leather seats swap from euro

**lochie360** · 03-01-2014 03:42 PM

Hi,
I have an 07 Honda Accord VTi with manual velour seats with side impact airbags. I was interested to know wether I would be able to purchase electric leather seats from an 03-08 Euro and install them into the car?
Do you know whether the seats are identical, in that case I could remove the seat coverings and swap them over with the Euro coverings?
Thanks
Lachlan

**stevo1210** · 03-01-2014 04:41 PM

The seats do look identical as we have both types of car here in the household. You'd need to wire up the electric seats somehow if you wanted a direct swap. To answer the second question, yes you can swap the seat coverings but it might be easier (and slightly dearer) if you just went out to a trimmer and got them to do it professionally. Somewhere around $800...

**lochie360** · 03-01-2014 07:31 PM

Oh yeah, that makes sense no worries.... the only problem I may have is the airbags within the seats, as they're from a different model. does anybody think they will not function/cause a CEL or Airbag light?

**stevo1210** · 04-01-2014 01:43 PM

Originally Posted by lochie360

Oh yeah, that makes sense no worries.... the only problem I may have is the airbags within the seats, as they're from a different model. does anybody think they will not function/cause a CEL or Airbag light?

They should work fine as I believe they use the same connector. Airbag computer wise, I can't answer. However if you want to be headache free, why don't you go purchase leather seats from a wrecked Accord (one like yours). Price is the same I would assume (maybe even cheaper because the normal accord is for old people).

**lochie360** · 04-01-2014 03:59 PM

Ahh yeah, Hmmmm, well from what i've seen a set of seats are around the $800 mark, but I found some Euro ones for $300, call me stingy, I'm buying them on behalf of my little brother

**lochie360** · 04-01-2014 03:59 PM

Originally Posted by stevo1210

They should work fine as I believe they use the same connector. Airbag computer wise, I can't answer. However if you want to be headache free, why don't you go purchase leather seats from a wrecked Accord (one like yours). Price is the same I would assume (maybe even cheaper because the normal accord is for old people).

Hahahaha, seniors discount only hey?