Change Prius seat

unforeseen

AdrianC wrote: »

No, it doesn't.

No such implication was present. You may infer it - but you would be wrong to do so.

So you need to have some fabrication capability to bolt in an aftermarket seat adapter?

AdrianC

No... You can either buy an aftermarket one, ready-fabricated, if there's a suitable one... or you can get one fabricated to suit your needs.

You do realise all components that go into a completely standard car have been fabricated, right?

Manxman_in_exile

I personally would not be seeing a chiropractor. I used to commission training in the NHS and the NHS does not (or did not) employ chiropractors. Lots of people swear by chiropractors - some people swear at them. She should see a physiotherapist. Get an appointment through her GP.


Having got that hobbyhorse off my chest - try to find a support that she can put on the existing seat. Try looking for a "McKenzie Roll" or "McKenzie Lumbar support". I've got three of them, car, office, home and I can personally recommend them. Halfords used to sell them but I don't think they still do.


Also, "Look after your back" by Robin McKenzie, a NZ physio, is very good.

unforeseen

AdrianC wrote: »

No... You can either buy an aftermarket one, ready-fabricated, if there's a suitable one... or you can get one fabricated to suit your needs.

You do realise all components that go into a completely standard car have been fabricated, right?

Make up your mind. You are now saying get somebody to fabricate one whereas before you talked about the OP having the ability to fabricate his or her own.

I realise all the components have been fabricated but they will have been done from proven templates and not hand made.

EssexExile

I use a cushion up my back.

custardy

unforeseen wrote: »

In other words, it needs to be a bodge job that will probably be not as safe or strong as it should be.

Seats bolt to brackets that bolt to the floor.
simple as that.
A bracket that mates the seat to 4 holes in the floor are all thats needed. (caveat to seatbelt clip mounting,model dependant)
Swapped many seats in the past for various reasons.todays electronics are the fly in the ointment nowadays.

Hermione_Granger

AdrianC wrote: »

No... You can either buy an aftermarket one, ready-fabricated, if there's a suitable one... or you can get one fabricated to suit your needs.

You do realise all components that go into a completely standard car have been fabricated, right?

But that is totally different to your earlier post in which you clearly stated that the OP could make the brackets themselves:

AdrianC wrote: »

You might need to make some brackets to adapt whatever seat to the car's mounts, but they're straightforward for anybody with even a modicum of fabrication capability.

Hermione_Granger

custardy wrote: »

Seats bolt to brackets that bolt to the floor.
simple as that.

Yes, very simple if you have premade bracketsthat are suitable for the job but maybe not quite so simple if you follow Adrian's advice and make the brackets yourself, something that could be potentially very dangerous if not manufactured correctly or made out of unsuitable material.

custardy

Hermione_Granger wrote: »

Yes, very simple if you have premade bracketsthat are suitable for the job but maybe not quite so simple if you follow Adrian's advice and make the brackets yourself, something that could be potentially very dangerous if not manufactured correctly or made out of unsuitable material.

You are assuming there arent already seats that will bot right in.
Very common for manufactures to use the same seats across models,even the same bases often.

Hermione_Granger

custardy wrote: »

You are assuming there arent already seats that will bot right in.
Very common for manufactures to use the same seats across models,even the same bases often.

No, I'm not assuming anything.
If there are different seats that fit straight in that that's perfect for the OP.
My point was that if replacements don't fit in then Adrian doesn't see anything wrong with the OP manufacturing brackets to adapt the new seats to allow them to fit:

You might need to make some brackets

The stresses that those seat bracket would be under should the car be involved in an accident and there is someone strapped into that seat could be immense and in all honesty, I think that it's sheer stupidity to state that:

anybody with even a modicum of fabrication capability

should be making and fitting brackets such as these.