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converting el/ef seats to a EA / ED

Postby pantic » October 15th, 2008, 10:23 pm

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mounting el seats into a el 6 Seater.. has the same floor pan as a EB 5 seater. but same process i went though with my eb
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first get a ea seat rail the one with the seat belt buckler. so if its L/H get the R/H seat rail. R/H get The L/H seat rail.

requires a 10mm socket. hax saw. 4in grinder with cutting/grinding disc.

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once remove the leg fit it to the car

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also remove these 2 tabs off the el seat.

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fit the seat in. bolt in all the bolts so it sits where it should.

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mark it up

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clamp it together.

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weld the shit out of it.. but dont weld the clamp LAWLLL
if you can use a mig.. ark welds better for a heavy job. but you cant lay in enough heat to get a perfect ark weld. so a mig gas or gas less is better and easyer.

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remove the excess over hang so it looks more standard. not modifyed.

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clean the welds. i didnt as you cant see em. but if your fussy go nuts. then spray it.

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you'll find when you fit em.. it'll lean.. L/H leans to the left and R/H side leans to the right.. easy fix.. go to a wrecker and ask for the bottom seat belt spacer.
take it home and change it to this. or replace both legs. depending on how fussy. on my EB XR8 i replaced both legs it sit about the same angle. but i wanted the original covers back on so was needed to replace both. or just drill a hole and yer.. but i wanted to replace em both :P

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changes the angle from this

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to this still not perfect but much better. look at the sun visor for the angle differents ;)

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also you'll need the longer bolts as shown

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took me 3 hrs to do with chasing around my 3 kids at the time. then telling em to wonder off while i welded then to wonder back when i finished :P
roughly about 1hr per seat. with removing the bracket dummy fitting it marking it welding it bolting the seat back in.

if something needs more explaining or better picture gimme a yelp and i'll fix it up ;)
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Re: converting el/ef seats to a EA / ED

Postby Benny » October 16th, 2008, 6:46 pm

Thanks so much for this mate, ill put some pics up of my interior when its finished.
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Re: converting el/ef seats to a EA / ED

Postby pantic » October 16th, 2008, 10:58 pm

not a problem if anyone has a conversion request of any sort gimme a yelp i pretty much do or have done alot of em in the past so i'll make a tutorial
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Re: converting el/ef seats to a EA / ED

Postby holmsy » October 19th, 2008, 1:42 am

ba seat to ef.
go for it :D
iv done au into ed, ba into ef is my next mission
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Re: converting el/ef seats to a EA / ED

Postby pantic » October 22nd, 2008, 10:11 pm

get me some ba seats and come around if you drive down shell parade as you do the way towards lara off the highway your basiclly going past my house. well i've seen ya there :P we'll sus it out. shouldnt be that hard
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Re: converting el/ef seats to a EA / ED

Postby holmsy » October 23rd, 2008, 8:03 am

i can do it. just a matter of getting the seats and doing it.
but jus easier when some other poor guy gets to work out how.
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Re: converting el/ef seats to a EA / ED

Postby pantic » October 23rd, 2008, 9:23 am

i'll be that poor guy. im a stay home dad so im bored... gives me excuse to leave the house to and to the garage :P haha ;) that and im curious what a bottom of a ba seat looks likes ;)
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Re: converting el/ef seats to a EA / ED

Postby Benny » October 28th, 2008, 4:44 pm

hey mate, if i supply the rails and whatever else is needed, along with a slab or whatever might tickle your fancy, would i be able to get you to convert mine for me? just an idea, let me know what you think :D
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Re: converting el/ef seats to a EA / ED

Postby misk » October 28th, 2008, 5:18 pm

lol does your camera have a macro setting?:P
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Re: converting el/ef seats to a EA / ED

Postby Mr_White_Ea » July 25th, 2009, 6:06 pm

The pictures wont show up on my screen is there a error with my computer or the pictures themselves ?
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Re: converting el/ef seats to a EA / ED

Postby pantic » August 21st, 2009, 6:07 am

i think photobucket removed my account.. if you like i could readd the pictures to a new link?
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Re: converting el/ef seats to a EA / ED

Postby apoc » September 2nd, 2009, 3:03 pm

Yeah thatd be cool, thx
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Re: converting el/ef seats to a EA / ED

Postby justlikemusic » July 22nd, 2010, 10:21 am

Pics not working for me...
Is it easier just cutting and welding in floor pans?

I am pulling the EL seats out and want to put them into my EB. I have to work out what size/type of tool is required to get the seats out. Only remaining thing left before I can get rid of the EL to scrap.
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Re: converting el/ef seats to a EA / ED

Postby TAXI » July 22nd, 2010, 5:59 pm

I was going to put el leather in the eb but instead i found cheap ba leather and put them in the ba.
and then put the ba xr seats in the eb, its a bolt in job just need two 50mm spacers and two longer bolts much easier than modding rails and all ya need to do is run a power wire to the fuse box.
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Re: converting el/ef seats to a EA / ED

Postby justlikemusic » July 23rd, 2010, 12:36 am

I really want the BA XR6 seats and can get them for like $100 the pair. Maybe I will just keep the floorpan, and use the EB Fairmont seats (they are pretty decent) then retrim the car to the BA XR6 seats. Might have to go on a search for BA - EB seat pics. Do you have any pics of it? Removed entire wiring from EL, removed entire wiring from EB and fitted wiring from EL to EB, so an extra cable shouldn't be a problem =)
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Re: converting el/ef seats to a EA / ED

Postby TAXI » July 23rd, 2010, 11:17 pm

i can get a pic of mine if ya want, they look good with the black au centre consol now i need black carpet.
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Re: converting el/ef seats to a EA / ED

Postby justlikemusic » July 24th, 2010, 12:24 am

That would be awesome if you could. Dont want to go cutting floorpans to fit stock EL seats, as it's just more work, and my current EB fairmont seats are pretty decent already. Putting stock EL ones in there arent that much of an upgrade considering I can get BA XR6 front seats for $100 the pair if I shop.

Also I will be fitting the EL trims and dash, since I like the woodgrain scheme on these. But will the AU console be the way to go with this setup? Rather than the EL? I did a search, but maybe have to do more time searching...
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Re: converting el/ef seats to a EA / ED

Postby Sick EB » July 24th, 2010, 9:49 am

great tutorial mate. Just on the ba to eb seat conversion- can someone start another tutorial thread or post up some pics somewhere to show how thats done.
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Re: converting el/ef seats to a EA / ED

Postby justlikemusic » July 24th, 2010, 10:30 am

Ill have a go swapping rails from the EL/EB seats and see how I go... be good if we could get the pics to work again. (imageshack.us)
I'll post some pics by Monday/Tuesday of my venture with doing them. Will have a crack at the BA XR seats in the next month or so.
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Re: converting el/ef seats to a EA / ED

Postby TAXI » July 24th, 2010, 2:06 pm

This is in my eb i have only done the front seats and i will do the rear's when i put the leather in the rear of the ba
all ya do is unbolt eb seats and bolt in ba seats.
and i have the ba belt buckle pre tensioner still on the seats and the belt clips in properly.
i think it's a good mod it looks neat with a black au consol.

This i the driver seat ignore the dirt and crap in the car.

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Front left bolt hole, no mods just bolt in.


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front right no mods bolt in.


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Right rear no mods bolt in.


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left rear rail doesnt reach the floor, just pack up and use a longer bolt.


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cut white plug, red and black only. black need's to be earthed and red to the fuse box.
then your power seat will work.


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This is the packer i used unyill i put a ms tube in there


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Re: converting el/ef seats to a EA / ED

Postby justlikemusic » July 24th, 2010, 5:23 pm

Thats wicked, I'll get rid of the EL seats then. Seems like a bit of work to modify compared to putting them in. I'll have to hunt for grey BA seats... don't think the XR's had grey interior? standard BA seats should do fine with AU console. The EL floorpan cutting isn't something I want to be adding onto my current workload of complete strip and refit EL to EB.

Will AU console go in with the EL dash? (Since Im putting in the EL dash)
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Re: converting el/ef seats to a EA / ED

Postby xrghiawagon » July 24th, 2010, 5:32 pm

You can just get some of the clip bits off 6-seater ef/el's and use them under the dash to cover up where the center console screwes into.

AU console will be fine with the EF/L dash, just look quite odd
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Postby EFFalcon » July 24th, 2010, 5:48 pm

why would you put an AU console in something with an EF/EL Dash..
just use the EF/EL one.
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Re: converting el/ef seats to a EA / ED

Postby justlikemusic » July 24th, 2010, 8:29 pm

I need to get an idea on where I can cut and weld the floor pan. The EL is sitting there bare at the moment ready to go to scrap on Monday so hopefully I can do it before then. I guess I can just cut over the amount and then work it out later.

It would look pretty bad with an AU console on an EL dash though come to think of it since the EL one flows in with the console nicely.

Edit: I figure I just need to remove the centre piece of the floor pan on the EL. I'd say it would all work ok with the EB trans tunnel in there... it's just an additional piece on the EL, seems pretty straight forward. Need to drill the body at the left front passenger seat mounting so it can be bolted down, as the one in the EB is inwards more. Camera batteries have died so only got yesterdays pics which I dont think show the floorpan of the EL.
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Re: converting el/ef seats to a EA / ED

Postby justlikemusic » August 10th, 2010, 10:58 pm

Well the floor pan wasn't really hard... it only accommodated handbrake mounting, console mounting and what seems like the same area where you packed up spacers for the BA seats. I'd say the BA seats might share the same mountings as the EL ones then?
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Re: converting el/ef seats to a EA / ED

Postby ebfalcon92t » October 21st, 2010, 5:23 pm

love the ba seats into eb verry cool. how meny milimeters high did you need to pack the left rear rail to get it to fit nice??
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Re: converting el/ef seats to a EA / ED

Postby AdamF » February 1st, 2012, 9:37 pm

Pantic any chance of getting the pics working again?
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Re: converting el/ef seats to a EA / ED

Postby holmsy » February 2nd, 2012, 5:52 pm

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Re: converting el/ef seats to a EA / ED

Postby mad2 » October 28th, 2018, 7:50 pm

pantic wrote:i think photobucket removed my account.. if you like i could re add the pictures to a new link?



any chance of replacement pics? & yes i know this is an old .... old .... old post, but i'm about to fit NF seats to my EB Fairmont. hopefully ya still come on here??
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