In a message dated 9/23/00 1:11:51 AM Eastern Daylight Time, sneakers@OZ.NET writes: << Markus: yup, they do fit (with some minor mods as I recall) but if you have the seat swivels like in the campers, you might not want to go this route. The Audi seats are a good bit higher in the seat portion than the vanagon seats, and combine that with the extra height of the swivels, a friend who >> did you REALLY put audi seats in your van? i thought about it, but the brackets are TOTALLY different..and it would involve hacking off the audi brackets and welding on some brackets to bolt them down, and then youd lose your ability to move them front and back because you need the stock brackets to ride in the track, then youd have to wire up something to get the power back to them.., and ..and..and.. forget it.....too much of a PITA. chris '86 Audi 5k turbo with nice seats that wont fit in a vanagon... |
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