Guide to Fitting FN2 Civic Type R Seats in a 2nd Gen GE Jazz
I've tried to be comprehensive, but if you have any questions, please feel free to ask.
Things you will need:FN2 Seats
Original Jazz Seats
M10 High Tensile Strength Nuts:
https://ebay.us/m/Ok9rF5M6 High Tensile Strength Nuts:
https://ebay.us/m/mHyQRgM10 Flanged Nylon Self Locking Nuts:
https://amzn.eu/d/fZRbohiM6 Flanged Nylon Self Locking Nuts:
https://amzn.eu/d/irlG6R4Optional for seat fabric repair:Fabric Shaver:
https://amzn.eu/d/fNPw4Ur1500/2000 grit sand paper
Tools:Drill with Metal drill bits
Socket set for removing and installing the seats.
Dremel/Angle Grinder
Things that will need to be transferred over from your original Jazz Seats:Metal Feet
Seatbelt Buckle & Plug
Passenger occupancy sensor plug
If you are going to remove the seat covers for any reason (like installing a heated seat kit), you can find the official Honda workshop manual here:
https://fncivicworkshopmanual.com/HONDAESM.HTMLJust select FN2 and search Seat Cover and follow the guide.
First step is to drill out the rivets in the FN2 feet.
There’s a spring attached to the feet that needs to be removed and discarded. It’s not needed to transfer over.
Do this step outside or in a garage and put plastic bags over the seat back and base to try and minimise the amount of metal shards that get on the seats.
I’ve tried drilling, angle grinding and Dremeling, and the best method is drilling, but it takes the most amount of time.
A good set of titanium drill bits of varying sizes is what you will need. Start of small with something like 3mm and work your way up. It’s tedious, but it’s the best way. Stop every now and then and spray cold water to reduce the amount of heat produced from the drilling.
Once finished with removing all the feet, use compressed air to blow away as much of the metal shards as possible, or use a clean paint brush to brush them away.
Next step, remove the FN2 seat belt buckle and cable. There is a metal bracket that holds it in place that will also need to be drilled out. I used the new hole to reused the cable tie holder from the Jazz seats to secure the cable for the Jazz seat belt buckle.
If your seats are worn and the Alcantara is starting to bobble, buy a fabric shaver and some 1500/2000 grit sand paper. Start off with the fabric shaver, this will get 90% of the bobbling off, and then use 1500 grit then 2000 grit sand paper to remove the last of it. You will never get it perfect, but it will look 100x better.
Once the FN2 seats are cleaned and ready, the next step is to remove the front seats from the Jazz. Make sure to disconnect the battery before you do this because of the Airbag’s being unplugged and a warning light appearing on the dash. The best way to do it is to pop the bonnet, then close and lock the doors, then disconnect the negative terminal to the battery, then unlock the driver’s door with the key. That way all the doors/boot remain locked and you can secure the car with the battery disconnected.
The guide to removing the seats can be found here:
https://hondafitjazz.com/manual3/en/html_en/000000000002268.htmlWith the seats out, remove the Seat Belt Buckle and cable from the Jazz seats.
The next step is to drill out rivets on the feet from the Jazz seats.
Repeat the above steps for the Jazz feet. I used tape around the rivets so I didn’t accidentally damage the feet, though I still managed to scratch the paint and had to use some Hammerite to cover up the bare metal so as not to risk it rusting.
Once the feet and seat belt buckles are off the Jazz seats, it’s time to install them on the FN2 seats.
The seat belt buckles fit into the same threaded hole as the FN2 ones, and you can run the cable along the side and then underneath the seat to where the original cable and plug goes. Attaching it like it is in the attached pictures. Remember when securing the driver’s side one to give the cable a bit of slack so it has room to move when the seat is raised and lowered.
The last step before installing the feet is the passenger occupancy sensor. The plugs are different between the Jazz one and the FN2 one. Both have 2 cables, but for some reason the Jazz uses a 3 cable plug with only 2 cables attached.
The easiest way to sort this is to cut off the plug from the passenger seat on the Jazz, and solder it onto the FN2 seats, cutting off the original FN2 seat plug.
I got around it by making an adapter using the cut off FN2 loom that was attached to my seats when I bought them and a CRV seat belt buckle that I got off eBay, which allowed me to not have to cut any cables and make it plug and play. But this won’t be an option for everyone.
The other option is to just leave it disconnected, which from what I can tell doesn’t throw any error codes on the dash, but I don’t know if it would cause the passenger airbag not to deploy in an accident because it doesn’t detect anyone in that seat, so I found a way to connect it just in case.
With the seat belt buckle and occupancy sensor sorted, now is the installing of the feet. For safety, the locking nuts should only be used once. If you have to remove the nut for any reason, throw it away and use a fresh one, as the locking thread will be compromised.
When you install the feet, don’t completely tighten them all the way, leave a small amount of wiggle room for adjustment.
The reason I said to not fully tighten the bolts on the feet is so that you can install the seats and make minor adjustments to the position of them if they don’t line up perfectly, and then finish tightening them up when the position is correct.
There’s a little metal part with the initials SNA inscribed on it. This is a load baring part and also needs to be transferred over to the FN2 seats.
Once installed, use a Dremel/angle grinder to remove any excess bolt length, otherwise it will dig into the carpet (Not for all of them, but the ones close to the carpet do).
Now to install the seats.
The seats are a lot heavier than the standard Jazz seats, so having 2 people to carry the seats into the car is preferrable.
Connect all the cables up before securing the seats down, and once secured down, make the needed adjustments to the feet position.
And once the seats are all installed and the bolts on the feet tightened enough, you can reconnect the battery and there should be no SRS light on the dash if everything went according to plan.
You are now all done and can enjoy your new comfy, sporty Type R seats.
The seats aren’t as plug and play as I thought they would be, but they are still not to bad to install and a great upgrade for the money.
