I just responded to someone about this issue and this might help you.

You can gain a lot by just removing the adjustable lumbar portion (white part) that mounts onto the main back plate (black part) and installing some foam. I would also take the lower wire and simply install it upside down. By putting this in upside down you will lower that whole back plate down to a slightly more comfortable position. Making a new lower wire will just get it a little better. I think the foam and removing the white plate will get you just as much.

The idea with placing additional foam in the seat is to place it so that it makes the back of the seat flatter. So place it in areas where the lumbar lump is not sticking out. I kind of made "U" shape and turned it upside down so that it filled in the area at the top of the seat back and the sides. I had to give it a couple of tries before I got the foam just right. Give that a go and I bet you will be feeling a whole lot better.

Also, none of this disables the active head restraint. Tell me how it goes.

 

awesome, thanks for the help! ... removing the pain causing lumbar thing makes the seat so nice now. wondering if anyone had much trouble putting the back of the seat section back together? .... i cant seem to get the two side pinch type connections to go back correctly

 

Mikebike, you are the man and my hero. After driving Honda Accords (2 of them) for the past 23 years, I was set on another as my retirement car. I didn't really notice the lumbar problem during the test drive, but the hour's drive home from the dealership just about killed me--severe pain and numbness down the whole right side of my body. It took several days of not driving to feel normal again. Then I had to drive 2 1/2 hours to keep my grandkids--wow, I was in misery for another 2 days. Then I found your post and knew what I had to do. I simply unzipped my 2012's seat backs and removed that stupid, *#@*#@ lumbar thingy. I was saved. Thank you so much. And thanks to all you others out there who wrote in and let me know that it was not just an old woman's imagination and resistance to change.
Any ideas on how to fix the headrest? I removed it, but I know that's probably not the safest way.

 

Why thank you. :blush:

My advice is to see if you can somehow get the headrest back in place for safety sake. If you get rear ended, that will be the one thing keeping you from having your head snap back. I really advise putting it back in. Possibly you may be able to tilt your seat to a different angle to keep it from bothering you. What are your thoughts?

 

Do you take these bars out?

 

Forgot to mention. 2010 LX-S coupe

 

I'm pretty sure none of the solutions require that brace to come out. If it were me...I would just remove that lower crossbar , and try it out for comfort (it hooks in on the sides- and you have to kind of wrench it- if you cant see how it hooks in, but it does come out). Thats what I did, and it's perfect to me. This relieves the majority of the pressure that the plastic plate can apply to your back. If it's not satisfactory, the more elaborate fabrications in this post should get you there.

 

Thanks for the info, i will give it a try.

 

I just re read the whole post about this and I say..Great Info for all to see on the subject . Thank You.

 

I took out lower bar. What a pain. Stuffed with layers of foam. Will drive for a few days and hope it fixes problem. I am also going to take a long piece and cut to fit seat and cover. Lower seatis a little hard.