seats fitted into a mk1

hi all

i am new to this and not even got a mk1 as of yet, but i was wondering about putting seats into a mk1.

i have looked at loads on the tinterweb and most have uprated front and rear seats in that some dont even come out of a golf mk1 or 2.

i seen a lush cabby for sale in ebay thats near edingbourgh that has serria cosworth leather recaro front and rear seats
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1991-VOLKSWAGEN-GOLF-CABRIOLET-GREEN-/260871457507?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item3cbd268ae3.

does it matter what seats you were to put in a cabby as long as they fit in the head room and they tilt forward ?
and they rear ones ?

if someone has maybe a list of possibles that would go in with only a few tweeks?

Right, the biggest problem you'll have with fitting seats from another car is getting them to fit the mk1 floor runners. I fitted a set of naughty RS2000 Recaros once and ended up cutting up some old seats that I had and re welding them to fit both Recaro bolt holes and Golf mk1 floor runners.

Don't worry about head room, think more about how you can make the subframes strong and fit well.

If you can weld, then pretty much any seat'll fit

I once put these in my cabby lasted 8 mths then saw the light and went back to standard seats but to put the blue ones in I had to make and weld my own frames in the floor, easyish if you can weld.

A5OPY said

I once put these in my cabby lasted 8 mths then saw the light and went back to standard seats but to put the blue ones in I had to make and weld my own frames in the floor, easyish if you can weld.

Andy, were you having a mid life crisis?  8O

Just my opinion but I seriously dont like them seats  :?

Glad you saw the light  8)

GAMMYGOLFGTI said

A5OPY said

I once put these in my cabby lasted 8 mths then saw the light and went back to standard seats but to put the blue ones in I had to make and weld my own frames in the floor, easyish if you can weld.

Andy, were you having a mid life crisis?  8O

Just my opinion but I seriously dont like them seats  :?

Glad you saw the light  8)

to answer your question  YES I was  I called it my Blue period, thankfully I did see the light sold them on ebay to some other 40 going on 20yrs old

Shame you sold them, because they add at least 10 internet bhp.

paul_c said

Shame you sold them, because they add at least 10 internet bhp.

your right and if you look closely the blue gear knob and handbrake gator i took them off as well, the car never ran as good after that :?



 

yea i cant weld at all never tried.

so is it that for a stright swap for the mk1 seats are mk1s and mk2s seats.

I have seen on ebay a set of recaros that has mk2 runners welded on it but they say they fit a mk2 and mk3.

Oh dear god what were you thinking?

A5OPY said