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Any replacement front seats that slid straight in?
Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 13:10
by KarlT
Hi
Had a look a WIKI but are there any other seats that will fit into the front without having to alter the base runners?
Re: Any replacement front seats that slid straight in?
Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 13:38
by kevtherev
Apart from caravelle capt chairs not really..
Re: Any replacement front seats that slid straight in?
Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 13:48
by Mocki
no is the answer....... only t25 seats slide straight in a t25.
from whatever spec.
Re: Any replacement front seats that slid straight in?
Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 14:12
by KarlT
Bu88er!
Re: Any replacement front seats that slid straight in?
Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 15:23
by BOXY
I spent half a day clambering around a scrap yard with a tape measure trying to find some seats that would fit. Some Fords have got the same spacing but the rails are a different profile. All I ended up with was a bigger CD collection and lots of pens. Finally got some scruffy captains seats for £90.
Re: Any replacement front seats that slid straight in?
Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 18:40
by jamesc76
if you have have access to steel a drill and 10.8 bolts anything is possible to fit just not with out a bit of work!
Re: Any replacement front seats that slid straight in?
Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 20:42
by 82JEW75
jamesc76 wrote:if you have have access to steel a drill and 10.8 bolts anything is possible to fit just not with out a bit of work!
Just so long as you use 10.8s and not chocolat crap... and this was on a van that had passed multiple tests...
Re: Any replacement front seats that slid straight in?
Posted: 20 Aug 2011, 10:34
by KarlT
jamesc76 wrote:if you have have access to steel a drill and 10.8 bolts anything is possible to fit just not with out a bit of work!
Come on then, I'm biting!
If I drill out my sliders, what is the next best seats to go for, taking into account slid controls, handbrake, & able to spin on seat turner thing, that looks the neatest ie nice bit of base trim that can be reattached without getting in the way?
I'm really after black Leather/vinyl look, ever-so slight bucket. Ideas?
Anything come close to that BOXY?
Cheers chaps!
Re: Any replacement front seats that slid straight in?
Posted: 20 Aug 2011, 13:16
by BOXY
Anything come close to that BOXY?
I didn't want to go down the drill and bolt route so nothing I looked at was going to work. There were plenty of bucket style seats but most would have ended up too high with the slide & tilt mech still attached. I've see a van with full five point harness style recaros fitted, try looking for "rally seats" on ebay. I think because that sort of seat has got a flat base it might be easier to bodge in than something out of a normal car.