Swapping Seats
Hello
Does anyone have experience with replacing their seats with those from other cars?
I recently happened across a set of black leather seats from a BMW 7-series really nice with arm rests and whilst i envisaged some modification and fabrication the seats in my 280GE SWB are really quite narrow (i even considered fabricating a new centre console!!)
I'm thinking that the Recaro seats from a BMW E30 3-series might be a better fit but would like to know if anyone else has undertaken this type of modification.
Regards,
James
Hi James
I am in the process of fitting some retrimmed recaros to my swb 460 , i will post some pics up when i get a bit closer to completion.
Steve
I bought an old rear seat from E-bay to reuse the material , i have spent the day stripping the old seat , pressing and pattern making. results so far are promising. The recaro's i am using came from a rover i think ....£60 a pair and the old rear seat cost me £20 so if all goes to plan, i should have a decent pair of trimmed seats for less than £100 all in.
SK
seats from a 190 and its repacement the c-class are a close match in terms of width to a g-wagens seats; the backs are a direct swap and the bases can be used with a modicum of fettling
I thought about other merc seats but the thing about most Recaro's is that thecenter panels are seperate from the seat and are so easy to retrim. If you pick up some half leather recaro's only the center panel needs trimming so you dont need much material to match the original rear bench and door cards.
Steve
One down , one to go............
looking good mate !
i did similar on the 79 model restoration G front seats. [similar recaros]
rgds hus
looks really really nice..
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