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Alternative seats?

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 3:21 am
by mic
Are there any bucket seats that are a direct replacement for the original ones?

Re: Alternative seats?

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 12:15 pm
by ScottieJ
none are a direct fit however it is not hard to make adapters to fit most bottom mounted bucket seats to the original subframes.

Re: Alternative seats?

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 12:50 pm
by carnut
As scott said... ive fitted my buckets on the origanal runners.
But, i had to make a new base frame for them to sit on, as buckets are narrower than standard seats...

Re: Alternative seats?

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 2:37 pm
by mic
what about from other cars??

Re: Alternative seats?

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 4:05 pm
by carnut
whatever seats you buy,,, your going to have modiefy them to fit.. subaru seats are good. also rover 25 or simular.

Re: Alternative seats?

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 4:32 pm
by Tramp
my vote as always is swift gti, My Sj had some in when I bought it,

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but in the end I broke the drivers seat, so I put another set in except the drivers seat of the replacement set had fag burns in, so I had them re-covered in red leather and velour, and then i had the back seats and door cards re-covered to match!

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Luke A.K.A the SJ Pimp

sorry couldnt resist :lol: :lol: :lol: Scott

Re: Alternative seats?

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 9:21 pm
by mic
looks good! ive got me a seat but cant help but think it might look better with 2 of the same. it has quite a bit of padding so should be ok

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Re: Alternative seats?

Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 7:08 pm
by ben_moto501
Do Swift seats go straight in or do they need modifying?

Ben

Re: Alternative seats?

Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 3:20 pm
by Tramp
all seats that are fitted require some modification. The swift seats need fitting onto the original seats runners, you can bolt them on or weld them on, and that way the seats still run backwards and forwards like the originals with the passenger seat that still goes extra far forwad (which you need if your going to get passengers in the back)

luke

Re: Alternative seats?

Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 7:07 pm
by mic
havent seen how the seat runners bolt in i.e. to the floor or on supports, would these be ok to use instead of whatever is there now?!

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