Swiveling front seats for EuroVan Weekender?

[EuroVanNewbie]

[streamr]

I purchased the busdepot swivel. HEAVY and very well made. No instructions but it really can only go on one way. I had to remove the rear facing jumpseat bracket but I don't use that seat anyway. It's a little stiff so I hope that it loosens up a bit with more use. It raises the seat about 1 3/8" so I will not be installing one on the driver's seat since I'm 6'3" and my head would just about touch the ceiling.

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'03 MV

[le-coq]

For those with the CMC Swivel, with the loss in the under seat capacity on drivers side, if replacing aux with a lithium, would you be able to keep the aux location under the drivers seat? Looks like the GW LiFePo4 measures in at only approx 8x7x7.

[comet42]

Just installed the BusDepot / Sportscraft swivel into my '02 Weekender. No clearance issues with the jumpseat bracket at all. See pics below.

It looks like there's still room to cut about 1/2in out of the base without interference. I'll try it this way for a bit and may get more creative when the weather outside is warmer.

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86 Doka (Suby 2.2)
02 Eurovan Weekender (sold)
73 Squareback (sold)
79 Bus - Champagne Edition (sold)

[streamr]

[studioh]

[wtonya]

Would anyone be able to advise me on a 1993 Eurovan mv swivel seat adapter and the issues it is with the original seat belt? I can see my seat belt comes below the slider seat part. I remember reading a post about someone cutting the bottom of this belt off. The part that hangs below the sliders. However I can’t find this post to save my life. Does anyone have images and or advise on this issue?

[Joshwa]

I relocated my seatbelt receiver to the seat frame on my 93. That’s where they are mounted in the later model vans. Here’s the link to what I bought and had to do to install.

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=705245
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93 Weekender TDI conversion (AHU)
93 MV TDI conversion (1Z)
Weekender rear cot
Late model cabin air filter on 93
Euro spec bumper install on 93

[wtonya]

[Joshwa]

Yes, that's what I did essentially. I cut down the support on a seat belt receiver that I already had. I could have used the receiver from the van, but I already had a compatible one from a Passat loose, to work with. I was going to use the vans receiver to do the same if I made an error setting up the Passat receiver.
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93 Weekender TDI conversion (AHU)
93 MV TDI conversion (1Z)
Weekender rear cot
Late model cabin air filter on 93
Euro spec bumper install on 93

[wtonya]

[spacetiger]

Has anyone tried using this product?
https://www.svbaccessories.co.uk/shop#!/products/vw-t4-swivel-base

Here is a video of it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU63SgeBc-U

Three thoughts:

- A bit pricey, but it is a direct bolt in and retains seat height.
- might loose the passenger rear facing seat... but there may be a possibility to reattach the back facing seat brace/stud since their base is made of metal.
- You loose the 2nd battery under the driver seat... but I was thinking of redoing the cooler option/2nd battery with a different solar/electrical set up as there has been much advancement in this area since 2002.

Jerry

[HeyCrutch]

If you camp in an EVC you really appreciate all the space between the downstairs bed and the front seats. When we bought our weekender and drove it home from California, we found that we had to remove the jumpseat at night, and with the passenger seat in a fixed-forward position, it felt like there was just NO room when you got out of bed.

My solution was to swap the passenger seat base from the Weekender over to the EVC, in the driver's position, which I would rotate backwards maybe once every blue moon. (Having the weekender base in the EVC also provides a little extra storage up front in a van where we make use of every possible storage spot there is.)

Now when we sleep in the Weekender, as we have been this week, with no jump seat, and the passenger's seat swiveled, it really feels like things are quite roomy at night. Not on same scale as an EVC, with its extra wheelbase, but way roomier than the original setup. Having a seat to put shoes on when you're about to step outside for the first time in the morning is a must for me.

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-2003 EV MV Wk - Forest - 51k
-2002 EV Camper - Ghost - 82k
-2003 EV GLS - Fluffhead - 176k

-1997 EVC - 12vVR6 (SOLD 5/2025)

[ravvlet]

[Tom Clark]

When using the Sportcraft swivel, you do not need to remove the passenger side jump seat bracket, just the jump seat itself.

The swivel was the first thing I installed on our 2003 Weekender.
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2003 MV Weekender

[67rustavenger]

[ravvlet]

[HeyCrutch]