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Anybody got Honda Prelude seats in their bug?
Special Air Service - July 13th, 2006 at 10:23 PM

Basically wanted to know if they fit easy enough (width etc) I know I'll have to adapt them in , I'm mainly concerned with the dimensions of the seats and clearances etc.

Seats look like this

Cheers
Brendan

[ Edited on 13-7-2006 by Special Air Service ]


VWCOOL - July 13th, 2006 at 11:33 PM

yeah I know a bloke with some in a Country Buggy


barls - July 14th, 2006 at 07:36 AM

baja wes has a set in his baja


56astro - July 14th, 2006 at 07:50 AM

http://home.people.net.au/~astro/images/seats_new_1.JPG
http://home.people.net.au/~astro/images/seats_new_2.JPG
http://home.people.net.au/~astro/images/seats_new_3.JPG
http://home.people.net.au/~astro/images/seats_new_4.JPG


Baja Wes - July 14th, 2006 at 08:47 AM

Barls is correct.
They fit very nicely, and are excellent seats. I picked mine up for $150 the pair.

http://www.offroadvw.net/bajawes/images/seat.jpg

This is my old dash, before the V6 went in, but the photo shows the gap left between the seats for using the handbrake
http://www.offroadvw.net/bajawes/images/dash.jpg

http://www.offroadvw.net/bajawes/images/pair_seats.jpg


empi - July 14th, 2006 at 11:04 AM

I know of severaL people who have used that type of prelude seat they seem to fit real well and are comfortable. and look good..'


newcastle68daka - July 14th, 2006 at 03:45 PM

yeah mate, i have them in my 68. makes the trips up to forster so much more nice. they fit in really easy. I work for honda,and this is the second vw i have put them in.


Muzza72 - July 14th, 2006 at 09:15 PM

i put prelude seats in my super they fit well and are very comfortable,when i did mine i set them up on a double slide so you could slide them back untill they touched the back seat or forward to the firewall

murray


kombibob - July 14th, 2006 at 09:40 PM

yep i had them in my old baja, nice fit:thumb


Special Air Service - July 15th, 2006 at 08:40 PM

Thanks all, looks like they get the green light then, cheers for the info & pics , much appreciated.

Cheers
Brendan

56astro you will have U2U shortly


bugeyedbabe - July 15th, 2006 at 11:33 PM

Sorry for hijack SAS...

How hard is it to modify them to fit??

Edith may need some new seats, so I am looking at alternatives for her....including modifying some. I can ask some one at work to help (if I beg) but I'm wondering about whether or not they need an engineers cert as well. Any one know?

It becomes so confusing after a while...


barls - July 15th, 2006 at 11:47 PM

yes they do need an engineers, and before anyone says just do it with out remember that the insurance company will wipe your policy in the event of an accident if the can find the slightest error on your behalf


karmannghia60 - July 16th, 2006 at 03:30 AM

They fit nicely in a Ghia too