Alternative front seats.
Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2019 2:33 pm
Mulling over some winter projects and one is the consideration of changing the original comfort seats for something more....well, comfortable !
The price and availability of a pair of sport seats in parchment for my series one could be summed up by "too high and too low ". E30 items are the same now too.
I've looking at what manual seats in a light colour could be had that could be made to fit and be dyed to match the existing interior. All seem to be rare except E36 items.
Not Vaders , I'm thinking the stock coupe or compact items . We had a new 325 back in the day and they were comfortable seats iirc. One feature that attracts me is that I could have additional horizontal stitching done to mimick the original design.
Whatever seats could be fitted wouldl have to be discreet and look semi original.
I seem to remember a thread on fitting E36 seats but have not been able to find it .
Has anyone done it successfully or fitted other seats that look good ?
Bear in mind I'm 6'4" so seat height is an important factor.
Don
The price and availability of a pair of sport seats in parchment for my series one could be summed up by "too high and too low ". E30 items are the same now too.
I've looking at what manual seats in a light colour could be had that could be made to fit and be dyed to match the existing interior. All seem to be rare except E36 items.
Not Vaders , I'm thinking the stock coupe or compact items . We had a new 325 back in the day and they were comfortable seats iirc. One feature that attracts me is that I could have additional horizontal stitching done to mimick the original design.
Whatever seats could be fitted wouldl have to be discreet and look semi original.
I seem to remember a thread on fitting E36 seats but have not been able to find it .
Has anyone done it successfully or fitted other seats that look good ?
Bear in mind I'm 6'4" so seat height is an important factor.
Don