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

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???

Maybe.

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

rx3 are real comfortable and dont look out of place

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.

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 !

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 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

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

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

Ron

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

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

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]

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]

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?

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

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

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.

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)

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 

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

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

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

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!