pnyboy27

i have a 92 and i was wondering if there was any difference between the other years for the front seats. more specifically the passengers seat. i like the seats i have and how they are powered with heated seating..thats why i want to stick with the oem seats. so is there any difference between them? like in the plug? are they direct plug n play deals? or would you have to splice some wires?

pnyboy27

oh yea..and i forgot to mention..the reason i want the swap is because the seat no longer reclines back with the switch. but moving it front and back works..and tilting forward with the switch works..and the heated seating works..but reclining somehow doesnt work. would it be better/cheaper to buy the whole seat assembly? or is there a way i can fix/replace that motor?

audi2nr

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92's didn't have height adjustment, that came later, my 96 had that and i think lumbar support too?

pnyboy27

they had height adjustment and lumbar support for the passenger seat? i have that for my drivers seat..but they had that for the passenger too?

Cleanshots

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my 94 has height adjust, and i have lumbar support too.

5sp_jzz30

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^^^^on passanger side?

either way its most likely a bad switch and not the reclining motor itself. i had a similar issue in several Sc's. try doing this: instead of just pushing the button forward and back try pushing it in, towards the center of the car and then forward or back. it is most likely the contact in the switch. i havent seen many motors go out.

other then that the passenger seats should be the same.

pnyboy27

thanks..okay..so i tried pushing the button inward and pushing it back..nothing happened..how hard is it to change the motor? would it be just logical to get a whole new seat?

pnyboy27

because i found one locally at a junkyard-type shop for $250..dont know the condition..but it came out of a 98..so im guessing better condition than mine

BLK13X

Besides the lower plastic trim (and on JDM models the velour pattern is different) the electric front seats all seem to be the same.

ACleanSC4

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My 97 interior that I swapped into my 92 gave passenger seat height adjustability also...plug and play...definitely get a pair of newer seats if you can...

1985zcar

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Didn't the 98+ come with perforated leather or something?

speed6

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i hope the newer one are more buckety. i dislike my 94 seats. too rigid. and flat, i like driving my legend cause of the seats. and the 6 speed trans.

Blkexcoupe

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98 still has the same leather as the older years, but I think they changed it in 99-00 to the newer leather.

Brendon

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When i test drove a 94' SC400, the seats felt stiff. The ones on my 97' feel very soft and comfortable. Same thing with the 98' SC300 i test drove. I think there is a difference between the 92-96 and the 97+. There's definately a difference in the 99-00 cause thats when they installed perforatted. Unfortunately ive never been in a 99-00 so i say exactly how good they are.

pnyboy27

thanks for all the info! i think ill just up both my seats to the 98 then if i can