Had to figure out how i was going to fit the Boxster seats into the golf without having to hack the floorpan and still be able to fit original seats back if needed.
I first decided to use a height adjustable seat bases from some old seats that i had. They are lower than the standard and allow me to sit in the car without having my head on the headling. I chopped these from the rest of the seat and was left with this after trimming excess metal from them.
The seat was then placed i the car and aligned over and over until i was happy with the position. Because the seats are similar to the mk5 runners where you bolt to the floor, I had to position them so i could sit in them at there lowest point, and the mrs could use the height adjustment for the best driving position.
I Got some box tubing and Nuts and bolts from B&Q and made up some runners for the seats to bolt to.
I then had to mate this up to the mk3 seat runner. I used some more box section and welded them together after getting correct position. Here its shown with runners sprayed black.
The seat are electric and i wired them up to the fused board via a fuse and they are in and working nicely. [
] Very supportive too.
Wanted to add a bit more detail to the interior. I bought some black Colour Concept door cards but had the dilema of them not matching them with the seats. I looked into leather dyeing and rather than recolour the seats to black i decided to recolour the door cards.
I bought a small leather colourant kit from the
Furniture clinic as i was impressed with what was possible with their kits and thought it was the answer to what i needed.
I had to send a sample of leather from the seats so they could get an exact colour match.
Once i got the kit back i started to change the colour of the leather on the door cards.
Heres how i did one. It comes with good instructions and is very easy to do if you prepare it properly
I first masked the door card carefully around the leather panel that was to be dyed.
The panel was then prepped with the leather prep on a scotch pad. This removes the top layer of the leather. You then have to wipe the leather down with the alcohol cleaner to fully prep the leather for colour.
Once dry you then add some base coats of dye using a sponge. This was after 3 sponged on coats.
To get a better even finish the dye then should be sprayed on using the airbrush supplied.
You can see the streaks are gone and is starting to look like leather.
You then have to seal the leather to make it hard wearing and scuff resistant. This is a glossy finish. which is used first then i have to add a matt finish on top to match the finish on the seats.
Here's how it looks on the door. with the final finish.
And compared to the seats. Its a very good match and i'm impressed with the kit.[:*:]
I also did the rear door cards but not fitted yet until i sort out the rear seats.