Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2016 18:11:34 -0700
Reply-To: Alistair Bel <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From: Alistair Bel <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject: Re: Town and country seats in vanagon
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Stephens points are good. The seats I'm putting in my friends van are from 2015 town and country, and I think that should be noted. I have no idea how earlier seats work in the vanagon.
And if I sounded subdued about how I think the seats feel it's only because I'm not one for hyperbole. Well not when it comes to seats :)
The seats were unused, in great shape. They look very sharp in the van, they do not look out of of place at all.
And at 150 a piece, they are a bargain.
I'd have them in my van with no hesitation.
Alistair
> On Apr 8, 2016, at 5:41 PM, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
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> I've been following the Samba thread since new and appreciate the find of a new seat. I put Eurovan seats in our Westy years ago and newer would be better. I also own an '05 Dodge Caravan (Town and Country clone) with the original version of Stow 'N Go. It's important to know that you want the later seats, from the '09-and-later vans and not the earlier ones. These are okay but feel that comfort was sacrificed for the handiness of folding; if they could be fitted it would not be worth the trouble. I recently sat in the back of a new van and those seats are much better, a different shape entirely, so those are the ones you want.
> Stephen
>
> On Friday, April 8, 2016 5:09 PM, James <jk_eaton@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
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>
> Let us know how those work out for long trips.
>
> The only long trip I've been on in a Town and Country, I found my lower back was not happy after a couple of hours (but that was an earlier Chrysler, not a 2015). Our '91 Vanagon's seats are good for a 12 hour drive!
>
> As a personal preference, I dislike leather seats (too hot and sweaty in the summer, too cold in the winter) but many others love them.
>
> James
> Ottawa, ON
> '91 Westy Weekender
>
>> Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2016 08:03:21 -0700
>> From: albell@SHAW.CA
>> Subject: Town and country seats in vanagon
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>
>> Good friend Simon was seduced by the seats shown in this samba thread, http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=649464
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>> They are second row, sto-and-go , seats from late model town and country caravan.
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>> So Simon bought a pair on EBay, black leather, heated, unused from a 2015 van. I just finished an adapter set up for the passenger side and did test fit on my van. Hope to get drivers side installed soon, and later the heated seat controllers.
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>> I have to say the seats are quite nice. More comfortable ( no long duration test yet) than the stock seats.
>>
>> anyway, a couple doc pics of the seat in my van here
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>> https://shufti.wordpress.com/
>>
>> Alistair
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