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levi Samba Member
Joined: February 11, 2005 Posts: 5522 Location: Las Vegas
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Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 11:12 am Post subject: How about Subaru seats in a Vanagon? |
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Anyone done this?
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=498596
Wonder what would be involved? Just attaching the rails from the vanagon over?
If anyone has done this, I'm interested in your impressions. _________________ One of these days I'm gonna settle down,
but till I do I won't be hangin round.
Going down that long lonesome highway,
gonna see life my way
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Rhinoculips Samba Member
Joined: August 08, 2005 Posts: 918 Location: Keystone, Colorado
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Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 11:22 am Post subject: |
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Out of curiousity....
Have you already tried to contact the seller of the van that you linked to? He would seem to be a logical place to start.
I like the look, but think I would miss having the armrests. _________________ “May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.” - Edward Abbey
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ratfarmer_vw Samba Member
Joined: August 01, 2006 Posts: 53 Location: Redmond, WA
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Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 12:46 pm Post subject: |
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I remember Brain at Smallcar talking about doing this last time I was at his shop. He said that he was working on some brackets. |
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goffoz Samba Member
Joined: May 09, 2007 Posts: 1486
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Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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I'm doing a SVX conversion, and I have the whole car to mess with...
So I put the nice, all leather, powered Svx seats in the van just to test fit
....and althought they look really cool, recline alot further, and are much easier to operate....and just plain better built.
My impressions are that they would be uncomfortable for long drives.
they sit too high,and the angle under your thigh is too steep for easy pedal operation...If you were over 6' tall and had disproportioately long legs they may be perfect.
...But for me, at 5' 8" with stumpy legs...no
The grey color is even a good match to the vanagon interior
..and I could care less about the loss of the armrests....never use em.
Ive have considered using some Nissan frontier arm rests on the doors with all the window and lock controls, they fit nice....just haven't been able to find them in my color yet |
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pete000 Samba Member
Joined: July 29, 2004 Posts: 642 Location: Ocala FL
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Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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They look like they sit a bit high. _________________ 1990 Vanagon RS 2.1
1967 Deluxe 21 window
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Koni Shocks
H & R Red Springs
Addco Sway Bars Front-Rear
18 X 7.5 and 18 X 8 OEM Porsche Wheels
Recaro Power-Heated seats |
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spitsnrovers Samba Member
Joined: December 17, 2005 Posts: 924 Location: Calgary, Canada
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Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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I mounted Ford Clubwagon seats for several reasons - softer on the butt than VW; and power slide/tilt/lumbar support and both armrests (I use mine a lot). They're great, though as mentioned are taller which led to other problems.
The driver's seat took a lot of bracket fabricating.
A writeup at www.griffco.ca/interest. if you're interested. |
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levi Samba Member
Joined: February 11, 2005 Posts: 5522 Location: Las Vegas
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Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:11 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for that...
Done some interesting things to your vanagon. A tilt steering wheel! Like that dash cup holder too. _________________ One of these days I'm gonna settle down,
but till I do I won't be hangin round.
Going down that long lonesome highway,
gonna see life my way
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scott_79bay Samba Member
Joined: July 27, 2007 Posts: 234 Location: Seattle - C.D.
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:01 am Post subject: |
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Goffoz, what was involved in putting in those seats? Swapping brackets, or?
Thanks _________________ 1979 Sunroof Bus
2.0 FI |
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NorthernStar Samba Member
Joined: September 29, 2005 Posts: 62
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:22 am Post subject: On the subject of armrests |
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On the subject of armrests - my 84 Westfalia doesn't have them and they are really hard to find. Does anybody know of any from other models of van or car that fit the Westy seat? Thanks. |
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xlr8r Samba Member
Joined: February 12, 2008 Posts: 82 Location: seattle
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 12:01 pm Post subject: |
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ratfarmer_vw wrote: |
I remember Brain at Smallcar talking about doing this last time I was at his shop. He said that he was working on some brackets. |
Brian did fabricate some brackets to make this work. They are welded to the OEM brackets to accept the Subaru seats.
Not sure if they are available off the shelf but they do have the know how to make it work. _________________ 1991- Seven passenger with 3.3 SVX ; 1987 - Seven Passenger with 2.5 Subaru |
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Crughy Samba Member
Joined: July 12, 2004 Posts: 576 Location: Montreal, Qc
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 12:26 pm Post subject: |
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Anyone looks into Previa?
They had some nice leather seat. Did not seem to be very high (engine below).
They had armrests.
JP |
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mbcbags Samba Member
Joined: February 22, 2008 Posts: 68 Location: Seattle
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Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:16 am Post subject: |
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I just spoke with Brian and he confirmed that he had some brackets made up. Mostly just to get rid of the seats that came out of his engine doner vehicles. It sounded like you could either bolt or weld them on, but we didn't get into too many of the details. I plan on paying him a visit to talk it over more and get all of the dirt on the install.
We talked about the seat height and he's been running Subaru seats in his van without any problems. He did say that if you were shorter it might not be the best option. _________________ I'm horizontally opposed; what's your problem? |
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felixthevolks Samba Member
Joined: April 09, 2006 Posts: 112 Location: Williamsburg, VA
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Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 10:28 am Post subject: |
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I'd be interested in hearing the comfort level on long trips. The two Subarus I have driven (rented Outback and Forrrester) made my back sing opera after two hours. I wonder if settign them up higher helps? (I'm 6'4" so shoul be ok there) |
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OzzieJo Samba Member
Joined: December 27, 2015 Posts: 251 Location: NSW, Australia
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Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 3:13 am Post subject: Re: how about subaru seats in a vanagon? |
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Just reviving this thread to see if anyone has had any success in pulling this off. If so pics and and an explanation please. |
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wesitarz Samba Member
Joined: August 20, 2012 Posts: 1491 Location: Victoria,B.C.Canada
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riceye Samba Member
Joined: March 09, 2006 Posts: 1661 Location: Caledonia, WI
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Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 9:02 am Post subject: Re: how about subaru seats in a vanagon? |
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Oh gawd. You're gunna make Casey's head explode. _________________ '87 Westy Weekender - daily driver on salt-free roads
There's gonna be some changes made.
“I find that things usually go well right up until the moment they don't.” - Ahwahnee
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Zeitgeist 13 Samba Member
Joined: March 05, 2009 Posts: 12115 Location: Port Manteau
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Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 10:16 am Post subject: Re: how about subaru seats in a vanagon? |
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Some people's kids... |
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stars7 Samba Member
Joined: July 16, 2018 Posts: 6 Location: Guelph
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Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2020 4:16 pm Post subject: Re: how about subaru seats in a vanagon? |
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Also interested, I have seats from an 05 LGT thats soon to be scrapped... _________________ 1987 Syncro tin top
1984 Westy - Sold
1988 Westy - sold |
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Abscate Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 22665 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2020 6:09 pm Post subject: Re: how about subaru seats in a vanagon? |
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riceye wrote: |
Oh gawd. You're gunna make Casey's head explode. |
First they came for the seats, and I don’t have a seat, so I was silent
Then came the engines... _________________ .ssS! |
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