Why not remove the arm rests from the door panel? Remove door panel, remove two screws (or three), replace door panel. Works for me. Jim
On Jun 29, 2011, at 9:16 PM, Bret Berger wrote: > Alan, > > I can speak to the issues of the newer seats in an 82 Westy. I put > them > in a few years ago. > > The doors will not close (properly) if the arm rests on the outside of > each seat are in the down position. They will also not close if the > seats are moved far forward (even with the seat arm rests up). The > arm > rest on the door interferes with the arm rests on the seats. > > When my vertically challenged 16 year old daughter started driving the > van I was forced to remove the outside driver's side arm rest because > the door would not close when she moved the seat full forward. |
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