Front Seats.....

Post by **Essex Nige** » 01 Sep 2008, 20:04

I suppose this has been asked a 1000 times....

i have the original front seats but want to replace them with something a little more plush with headrests... What's a good replacement?

Post by **Poseidon** » 01 Sep 2008, 21:07

Saab 900 / 9000 ...
very comfey

Easy to fit with just a few adjustments . .

Post by **mearnsy** » 02 Sep 2008, 20:11

Ditto, i have saab beige velour ones in mine bought of ebay for £15.00 the pair.

Took a couple of hours to fit but well worth it.

Post by **littlepixel** » 02 Sep 2008, 21:27

I've been meaning to ask about this too. Our westy seats are in fair condition but the passenger one is losing all it's horsehair and there's a none-to-comfy spring jutting out a bit.

Ideally I'd love to find somewhere that can keep the cover (Which is worth saving and matches all curtains etc) and re-upolster it.

If too expensive my next lead would be to fit some period VW-VAG-Audi replacements. What's the deal with early eighties seats? - Do they all fit pretty easily - say if I were to find some Jetta seats, or Audi 200 ones or whatever? Hoping this is a 'yes' as there are usually loads on fleabay.

What about more recent VW Group seats - Seat/SkÃƒÂ¶da etc?

Happy to do some light surgery to a spare pair of rotating seat bases (grinding & drilling but no welding) so I don't damage the actual van) but am not so keen of leaving the VAG nest for Saab Seats.

Unless they're 924 seats maybe as with the B32 they're kinda kosher...

Post by **guz** » 12 Oct 2008, 16:06

littlepixel wrote:I've been meaning to ask about this too. Our westy seats are in fair condition but the passenger one is losing all it's horsehair and there's a none-to-comfy spring jutting out a bit.

Ideally I'd love to find somewhere that can keep the cover (Which is worth saving and matches all curtains etc) and re-upolster it.

If too expensive my next lead would be to fit some period VW-VAG-Audi replacements. What's the deal with early eighties seats? - Do they all fit pretty easily - say if I were to find some Jetta seats, or Audi 200 ones or whatever? Hoping this is a 'yes' as there are usually loads on fleabay.

What about more recent VW Group seats - Seat/SkÃƒÂ¶da etc?

Happy to do some light surgery to a spare pair of rotating seat bases (grinding & drilling but no welding) so I don't damage the actual van) but am not so keen of leaving the VAG nest for Saab Seats.

Unless they're 924 seats maybe as with the B32 they're kinda kosher...

just about everything vag has a 3 point mounting
rather than a flat runner, muchos work.

Post by **peasant** » 12 Oct 2008, 16:20

Early T4 seats are supposed to fit without any alterations (if you can find nice ones)

Post by **olliew23** » 13 Oct 2008, 11:14

i have some old rover gti seats in my and think they look the nuts. i'll dig out a picture at some point.worth a consideration though