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About to get a chap to weld in a pair of genuine VW svwal seat bases which look like they have been cut from a donar van
Any pitfalls to avoid or advice to ensure it goes smoothly would be greatly appreciated:?:
Dave

never heard of a gen weld in base!!!

Fitted a generic weld in swivel base to my Merc camper.

jamesc76 wrote:never heard of a gen weld in base!!!

westy seat bases are welded in and genuine

I just had one (gen.Westfalia) fitted into mine.

So long as it was removed from the donor van sympathetically there should be no problem.

The only issues are the bettery height (if it is a non-standard battery and a petrol). Mine is a petrol and the rear of the base is about 1cm from the rear of each runner and pretty much flush with the seat front. It simply sits between the runners on the cab box floor and has 8 stitch welds to the original runners.

Let me know if you need photos

jamesc76 wrote:never heard of a gen weld in base!!!

Mines genuine and weld in.
No pit falls its will be fairly obvious where to weld it when you offer them up, providing of course they have been removed properly

why weld them in when you can bolt them in and still have access below and then you can just remove them if you sell van

jason k wrote:

jamesc76 wrote:never heard of a gen weld in base!!!

westy seat bases are welded in and genuine

Well stand corrected! I was under the impression they were all on runners! was it an option on westy's or were all fitted with um ?