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Single passenger seat in mk8

Postby Digahole78 » Wed Apr 28, 2021 1:40 pm

Just a quick post to show my single passenger seat. I opted for a drivers seat and base as it was £120 vs ££700+ for the real passenger seat. The seat and base I used was from a custom and fitted my mk8 350 perfectly. Pretty easy job. Seat belt anchor and latch swap around no problem. You need to tap one of the holes to m12 but stud already has correct size hole so no drilling. Spent longer removing the bench seat than I did fitting the new seat.
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Re: Single passenger seat in mk8

Postby Altransit » Wed Apr 28, 2021 6:50 pm

Nice 8) :D

Is the dog a careful driver :mrgreen:
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Re: Single passenger seat in mk8

Postby Digahole78 » Wed Apr 28, 2021 7:47 pm

Is the dog a careful driver :mrgreen:[/quote]

She's a great driver until she spots a squirrel.
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Re: Single passenger seat in mk8

Postby Altransit » Wed Apr 28, 2021 9:39 pm

:lol: :lol:
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Re: Single passenger seat in mk8

Postby thebarber » Thu Apr 29, 2021 8:01 am

I wish I'd done this instead of swiveling the double, it's a pain in the arse and the convenience of not having to get out of the van to get into the back is bonus.
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Re: Single passenger seat in mk8

Postby Digahole78 » Thu Apr 29, 2021 8:34 am

thebarber wrote:I wish I'd done this instead of swiveling the double, it's a pain in the arse and the convenience of not having to get out of the van to get into the back is bonus.


It's really changed the feel of the van. Now feels like one big space. Swivels are next on the list once they are back in stock. Having passenger seat adjustment is also going to be a bonus on big journeys
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Re: Single passenger seat in mk8

Postby workbox » Mon May 03, 2021 8:28 pm

Digahole78 wrote:Just a quick post to show my single passenger seat. I opted for a drivers seat and base as it was £120 vs ££700+ for the real passenger seat. The seat and base I used was from a custom and fitted my mk8 350 perfectly. Pretty easy job. Seat belt anchor and latch swap around no problem. You need to tap one of the holes to m12 but stud already has correct size hole so no drilling. Spent longer removing the bench seat than I did fitting the new seat.


Where did you buy seat and base?
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Re: Single passenger seat in mk8

Postby Funkyjazzlover » Tue May 04, 2021 6:10 pm

That is worth knowing. Cheers!

I take it the arm rest can't be moved?
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Re: Single passenger seat in mk8

Postby dumper » Wed May 05, 2021 5:51 am

The armrest just bolts on I removed mine and put a large steel repair washer on mine to hold the seat fabric on the seat back to give more room to get my fat backside through the gap when moving into the back :lol:
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Re: Single passenger seat in mk8

Postby Funkyjazzlover » Wed May 05, 2021 12:41 pm

dumper wrote:The armrest just bolts on I removed mine and put a large steel repair washer on mine to hold the seat fabric on the seat back to give more room to get my fat backside through the gap when moving into the back :lol:


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Re: Single passenger seat in mk8

Postby 16footgoose » Thu May 06, 2021 12:16 pm

That looks really good! I was looking for a single passenger seat for my Custom but gave up when I saw it was going to cost a grand or so. If it's a pretty easy swap then I think I'm going to do the same. There aren't any matching cloth seats on eBay at the moment but it's worth the wait for those sorts of savings.
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Re: Single passenger seat in mk8

Postby Digahole78 » Thu May 06, 2021 7:10 pm

Where did you buy seat and base?[/quote]

Ebay. Both from a custom and identical to the drivers seat and base in my mk8 350
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Re: Single passenger seat in mk8

Postby Digahole78 » Thu May 06, 2021 7:13 pm

16footgoose wrote:That looks really good! I was looking for a single passenger seat for my Custom but gave up when I saw it was going to cost a grand or so. If it's a pretty easy swap then I think I'm going to do the same. There aren't any matching cloth seats on eBay at the moment but it's worth the wait for those sorts of savings.


I was expecting it to be more complicated than it was. Huge saving over buying genuine passenger seat.
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Re: Single passenger seat in mk8

Postby 16footgoose » Sat May 15, 2021 9:22 am

Digahole78 wrote:Just a quick post to show my single passenger seat. I opted for a drivers seat and base as it was £120 vs ££700+ for the real passenger seat. The seat and base I used was from a custom and fitted my mk8 350 perfectly. Pretty easy job. Seat belt anchor and latch swap around no problem. You need to tap one of the holes to m12 but stud already has correct size hole so no drilling. Spent longer removing the bench seat than I did fitting the new seat.


Thanks Digahole78, you have saved me several hundred pounds! :D You are a legend.

After a few days of waiting a single drivers seat came up on eBay with my cloth pattern and with a base too (which not very many seats seem to come with??)

£204 with free delivery from a scrappy up north somewhere, which arrived the very next day (!!!) on a pallet. Taking the massive torx head M12 bolts out took a bit of muscle but it wasn't too bad. One hole needed tapping to M12 like you said and I had to cut a hole in the carpet for the base foot, but it was pretty simple. Seatbelt and buckle swapped over easily. Spent some time trying to figure out how to re-route the wire for the buckle and then eventually realised the seat isn't connected anyway so just pulled the wire out.

Some bits left to tidy up now. The studs on the LHS of the base for the handbrake need to come off and be painted, and after removing the armrest it's left a metal mount poking out of the seat but I think I'll 3D print a black cover that will slip over it and look tidy. Now I just need to find a way to fill all the gaps in the carpet where the double base was and it's job done! If I can sell my double seat for £50 then it's £154 spent and I am very happy.
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Re: Single passenger seat in mk8

Postby Digahole78 » Sat May 15, 2021 10:15 pm

That great to hear. I posted my results after seeing a few vague posts saying it could be done but nothing that gave me full confidence. With regard to gap left in carpet, I have opted to extend ply floor from rear into that area as I'm doing a camper / work van conversion. Seems to have worked nicely. I left those studs on for now just in case I find a use for them but no doubt I'll cut them off at some point. If you come up with any nice designs for 3d printed covers please do share.
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