Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 13:35:22 -0700
Reply-To: Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
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From: Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Front Seat Upgrade............Cheap Alternative To Recaros?
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I bet the arm rests on both sides were planned to be universal so that
you can rotate the seats & anyone could leave the armrest on the door
side whether RHD or LHD, up & out of the way?
YMMV,
Mr. BZ-no arm rests at all
On Dec 8, 2008, at 1:18 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
> yeah, no kidding on those arm rests - very dumb design !
> Seat belt gets tangled in it too.
> Nuthin' wrong at all with having the arm rest on the
> door.......cause it
> automatically moves out of the way when you open the door - duh !
> VW designers would have been so proud to figure it out the other way
> ........
> where they always had put arm rests on the seats............to get the
> brilliant idea to move it to the door !
> On the other hand, having arm rests on the inboard side of the front
> seats
> is very nice.
>
> you can also add an arm rest from a door of an earlier vanagon. I
> have a few
> of those for sale.
> Scott
> turbovans
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "M'obeechi" <obeechi@RUNBOX.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 8:12 PM
> Subject: Re: Front Seat Upgrade............Cheap Alternative To
> Recaros?
>
>
> I hate those arm rests. Try getting out of your car in a hurry when
> one is
> flipped down. I'd rather have arm rests built into the front doors.
> Tossed
> my Carat arm rests a long time ago. Happier ever since.
>
> From: JordanVw@AOL.COM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Front Seat Upgrade............Cheap Alternative To
> Recaros?
>
>> In a message dated 12/7/08 11:42:54 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>> trvlr2001@COMCAST.NET writes:
>>
>>
>> > Stock Seats Are Terrible !!!!
>> > (In my humble butt's opinion !!! :o)
>> > I always put Carat Seats (with arm rests) in All of my Westys !!!
>> > ( removing the swivel on the Drivers side)
>> > And I use a gel pad too !!! :o)
>> > John C...
>> > SLC, UT
>> >
>> > ( the chorus ;o)
>> > skinny butt skinny butt skinny butt skinny butt
>> > I got me a skinny butt
>> > sometimes I take it down town
>> > & I give it a Strut
>> > skinny butt skinny butt skinny butt !!!!
>> >
>> > heh heh heh ;o)
>> >
>>
>> u might want to look into a butt donut too, john... :<)
>>
>> im not implying anything :<)
>>
>>
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