Most comfortable seat? (replacement)

I have no input on this, but am very curious as to what you find. Also keep in mind that I think you lose the side airbag as it is on the seat. I have had some very nice cars with very nice seats, and I think that the toyota seats are the worst that I ever sat in. I miss my Prelude with recaros, or my GLI with factory leather heated and cooled and adj side bolsters. Fairly big myself 6'1" 207ish. Dont care if power or manual, just need adjustability and support. Hell, the CRX that I had twenty years ago had better seats.

 

I had 1 Recaro in a mazda once and it was brilliant. If you go with the Recaros you can take them out of the prius and put them into your next car too.

Unfortunately the Recaro I had was stolen. I'm not unhappy with the Prius seats but may replace them, not sure.

Let us know how it goes if you start the trend to Recaro seats in Prius.

 

the prius seat's are a bit hard, usually when I go up to oakland or to tempe, the two places I travel. Ill mix and drive either prius, or my 2000 civic, the seat's are much more comfortable in it beilive it or not. PRius is good for city and sometimes for travels, but yeah lower back get's tired..and im young.

 

Yes, generally Volvo seats are great. When reading car magazines' reviews and road tests of Volvo cars, you'll frequently see a comment like "the most comfortable seat I've ever sat in".

I guess a question I have is whether one would be able to install the Volvo seat so that its side airbag works and the sensors under the Prius seat work as intended.

 

It must be a new Volvo seat. I had a 2000 Volvo S80 and it was a terrible seat. Sure it was cushy, but it had virtually no lumbar support whatsoever. I hated that seat.

 

Wow. I'm really surprised. Both because of what I've read and experienced personally and because that's the very seat that ProblemChild liked. And I would have thought that the one area that would have been satisfactory to all would have been the Volvo's lumbar support and the ability to adjust it.

But one thing I've noticed about people and their backs is that it can be a highly idiosyncratic thing. Whether it's a seat or a mattress, what works for one may not work for someone else, or what works for most will not work for all. In my case, in all the Volvos I've sat in since the late 60s, including the one Volvo I owned (a 1995 850 Sportwagon), I thought the seats were terrific. But in the realm of mattresses, it's been real hit or miss for me. Mostly miss, as I'm on my 4th high priced mattress in 10 years, still trying to find one that works best for me.

 

I agree, it may be an idiosyncratic thing. Best seats I ever had were in my 1994 BMW 530i. Sheer heaven.

 

Which specific Volvo (model/year) seat do you think would fit the Prius?

 

Aren't the bottom measurements (where the seat rails bolt into the floor)the important ones or do people use custom seat brackets?

 

When my GF was looking for a car a few years ago, we were sitting in a lot of different cars because I usually have issues with headroom. I thought at that time that the Volvo S80 had the best seats of any of the cars we tried. My GF ended up buying a Toyota Avalon because we were not impressed with the reports on the 'net about the Volvo S80 reliability.

I also wanted to add that Recaro offers seats with Side Air Bags now, but I do not know how much they are (I assume they are many $).

I'm actually ok with the Prius seat except for the lack of height/tilt adjustment.

 

Have any of you tried the new "LiquiGel" seats Toyota has for Prius? What were your impressions? (I think they're only for leather seats.)

 

Gulf States Port Installed Leather w/LiquiGel

Hi Alan,

The LiquiGel is part of the after-factory, port-installed leather upholstery available in the Gulf States. I've read some good things about them in terms of comfort.

I know that there are quite a few Texas or Gulf States PriusChatters who have them. If you don't get enough responses to your question, maybe you should start a new thread with your question in the title.

Good luck.

 

I'm in Dallas, would like better seats.

HTC One V ? 2

 

Found a Prius online with this pix:



Not really what I'm looking for, but looks more comfortable...

Would like to know more about this Volvo seat swap...i HATE my '08G2T seats.