seat rails

baybuscamperkid prince of insufficient light, ruler of heck

4,316 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 11 Dec 2002, 1:15 pm

#14331

ive just taken the seats out of my kombi and found my worst nightmares come true. i already knwe that they were replacements, but what i didnt kno was that they had no rails and were poorly bolted down - on the drivers side the whole almost missed the steel and on the passenger side the mounts have been made by the owner and are unmentionable. where can i get the part of the rail that attaches to the seat and what does it look like?
pleeeze help!🙁🙁🙁

oops - forgot to mention. the car in question is a 76 panelvan

[Edited on 11-12-2002 by baybuscamperkid]

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jeffh Casual Dubber

39 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 11 Dec 2002, 1:49 pm

#14336

The original Bay kombi drivers seat has integral rails which slide along a seated guide on the floor. the passenger side had n rails , it just clipped in.
If you have non original seats the rails were plobably removed becase they made the seat too high.
You will probably need to either
-rebolt the seats a but more securely in your preferred position.
-Find a new set of seats from a wrecker that are low enough with the rails attached
I am using diahatsu charade seats with the legs removed from the rails on the outside and modified on the inside
very comfy
Jeff

baybuscamperkid prince of insufficient light, ruler of heck

4,316 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 11 Dec 2002, 2:20 pm

#14342

thanks for the advice jeff, the seats i have in are reasonably low, and they're really comfy, so il keep them if i can.

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