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clinker42 Officially Full-On Dubber

381 posts · joined Aug 2008 ·

#664778
Hello

Im trying too fit some SAAS seats too the front off my daughters 67 beetle. The original used a slider that was welded too the floor and then a tubular mount sat on that and the seat on top. Unfortunatly, it is all welded.
Anyway, am wondering if anyone sells a kit that I could use or modify too do the job or if anyone has pics off the mounts they have made.

Your help would be appreciated.

Thanks Trevor

BiX Veteran Volks Folk

2,499 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#664830
Most ppl, normally chop up existing seat bases (make sure they are older ones!!). Or make custom brakets. In most cases (dependant on state) you will need them enineer approved or blue plated.....

best place would be a VW workshop, as they have done this all before.

cheers

Drew
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greedy53 Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,062 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·

#665044
when i did my old vw bug many years ago i left all the runners in place and had a plate bent out of 3 mm flat steel that went across and down each side of the old runners that gave me a new flat surface to attatch new runners from any seat
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1303Steve Scirocco Rare

8,650 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#665049
Hi

I've done it twice, one pitfall to watch out for is to make sure you get the seats at the correct height, one set I had to redo because when I fitted them to the car my head touched the hood lining.

Steve

Adsman Officially Full-On Dubber

393 posts · joined Jan 2007 ·

#665050
My seats bolt straight onto the original tubular frame with M8 8.8 bolts, nylock nuts and 40mm washers that I moulded to the seat & frames shapes. The engineer that I used in Queensland was happy with that. The best idea of all is to find an engineer that can give you a blue plate and ask him what he would like you to do.😉
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Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#665080
LOL Steve,
the joys of being a giant

ive fitted gen5 celica seats to my bug
pretty straigt forward to fit most kinds of seats to pre 74 bugs

original runners just unclip from the bottom of the vw seat and give u a sqaure flat surface to mount what ever u want

but just be aware seats any wider than the originals may not slide onto the runners when u go to install them cos they hit the door pillar