I need new seats in my bug, its a 71 standard.
When i say i need new seats i mean it, the steel frame is coming through my seat cover.
Im after some bucket seats like these, does anyone have any suggestions on brands and how to attach them easily.
Cheers, not sure if this is the right spot to be posting but if it isnt please move it.
i have those ones in my beetle.. i took the frames off my old seats then used some flat bar thats welded onto the tops of frames. then then drill holes through them int the right location relitive to th bolt holes in the bottom of the seats ,,, too easy.. not sure if this is legal.... good luck....
I have similar seats in my bug. They are by Autotechnica
http://www.autotecnica.com.au/seats.html , and I got them from my local Autobahn store. I am pretty sure I also saw them at Repco.
From your ole' mate Jeff
The ones from auto technica are the ones i saw in repco, mum and dad wanna buy me some for xmas but couldnt find any that fit but now that you say they fit i can tell them, can you post pics of them and how they attach
ebay have some for vw's do a serch
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I found you had to be carfull that the model you get isn't too wide, especially in the side cushions. My bug is a 75L, and has the 3-point seat slides, but I can't see why you couldn't fit them in an early bug. Here is a photo of the seats in the car. I can take a photo of the mounts we made if you wish.
From your ole' mate Jeff
you'll need to get them engineer certified otherwise if your in an accident the insurance companies will have a field day
i just welded up some simple brackets for mine that bolt to the stock VW runners
as Jeff said most buckets are to wide to fit directly to vw runners, you cant slide them in place if you do
Okay, yeah a few pics would be good.
And ive measured the ones id get and they are a smige skinniier than stock seats.
Willl check ebay out now.
its pretty easy to make something up
once u unclip the stock runners from the bottom of the seat they have a nice square section that you can bolt something to
i have got pics somewhere of my buckets bolted down
but heres the frame anyway
Okay, um does this mean i mount the seats braket to that frame or the seat to that frame?
depends on the seats you get
mine have a frame that just bolts to the vw runners
thats all most have
man there are some nicer ones then that see ss33 seats also autotechica they are new leather with chrome covers and adjusting nobes see ur local autobarn think the were around $279 each but there are cheaper ones starting at $449 a pair
The ones at top arent wat i want thats just th type, iv got these ones from autotechnica in mind that first one was just idea
