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 met9
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| posted on July 28th, 2011 at 10:03 AM |
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front seat selection
hi,
i am in sydney australia, and i have a 1968, 1500cc beetle.
i am currently looking at either retriming the original low back seats....or.....more inclined towards purchasing a pair of nice new style, high back
seats....maybe recaros but not fussed.
my question is: has anyone been down this path and bought new front seats and succesfully installed them with a good result?
i know that one cant put any type on the front, due to lack of space and i was hoping that someone may have a type and model number and or
manufacturers name of a seat or maybe a retail shop i can go to and find something that will bolt straight on the front, without inhibiting, space
with also allowing all tilt and slide facilities of the seat to still work.....
cheers
met
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| posted on July 28th, 2011 at 09:17 PM |
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Only one answer to this, "Recaros". You will never look back!
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| posted on July 28th, 2011 at 09:17 PM |
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I installed these Autotechnica seats from Autobarn in my 75 L bug. It has a different style seat base, but you should be able to get your seat bases
re-built enough to fit anything of the correct size.
From your ole' mate Jeff
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| posted on July 28th, 2011 at 09:18 PM |
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OK Jeff's seats also look comfy. Recaro's are my personal choice, but a good set of bucket seats is the best mod you will ever do in my opinion.
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| posted on July 28th, 2011 at 09:27 PM |
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yep - Recaros for me as well
Got mine out of a Proton Satria GTi
They appear on ebay regularly
Mine were $600 the set
You need to make up (or buy) a standard base and fit them to your VW runners
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| posted on July 28th, 2011 at 09:30 PM |
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silva seats in mine.
dont forget to get your engineers certificate to make it all legal.
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| posted on July 29th, 2011 at 11:28 AM |
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thanks all to the comments provided.....
i think in the end i will buy the recaros......
i am hoping to find something that will just fit
inside the relatively narrow space these bugs have,
hopefully with not too much welding, mods, etc.
maybe this is not realistic.....not sure.
maybe if anyone has achieved this with a minimum of fuss
they could offer some direction......cheers met
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| posted on September 10th, 2011 at 07:00 PM |
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my 68 had a set of saas high back buckets mounted to the original runners that fitted good, but they were brown. i am now fitting mazda mx5 buckets on
new runners so the saas are now looking for a new home if you are interested. thanx Gordon
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| posted on September 10th, 2011 at 09:49 PM |
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thanks for replying.
im still looking for a couple of seats so
if you want to email me on met9@optusnet.com.au
we can organise an inspection.....
cheers
met
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| posted on September 12th, 2011 at 12:28 PM |
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Dumarse question of the day... How do you slide the old seat bases off the runners on the floor? I know there must be a trck to it?
Thanks,
Brett Nicholson
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| posted on September 12th, 2011 at 12:32 PM |
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you should check out the procars by scat awersome seats!!!!!! got a pair in my bug awersome!!!
1915,c95,44's,44x37.5,NA, DuBwAy
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| posted on September 12th, 2011 at 01:07 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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Dumarse question of the day... How do you slide the old seat bases off the runners on the floor? I know there must be a trck to it?
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If you have the 3 point sliders, there is a small hook of metal on the top of the centre mount that catches on a small hook on the underside of the
centre seat slider to stop the seat sliding off the back of the tracks.
If you hold down the hook on the centre mount, you can slide the seat back past it, and off the back of the tracks.
Post back if this doesn't help - I am pretty sure I have some photos I can post tonight.
From your ole' mate Jeff
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| posted on September 12th, 2011 at 01:27 PM |
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hi jeff,
would love to see the photos as i too will need to take the old seats out....
please send to:
met9@optusnet.com.au
cheers
met
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| posted on September 12th, 2011 at 01:31 PM |
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L dog.....the scat seats you have on your beetle, are they straight forward to fit,
or do you need to weld new bases to fit them.....
i would like to know a little more about these, maybe some pics if you could email them to me?
cheers
met
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| posted on September 12th, 2011 at 02:43 PM |
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I have late model jap seats in my '67. Here are a few observations. They are certaily comfortable, but I dont like the end result. I see you are
Sydney based, you are more than welcome to sit in my car as an example of "what not to do"
1. Make sure the seats arent too wide for the cabin and fit between the door & tunnel, otherwise they will rub and be hard to adjust back &
forth.
2. Make sure you dont end up sitting too high up, measure your current sqab height, and try to replicate with the aftermarket seats.
Dont butcher your original seats to fit the aftermarket ones as they are near impossible to replace.
I would hapily swap my complete grey leather interior including late model seats & door cards for a well kept original "Low Back" 1500 beetle
interior, If I could find one.
The ProCar seats seem like a nice solution using existing mounts, etc...... can somone post photos of how they mount using the existing VW sliders,
etc....?
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| posted on September 12th, 2011 at 06:06 PM |
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In my wifes 70 beetle the scat seat-mounts actually slide INSIDE the original floor mounts and rest on the pan.Then they bolt in, in 4 spots with
bolts that run horizontally.They are a nice seat that can be bought untrimmed. I myself bought them for the wifes car trimmed in black. I am using the
black trim as a pattern to re-trim them in red..cheers Jason
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| posted on September 12th, 2011 at 06:16 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by bnicho
Dumarse question of the day... How do you slide the old seat bases off the runners on the floor? I know there must be a trck to it?
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Yours has the T rail seats.
Slide them all the way forward till they stop then on the right hand rail at the front on both seats there is a leaf spring that needs pushing down so
the locking tab can slide passed.
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met9
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| posted on September 12th, 2011 at 10:00 PM |
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snitz ...................where can one purchase and or view these scat seats?
aim in sydney....met
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| posted on September 12th, 2011 at 10:27 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by met9
snitz ...................where can one purchase and or view these scat seats?
aim in sydney....met
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Seats can be found at http://www.procarbyscat.com if you click on "anatomy" on
the left hand column it brings up a picture which happens to be that of a 68-70 beetle style seat adaptor.
http://www.vollks.com.au stock these seats in pairs with runners..but they
are only available in black (at the time I bought them) if they come in other colours now then you are lucky. Im re-trimming mine anyway. Wassim who
runs vollks is in sydney..In Leppington?..i think.Drop him an email via his website..perhaps you can view the seats and runners at his warehouse or
something?..cheers Jason.
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| posted on September 13th, 2011 at 10:00 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Joel
Yours has the T rail seats.
Slide them all the way forward till they stop then on the right hand rail at the front on both seats there is a leaf spring that needs pushing down so
the locking tab can slide passed.
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Thanks, I'll give it a try. Sorry for the hijack.
I've got some narrow seats from a Jap import Corolla Levin 20v I want to fit. They even have lumbar and height adjust and they cost me nothing.
Brett Nicholson
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