The starting point, my factory Nissan Seat. Note the wasted cushion next to the Door sill:
The new seat being installed. A Sparco EVO XL QRT seat. Steel siderails and a Planted base. The Planted base seems to have more mounting options over the Sparco seat base:
What you need to remove. Pull out the floor mat and remove these four bolts holding the factory seat in place:
You will need these two plugs too for the new seat. The white one is the seatbelt latch, the yellow one is for the SRS airbag. When you pull the seat out, be sure to vacuum the whole area, you will be glad you did. Neither of the two plug whips is difficult to extract, just take your time removing the grey wire retainer clips. In fact it took me about 10 minutes for the two of them to come out. You only need to unzip the factory seatback to be able to undo the 2x 10mm airbag retainer nuts to get the airbag out. The seatbelt is a 14mm bolt.:
The Airbag and Seatbelt components removed intact. They are ready to go back in the car. No codes will be evident if both of these go back in when re-installing a seat. The airbag can be wedged in between the left side seat rail and the door sill. I have mine pointing upwards just in case it needs to deploy.:
The seat fully installed, a thing of beauty. I fit great in this seat. I am 6'3" 200+ pounds and a 38" waist. If this is you, this seat is the ticket. The sharp eye will spot the airbag barcode just behind the seat in this image. I repositioned it later for more effective deployment if needed.
The Door gap latched to one click, about a 1/2 inch clearance to the seat shoulder:
The Door just touching the seat when fully closed. Perfect placement. This seat is 26.5" wide here, so no wider seat can be mounted without modifications to the door card. Not something I want to do.:
I know the pictures are sideways. It's about the content here. PM me if you have questions. I am happy to answer them.
PS. Going to do the passenger seat in the next week. Another install review for that side to follow.