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Seats

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Stanley 路

What type of bucket seats fit nicely into the front of a '69 beetle ?. (besides the standard ones)馃榾

Bizarre 路

most Jap imports

I have a set of integra in Blue2 and i had Subaru in Blue1.

They weld onto VW bases

Probabally should be eng certified but......

Wanna buy a set already on bases???

Stanley 路

Maybe.馃榾

NigeType3 路

Get 1985 BMW 320i seats they come in leather and bolt staight to floor pan. Look real nice kinda retro but still comfy. Will suit vw real nice.

Nige:thumb

baybuscamperkid 路

rx3 are real comfortable and dont look out of place

vw54 路

The seats out of JAP cars are about the best thing they make.

Best of all is there usually narrow and fit great inside a VW.

I have Honda seats in mine, but be careful when welding them onto frames as some of the JAP seats are off set so they have to be straightened or aligned to suit a VW.

Craig Torrens 路

I have a set of MX5 seats which fit fantastic, narrow where it needs to be ,and look like early 911 seats!!
I'm fitting Suzuki GTI seats to my new road/race car, firm with side supports, and they are out of a two door car so they fold forward for rear seat access.:thumb
Make sure you get them engineered for insurance etc !

BiX 路

mine are out of a honda. I welded some flat bars on the old bases, then bolted the seats on (use the correct grade bolt) and they are now blue plated.

Ian Bugden 路

I had '94 honda prelude seats in my old '72 S bug. I removed the hoda tracks and bases then removed the Beetle bases and welded them onto the prelude seats. They were really comfy and supportive, with the head rest removed they kinda looked like modified low backs
馃槈

bugboymatt 路

Craig Torrens wrote:I have a set of MX5 seats which fit fantastic, narrow where it needs to be ,and look like early 911 seats!!
I'm fitting Suzuki GTI seats to my new road/race car, firm with side supports, and they are out of a two door car so they fold forward for rear seat access.:thumb
Make sure you get them engineered for insurance etc !

I got Suzuki gti seats in mine. There great. loads of confort and hold nicely for the sideways croners which there seem to be alot of around me !!

kombi_kid 路

what about fitting seats in a 72 kombi the bases are totally different! should i juyst weld to the chassis?
cheers
rhys

Wobbley 路

BiX wrote:mine are out of a honda. I welded some flat bars on the old bases, then bolted the seats on (use the correct grade bolt) and they are now blue plated.
I take it you are in Qld.
The blue plate is only valid for a seat conversion if it bolts straight in.
As soon as you welded etc. it then requires an engineer to sign this off....not an authorised officer....

Wobbley 路

kombi_kid wrote:what about fitting seats in a 72 kombi the bases are totally different! should i juyst weld to the chassis?
cheers
rhys
We found commodore seats will fit in the front seat positions..just. There is sufficent room under the original track areas (after removing the welds on the original runners carefully) and the holden runners worked out to be on the same horizontal plain.

ronster 路

Hmm...
Dumb question: Where can you find Jap car seats? Wreckers? :o

Ron

helbus 路

Any Honda, Nissan, Toyota etc car wreckers. There are some that will specialise just in Japanese cars. :P

Peter Leonard 路

yerp, i'm looking for some nice sidewayslideproof seats. is this an easy job? exy? will i need to bribe a plethora of rta pencil pushers?
ah HAH

Robo 路

Come on Kafer man
Whats wrong with the factory one's. I know I'm a philistine, and have no taste but?
Rob.....

[Edited on 16-9-2003 by Robo]

VDUBXTC 路

go some toyota celica gt4 seats bit fancy be electric, but very comfortable or you could always go the good ol Recaro LS or LE seats

[Edited on 20-9-2003 by vw0064]

Peter Leonard 路

saw some 'autotechnica' seats in repco yesterday. guy said they'd fit anything as they had adjustable rails and holes and stuff. 400 bucks, looked pretty okay.. anyone ever tried these?

KOM123 路

Peter Leonard wrote:saw some 'autotechnica' seats in repco yesterday. guy said they'd fit anything as they had adjustable rails and holes and stuff. 400 bucks, looked pretty okay.. anyone ever tried these?
Some comments I found from outside of this forum:

http://forum.hot4s.com.au/messageview.cfm?catid=19&threadid=3847

[Edited on 21-9-2003 by KOM123]

Peter Leonard 路

eep. guess not. 馃榾
so i'm gonna be doing the rounds of wreckers looking for...
gti seats?
which must be 'welded' on?
aaacck
:jesus

VDUBXTC 路

you get them from autobarn. they look similar to the autotecnia seats but much better quality. they come in four different styles starting at around the $250 mark. i have 2 pairs called touring seat one set in my bug the other in my commodore. have a look at the link given

http://www.obxracingsports.com/interior.cfm?catID=4&subcatID=4

Stanley 路

Robo wrote:Come on Kafer man
Whats wrong with the factory one's. I know I'm a philistine, and have no taste but?
Rob.....

[Edited on 16-9-2003 by Robo]
Nothing really it was just an enquiry think i'll stick with the oem's for the retro feel.
Does anyone know who has std beetle seat, seat covers ?

Peter Leonard 路

hey thanks for the link. are they comfy over a LOOONG drive? hence the 'touring' label. although the OEM ones aren't overly comfy over a few hours....
hmm
food for thought.

BiX 路

i run aerotech seats, Its a hard problem trying to find seats to fit u in and that will fit in the car. But just measure the width u have to fit seat into and take ur tape measure.

I bolted my seats to the vw frame, makes it easier to change if need be. Just make sure u use the correct grade bolts.

NAother thing, i got some honda seats intially from the wreckers and they were import seats and didn't have the aust standards sticker so therefore in theory shouldn't have been approved(blue plated)

manx 路

Anyone wanna swap some jap seats for these babies? They are great when going to the beach etc just slip the covers off an hose em out, but after 8 hrs or more drivin I'm hankerin for some not so practical comfort. :p

http://www.aussieveedubbers.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=14025

68AutoBug 路

Wobbely,
How about filling in Your personal info so We know where You are etc,....
unless You are hiding from someone...

68AutoBug 路

So its OK to bolt Your seats in, but NOT weld them in..
Is that correct? I am installing recovered Superbug seats into My 68 Beetle and the bases are different, so I have cut the original bases out and am going to bolt the superbug bases in... My Son told Me the bases had to be welded in....
Any info please...
Lee

VDUBXTC 路

I have only ever bolted my in . its past blue slip on 3 occasions.

mnsKmobi 路

My kombi has non-standard seats (don't know what they are) that have been welded on and it passed the Vic roadworthy certificate.

The problem with welding them on is when you want to get them back off like I do!馃槈

ahemizm 路

my seats are from an early 90s honda prelude. theyre nice but they sometimes get in the way of shifting, especially into reverse when the passenger seat is forward

vw_carrera 路

I've had renault Fuego seats in a '71 front and rear!

The rears are so cool because the backs split. the seats are mini buckets. I welded in some brackets to hold them in and with a parcel shelf you could access the back just by folding one of the backs down.
Real comfortable too.

Rota_Motor 路

newbie here, so forgive me if I sound stupid 馃檪

my girlfriend has just bought an early 1970 beetle, and it only has the drivers seat fitted at this stage.

am I correct in thinking the seats are removed and leave the lower half of the runner in the car?? if so this seems like a real hassle to me.

Bizarre 路

There are 2 T shaped runners about ... what 450mm apart on the floor

The seat slides on over it with its C channel

Pretty easy to slide in and out.