What Modern Bucket Seats will Fit 74 Superbug?
cemspec - October 4th, 2013 at 12:04 PM
I need to buy a pair of bucket seats for my 74 Superbug and was hoping to put some more modern seats in it!
Do people know what other model vehicles will fit in them eg civic or wrx?
Has anyone got some hanging around good adjustable ones! Got bad back need lumber support! 
thanks
Lisa
Bizarre - October 4th, 2013 at 12:24 PM
All will need modifications to the base and the an engineers report.
You want a seat no more than 520mm wide on the base. Otherwise the hand brake disappears.
Common choices are Honda Prelude and Sukuki Swift.
Recaro are also excellent choice, especially if you want support.
They were standard in Proton Satria GTI.
cemspec - October 4th, 2013 at 12:45 PM
Thanks heaps for that will check them out used to love preludes!
Craig Torrens - October 4th, 2013 at 07:07 PM
MX5 seats are good too 
cemspec - October 4th, 2013 at 07:47 PM
Thanks Craig their getting abit pricey though!
Found some prelude ones might check them out!
You still going to drop in?
Handy - October 6th, 2013 at 02:20 AM
I've put both front and rear seats from a Hyundai Coupe' 2005 in my bug
donn - October 6th, 2013 at 10:28 AM
VW Caddy , great seat 520mm across the base plenty of lumber support and adjustment, as it happens I have a pair in my car and I'm selling them. PM
me if interested
Don
cemspec - October 6th, 2013 at 02:21 PM
hi don had a look at them abit bulky underneath to be able to re bracket them to fit in. thanks for the offer anyway!
cemspec - October 6th, 2013 at 02:25 PM
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I've put both front and rear seats from a Hyundai Coupe' 2005 in my bug
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Handy which model coupe though?
barls - October 6th, 2013 at 08:26 PM
Been cover a few time please use the search
cemspec - October 6th, 2013 at 08:38 PM
Couldnt find anything in the search! seats for a beetle? showed nothing! what should I try?
barls - October 6th, 2013 at 08:48 PM
try changing it from the last week to since the beginning and aftermarket seats.
Handy - October 7th, 2013 at 06:35 AM
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I've put both front and rear seats from a Hyundai Coupe' 2005 in my bug
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Handy which model coupe though?
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I can't really answer that question, I bought the interior from a guy on eBay Sweden, I only know it comes from an Hyundai Coupe from 2005. Here
comes photos:
It's not much space left for legs behind the drivers seat when I sit there, but it looks great and nobody sit back there anyway 
cemspec - October 7th, 2013 at 07:17 AM
now thats what im talking about!!
That looks awesome! I do have two kids that need to seat in the back, was the base of the back seat deeper than the normal seats so you needed to
bring the floor bracketing forward? It must have been one of the smaller coupes for the backseats to fit in there!
Love to see what you have done with the rest of the interior and dash! PM me if you like!
Handy - October 8th, 2013 at 05:52 AM
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now thats what im talking about!!
That looks awesome! I do have two kids that need to seat in the back, was the base of the back seat deeper than the normal seats so you needed to
bring the floor bracketing forward? It must have been one of the smaller coupes for the backseats to fit in there!
Love to see what you have done with the rest of the interior and dash! PM me if you like!
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Yes, its from Hyundai's small 2 door sports car, not a family car. And yes the base of the seat is a lot deeper then the normal dub seat, but it's
also a lot harder. I mean in the original backseat you have like 15-20cm suspension and in the Hyundai there may be 2cm, haha. I built a spacer out of
plywood to get the seat in the right height.
Also the front seats are low and hard, the original dub has a lot of suspension in the seats and in the high tires, and a little in the front beam,
what I try to say is that you may feel every little stone on the road if you have hard and low tires as I have in the front 
but it looks and feels cool.
The back of the rear seat is kind of high, as you can see there is no "headrests" and it's not needed anyway. The problem in the assembly, the
entire rear seat is a little hard to get back as far as you want. I'm 180cm tall and like to stretch out my legs in driving position, then there is
just a few centimeters left behind the drivers seat. The passenger front seat can be a little further ahead.
Isola - October 8th, 2013 at 05:49 PM
Those seats are out of a Tiburon if you're still wondering.
Handy - October 9th, 2013 at 03:34 AM
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Those seats are out of a Tiburon if you're still wondering.
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Yes you are so right. It's called Tiburon. I didn't know that until today be cause over here it's just called Huyndai Coupe'.
Every day we learn something new :-)
Isola - October 9th, 2013 at 02:27 PM
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Those seats are out of a Tiburon if you're still wondering.
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Yes you are so right. It's called Tiburon. I didn't know that until today be cause over here it's just called Huyndai Coupe'.
Every day we learn something new :-)
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Yes, Tiburon, Coupe and Genesis are all the same car but called different things in different countries. We also had the "Coupe" badge here for a
while, but people know it better as the Tiburon.
bnicho - October 10th, 2013 at 04:42 PM
I recently acquired a set of the Swift GTi seats to fit to my 74 Super. Unfortunately I crashed the car last weekend, so they will have to wait until
the damage is repaired. 
cemspec - October 10th, 2013 at 04:54 PM
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I recently acquired a set of the Swift GTi seats to fit to my 74 Super. Unfortunately I crashed the car last weekend, so they will have to wait until
the damage is repaired.
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Oh no I hope eveyone is ok and that you didnt bruise the beetle too much!
Will they fit straight in or do the brackets need to be moved?
Will the swift backseat fit in as well?
i will check them out thanks
bnicho - October 10th, 2013 at 05:00 PM
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I recently acquired a set of the Swift GTi seats to fit to my 74 Super. Unfortunately I crashed the car last weekend, so they will have to wait until
the damage is repaired.
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Oh no I hope eveyone is ok and that you didnt bruise the beetle too much!
Will they fit straight in or do the brackets need to be moved?
Will the swift backseat fit in as well?
i will check them out thanks
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Only minor damage fortunately. Rear guards and a rear bumper. But I will probably get the rust repaired too.
Like any non-VW seat they will need custom brackets. I do not have the rear seat, just the fronts.
Cheers,
barls - October 10th, 2013 at 09:49 PM
just remember peopless to have them engineered to make sure your all safe and covered in case of an acident
Handy - October 11th, 2013 at 02:50 AM
Hey "Cemspec" or Lisa, did you receive my pm? Did you see the rest of my bug?