Ford Transit Forum

by **Valsheda** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 12:21 pm

I NEARLY BOUGHT A PAIR OF NICE RECARO SEATS , BUT I COULDNT FIND ANYONE WHO SOLD SUBFRAMES TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE THE SEATS IN THE TRANSIT , I HAVE TWO SINGLE SEATS IN THE FRONT OF MY VAN AS STANDARD , SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A SIMPLE JOB BY BUYING THE FRAMES AND USING THE BOLTING POINTS OF THE ORIGINAL SEATS

HAVE ANY OF YOU GONE DOWN THIS ROAD BEFORE TRYING TO FIT DIFFERENT SEATS YOUR VAN :?:

by **FredTransit** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 12:39 pm

Should have bought the seats mate. We usually bolt the Mk3 seats to a home made subframe, and bolt the seat and frame to the van in the original positon. Sometimes the seats can be unbolted from the subframe and just bolted to the runners, depends on the style. Where theres a will theres a way!

by **FredTransit** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 12:47 pm

Forgot to mention we had a recaro in our Mk1 with the same principle!

by **Valsheda** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 12:54 pm

THANKS FOR YOUR INPUT ON THIS FRED , WITH YOUR HOME MADE FRAMES IS IT JUST A BOX STYLE FRAME , THEN DRILL THE HOLES FOR BOLTING THE SEAT TO THE FRAME AND THE FRAME TO THE FLOOR ???

by **FredTransit** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 12:59 pm

Yes, that's about right, I can do you some pics if you like!

by **Valsheda** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 1:06 pm

YES PLEASE FRED , THAT WOULD BE GREAT , THEN I CAN FIND SOMEONE TO KNOCK THE FRAMES UP READY FOR WHEN I CHOOSE TO BUY ANOTHER PAIR OF SEATS ,

MANY THANKS MATE

by **MrMPuk** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 1:10 pm

Speak to Greyvanman, he's got 2 single seats in the front not sure what type but they look good.

by **FredTransit** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 1:16 pm

I have the pics but the camera is messing about, will shut down the 'puter and get back to you!

by **FredTransit** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 1:37 pm

I'm back! This is a late Mk3 seat fitted to Mk2 chassis cab. This particular fitting is actually much more simple than I remember, just a simple large angle bracket bolted to the seat then to the original runner -

If you can get them, maybe the Mk2 runner might be the best for the job, I don't know what the Mk3 looks like, maybe you can alter that to fit the seats. Hope this helps!

by **Valsheda** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 1:59 pm

THERE GREAT PICS FRED , YOU'VE MADE IT LOOK ALOT EASIER THAN I THOUGHT THE JOB WAS , BUT THEN WHAT I CALL AN EASY JOB CAN GO ON FOR DAYS :lol:

by **FredTransit** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 2:02 pm

Valsheda wrote:THERE GREAT PICS FRED , YOU'VE MADE IT LOOK ALOT EASIER THAN I THOUGHT THE JOB WAS , BUT THEN WHAT I CALL AN EASY JOB CAN GO ON FOR DAYS

You're right there! Some of our seats (4 sets to date) do have a bit of a frame, it depends where they split/bolt from the existing frame, but this gives you the idea.