanks
Thanks Scott!
When you say it fits perfectly, do you mean that the screws locations on the car floor are the same distance from each other? Does he have a thread open on that modification? ( I tried to find but couldnt) Will the air bags on the seat be ok and functioning if I swap seat with airbags from XD? Did anyone else tried other options other than the XD seats? Thanks! |
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08-07-2013, 11:45 PM | #5 |
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thanks, some more thoughts
Hi Scott !
Thanks for checking with him for me, I tried to look for an XD in a junkyard in California but couldn't find anything, did he buy them as new? it must be worth a few K $ I thought about something, my yaris has an airbag in the seat, let's assume that I disconnect the battery, remove the seat, and then I end up with airbag error on, will this light go off if I attach the original seat back( when I resale the car) or will the computer still "know that someone messed with the airbag i this car and then wont buy it from me? Thanks |
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08-08-2013, 12:27 AM | #7 |
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We have both an '11 Yaris and an '09 Scion xD and we find the Yaris seats to impose pain on our sciatic nerves approx 90 minute AFTER the Scion seats do!
Seriously.
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08-08-2013, 12:28 AM | #8 |
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Thanks again Scott !
If I go with the trick of the resistor, and decide to sell the car in the future with the original seat, will anyone be able to find out that the airbag was messed with, or will it be exactly as if nothing happened? one last question, is there anything other than disconnecting the battery that I need to do before removing the seat?( so that the airbag will not be activated). Thanks again for the time you spend to write the answers ! |
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Do you have a disc problem in your back and therefore a pain in your legs? Thanks for sharing your thoughts |
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08-08-2013, 04:18 PM | #13 |
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I wonder if FRS/BRZ or TC seats would fit as well. I'm in agreement with this point, my stock yaris seats are terribly uncomfortable, reminiscent of my old 95 neon.
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One more thought, did someone try to remove only the bottom cushion assembly and replace it with one from another car? that would solve the airbag problem, and finding brackets to mount a new seat from a different model. Thanks |
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08-08-2013, 06:18 PM | #16 |
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More ideas
I looked into some catalogs for Scion XD and Toyota Yaris, both from 2010
Even though it can be replaced directly with each other like Scott kindly mentioned, I see here that the seats parts that are being bought seperately, seems to be different ! Look at the price for the Yaris "SEAT CUSHION PAD" it's 209.23 And on the other link, the Scion XD "SEAT CUSHION PAD" cost 287 for the right, 328 for the left driver cushion, that probably explains why the Scion is more comfortable, good job Toyota, you saved 100$ on the driver's seat but made our life like hell. YARIS : http://partsfactory.camelbacktoyota....eat-components SCION: http://partsfactory.camelbacktoyota....eat-components The question is, do you think that I will be able to swap only the bottom seat cushion pad from an XD? it doesn't give dimensions or anything, but if someone have this technical information, I will be thankful for it. Thanks! |
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Re your Q, I would like to think so, but i've no technical basis on this except the fact that the base model vios here come with those seats, while the top variants come with seats similar to the scion's. |
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08-09-2013, 04:02 PM | #18 |
you can decide. here's my scion xd seat when i purchased both for about 240$ a year or 2 ago.
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