# Swapping Honda Seats

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/swapping-honda-seats/93164>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [April 29, 2016, 2:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/swapping-honda-seats/93164 "2016-04-29T02:16:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Fro\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba8739/32.png) [@Fro\_Man](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Fro_Man)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 2:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/swapping-honda-seats/93164/1 "2016-04-29T02:16:33Z")

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Will the stock seats out of my 1990 Honda Accord work (Fit) in my 1987 Honda civic?

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**Author:** ![UncleTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9a140/32.png) [@UncleTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/UncleTurbo)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 3:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/swapping-honda-seats/93164/2 "2016-04-29T03:41:02Z")

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Not Likely. You can get a tape measure and see if any of the measurements are the same.

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**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 3:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/swapping-honda-seats/93164/3 "2016-04-29T03:51:02Z")

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Try it. Worst case, you’ll have to put them back in their original places and you’ll be out nothing.

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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 7:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/swapping-honda-seats/93164/4 "2016-04-29T07:14:21Z")

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One idea, visit a used auto part recycler. Most of them have a database for part interchangeability. When I visit my local pick-and-pull for example I tell them what part I’m looking for a particular car, and they give me a print out of all the makes/models/years where that part is compatible.

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**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 8:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/swapping-honda-seats/93164/5 "2016-04-29T08:20:30Z")

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Take a tape measure, eyeball the seat tracks, and do some measuring between mounting bolts for comparison purposes. Even if not a direct swap odds are a little improv will do the trick.

Many years ago I had an old Subaru whose seats were killing me. I happened to run across a guy who had an old junked out Chevy Citation sitting in the shade rusting away. He said I could have the bucket seats free of charge if I could use them.

I bolted the Citation seats onto the Subaru tracks and voila. My spine never quit thanking me. If a Chevy will fit Subaru then surely a Honda will go into a Honda.