In a message dated 9/9/03 12:25:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Shawn.Luft@COMPLETIONS.BOMBARDIER.COM writes:
> I am just curious.. but can you please tell me what you dislike about the > vanagon seats? Personally I've been very happy with my own, and I > particular enjoy the swivel base. > > i wasnt talking about eliminating the swival base - which i have added to the front pass seat of my pass van - just changing to more comfortable seats. i currently have capt chairs/front seats from a low mileage '91 carat in my 84 van. while the seats are in excellent shape, i dislike the lack of support at the front edge of the seatbottom as thers have said. there is not enough support under the back of my thigh. i also dislike the lack of a seatback adjustment knob or height adjustment lever that VW put in its golf/jetta/passats of the same vintage. VW should have engineered these features into the vanagon seats at the same time too. and yes, the headrests are useless as a comfort feature. i have added adjustable/padded leather headrests from a Merkur Xr4Ti (theyre pretty much a drop in deal to the existing vanagon seats as the headrest posts have the same dimensions) the problem is that most VW / Audi passenger car seats have the typical 3 point mount. which, isnt really compatable to the vanagon without extensive modification to the seatbase. maybe i will go back and look at the merkur Xr4Ti seats thremselves..and see if they can be adapted to the vanagon.. those are very comfortable seats (they even have inflatable lumbar/side bolster supports).. chris |
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