front seat fitting

trying to fit i think mk2 front seats to mk1 pasenger is like fitting square peg in round hole they came with project am i missing some thing

I thought they would direct fit…..
You did get the right set of glides for them?

As the standard mk1 is different than the CAbriolet mk1.

I believe the forward / aft lever has to be mounted to the other side of the centre run bar.

If they're mk3 seats then the legs at the back need to be moved in board by 60mm or so I believe.

Where are they not fitting    

Briano1234 said

I thought they would direct fit…..
You did get the right set of glides for them?

As the standard mk1 is different than the CAbriolet mk1.

glides broke now so will get new but dont want to go in without glides on

borednow said

I believe the forward / aft lever has to be mounted to the other side of the centre run bar.

If they're mk3 seats then the legs at the back need to be moved in board by 60mm or so I believe.

Where are they not fitting    

the drivers seat goes straight in but the glides at the back of seat pivot on that one .the pasenger glides are fixed they seem to want to send the front of the seat to low so when you lift the front up to put center guide in it tightens up at rear. hope you can understand all that

shilly said

trying to fit i think mk2 front seats to mk1 pasenger is like fitting square peg in round hole they came with project am i missing some thing

I'm currently on with this myself,

https://vwgolfmk1.org.uk/forum/index.php?page=topicview&type=findpost&id=1564068

I can confirm you will need to move the lever position as it's on the opposite side to a MK1 seat.

shilly said

borednow said

I believe the forward / aft lever has to be mounted to the other side of the centre run bar.

If they're mk3 seats then the legs at the back need to be moved in board by 60mm or so I believe.

Where are they not fitting    

the drivers seat goes straight in but the glides at the back of seat pivot on that one .the pasenger glides are fixed they seem to want to send the front of the seat to low so when you lift the front up to put center guide in it tightens up at rear. hope you can understand all that

Yup understand completely, I had a similar problem when trying to fit mk1 polo bases

If the centre runner will fit in the channel without the legs in place then the legs are too short, hence the angle problem. Looks like you'll need to lengthen the legs a bit so the centre guide runs straight.

Probably