Ok, round two. Passenger seat install time.
Step 1: You have to start somewhere.
Step 2: Remove the factory seat. 4x 14mm bolts to remove to accomplish this.
Step 2a: Remove the factory airbag from the passenger seat. 2x 10mm nuts.
Step 2b: Undue all four 12mm bolts holding the seat cushion to the seat frame. Remove the seat covering to extract the occupant sensor. Cut all of the hogrings and gently remove the sensor pad and control module. It's not difficult, there are a ton of rings to cut though. Take your time and you will be glad you did. Later you can ziptie the seat covering to the cusion and replace it to the seat frame. Handy if you need to return it to the car later for any reason.
Step 3: You are going to need these to install the new seat. Top is the occupant sensor, middle is the seat belt, bottom of picture is the factory SRS airbag.
Step 4: Setting up the new seat. The occupant sensor is in place under the seat cushions and attached to the underside of the seat with Gorilla tape.
Step 5: Clean up under the seat.
Step 5a: Put the factory SRS airbag back in the car for now. You can reposition it when you are done with the install.
Step 6: Bolt in the new seat.
Step 7: Widen the seat adjuster handle. I needed to do this because the slider rails mount 2.5 inches wider on a Planted seat base.
Step 8: Door clearance view. More than adequate for the wide seat shoulders.
Comments and Summary:
Looks good if I do say so.
This project took about 2 1/2 hours to do each day I worked it. Do it when you are fresh and the day is cool. You should allow time to in advance to assemble and fit the seat to the siderails and base. I chose to add sliders on the passenger side because not all passengers are tall or like to have their feet not touching the floor. When racing I get the sense that it gives them a better position to feel secure or to brace.
PM me if you have any questions. I am happy to answer them.
I hope you guys like this post and find it informative.