[geeks] question about audi and jetta seats

[Mike Hebel]

Joshua D Boyd wrote:
 > I'm getting sick[1] of people saying nothing more helpfull than
 > they've never heard of it  being done.  I just want to know how hard
 > it would be.  I mean, people are taking seats from new VWs and putting
 > them in vintage beetles for crying out loud.

I don't know if it helps but there's only two ways that I've ever seen 
_any_ seats mounted in cars.

The first is the four-point bolt method with a bolt at each corner and 
the seat lifts out when all the bolts are removed.

The second is the two-bolt/tongue-flap method. That's where the front of 
the chair has two bolts and the back has two flat tongues of metal that 
slip into slots in the floorpan.  You unbolt the two front bolts and 
slide the chair forward before lifting it out of the car.

As for doing it - I've seen many people do it on differing vehicles. 
Usually that replace bench seats on older vehicles with buckets.  I 
considered using a pair of Ricaro buckets from a Golf in my '81 Dodge 
024 before I killed it.  If the bolts don't line up you'll have to weld 
though.

You "might" be able to get a body shop to answer your questions too but 
it depends on how well you know the people there

One more thing:  Measure the total height of the seat for comparison 
with your old one.  One of my friends put a larger seat in a much 
smaller car and was surprised to find that he couldn't put the seat all 
the way vertical because it touched the ceiling! ;-)


Mike Hebel