evo 8 recaro fitting

[liam09]

Unfortunately before my CH lancer (fits ct9a evo 7-9 rails) was written off I'd placed an order through import monster for a evo 8 drivers side recaro.
At least my car was written off before I'd fitted it or that'd be gone too, but now i'm left with a problem.

I now have an 09 my10 lancer es (I believe it doesn't have the airbags that'd make it illegal if removed) and I have a ct9a rail plus evo 8 seat waiting for me to pick it up.
Has anyone had any experience or know anyone who has fitted non evo x seats to an evo x rail? if it was a simple case of bolt it on with no drilling or major modding (which I've heard is possible in some cases) I'd buy the evo x rails and just use it in the CJ.
Any knowledge or insight would be awesome, bit of a long shot though as I don't think my circumstances are repeated very often

[zedd82]

I think your car should have air bags in the seats, I thought it was only the MY 08 ES that didn't have air bags in the seats. Just check, there should be a tag on the side that says something like SRS or similar.

[Cammo00]

I think MY 09's don't have seat airbags too. Could be wrong

[Kal777]

my09's deff have airbags on seats

[liam09]

my build date appears to be June so perhaps it was listed incorrectly on the ad and is infact a my09 (I should have double checked that, my bad), regardless I can't see an SRS label on my seat.
And this article seems to imply that the facelift occurs for the my10

http://www.goauto.com.au/mellor/mellor. ... AB00137A29

http://www.themotorreport.com.au/48235/ ... in-airbags

[liam09]

redbook seems to think it's an optional extra for the ES until my10
http://www.redbook.com.au/cars/research ... =19&eapi=2

[skippy]

Here's an idea... Just check on the seat if it has a yellow plug going into it like the rest of the airbag's...



Asking if it had airbags or not wasn't the question.




Liam, just do a test fit with the rails on the E8 seat, You might find you get lucky.

[liam09]

yeah, it doesn't really matter whether they have the airbags or not, if a cop is looking that close I would have copped a defect regardless.
Whether I can manipulate it into fitting at all is my concern, will play around with it when I get it but I don't hold out hope skippy, hence looking at evo x rail fitting.
Chances are it won't be easily fitted if it's not a clear cut answer, and the seats sale price will end up going towards coilovers.

[Kyrus]

just test fit the rails? if it fits, bolt in the seat, if it doesnt either sell or get different rails?

u should be able to net quite a decent sum for selling the seat and the rails. personally not a fan of the ct9a ecaros. get bride haha