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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: Gloves88 on 29 July 2009, 10:01
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I have a little issue that I think I can solve but need to ask if it'll work.
Basically I only just fit into the car lol...got the seat in the lowest position and my head still touches the roof. Being a German car you'd have thought it would cater well for tall people lol :grin:
I'm pretty sure I read that I can fit corrado seats as the sub frame fits. Also heard that the corrado seats are a little lower? Is this correct? This would hopefully give me a little more head room lol
Only thing is that I like the material that I currently have on the seats so....would it be possible to transfer the foam and covering from my GTi seats onto the lower corrado sub frames?
If i cant do this i'd like to fit the rear corrado bench as well to get everything matching, does it fit no probs?
Basically:
1. Do corrado front seats fit?
2. Are the corrado seats lower than mk2 ones?
3. Can the mk2 gti trim be transferred to the corrado sub frames and still sit lower?
4. Does the corrado rear bench fit?
If anyone here could advise it'd be much appreciated :smiley:
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1 yes
2 yes
3 no
4 yes if you weld in the corrado bench brackets or make a frame to attach rado bench to mk2 hard points
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Cheers
Can I get scirocco or corrado seats in the grey white red black seat pattern?
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i have sirrocco seats in mine for the very same reason, so dose diamondhell
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And I run Rado seats in my trackcar as they're much lower. Proabably the best 80's seat VW produced. Much more supportive and comforatble than the golf ones.
nick
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you can move the seat back another 'click' if you drill out the last hole on the rail that usually holds the sprung adjusting pin and bolt it through the mount. only drawback is its not quickly adjustable. im guessing if your heads hitting the ceiling your legs are a bit cramped as well :laugh:
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I had corrado seats in my mk2 before I got my leathers and bassically u sit on the floor pan when in the lowest position.
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Just retrim them yourself, it's time consuming but not too hard. A pair of front scirocco seats I did a while ago, just need to make a rearbench I like the look of now.
Going to make a Recaro headrest for them as I like the shape of them rather than the thin standard type. Just need to take a mould of the Recaro headrest first.
(http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p89/bomp_bucket/Scirocco-fronts-02.jpg)
(http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p89/bomp_bucket/psngr-seat1.jpg)
Also, I think that the Toledo reabench fits straight in (1991 - 1999) as the Toledo was built around the MK2 Chassis. Two types:
(http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p89/bomp_bucket/Seat-Tol-rearbench--armrest-01.jpg)
(http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p89/bomp_bucket/Seat-Tol-rearbench-no-armrest-02.jpg)
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some scirocco seats can be had in MK2 patterns, I've seen them in the red/black stripe pattern, look nicer then the MK2 seats as well :)
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Just retrim them yourself, it's time consuming but not too hard. A pair of front scirocco seats I did a while ago, just need to make a rearbench I like the look of now.
Going to make a Recaro headrest for them as I like the shape of them rather than the thin standard type. Just need to take a mould of the Recaro headrest first.
Mate that looks bloomin awesome. Did you do that all yourself? Any idea how long it took? Does the black show dirt quite easily?
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Mate that looks bloomin awesome. Did you do that all yourself? Any idea how long it took? Does the black show dirt quite easily?
Well I did them while watching the telly in the evenings, so took me about 2 months :grin: and I hand sewed them because I haven't got a machine. It would have been alot quicker with a machine no doubt.
I picked the old thread out the seats and reused the original black piping, then used the seperate sections of the seats as a template for the new cloth.
The dirt doesn't show too bad, I left them sat there for quite a while so they gathered a bit of dust and had kids chocolate fingers on them, so I vacuum cleaned them and rubbed the chocolate off with a damp cloth, so back to new again, but they're up in the attic now, until I do the other bits, as I would want them to wear in a uniform fasion (exposure to light etc).
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Dude - how f**king tall are you?
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Mate that looks bloomin awesome. Did you do that all yourself? Any idea how long it took? Does the black show dirt quite easily?
Well I did them while watching the telly in the evenings, so took me about 2 months :grin: and I hand sewed them because I haven't got a machine. It would have been alot quicker with a machine no doubt.
I picked the old thread out the seats and reused the original black piping, then used the seperate sections of the seats as a template for the new cloth.
The dirt doesn't show too bad, I left them sat there for quite a while so they gathered a bit of dust and had kids chocolate fingers on them, so I vacuum cleaned them and rubbed the chocolate off with a damp cloth, so back to new again, but they're up in the attic now, until I do the other bits, as I would want them to wear in a uniform fasion (exposure to light tec).
That is VERY impressive!! Was only able to see the pics now that I'm back from work. Think I might have a go a doing something like that myself....will see if i can retrim a set of corrado seats to look like the originals.
Understand how you would join all the parts etc but how did you attach all the piping again?
Thanks everyone for all your suggestions....going to have a look into it all. Anyone have some pics of a corrado or scirocco interior in their car?
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Dude - how f**king tall are you?
I'm 6'3, which means that the top of my head keeps brushing the roof lining (thats with the seat as far down as it'll go)...is a bit annoying. Would be nicer if i was even just an inch lower.
(I guess i could always tilt my back rest further back but i dont find the lying back driving position very comfortable :))
Plus like the suggestion by veedubgti16v for getting the seat a little further back (cheers for that :wink:), does always feel like one click further back would be better :)
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Corrado seats go ridiculously low, and are really really comfy! :tongue:
Other option is... open the sunroof? :grin:
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Understand how you would join all the parts etc but how did you attach all the piping again?
That was a bit awkward to work out to begin with, because you have to sew the cloth inside out and have the piping run against its original bend, as it wants to stay the shape that it has taken over the years it has been on the seats. But once it is turned the right way round once the part is done, it then makes sense.
A good tip to making sure you dont gather more material on one side (if your hand sewing) is to make felt pen marks every 100mm on each piece of the material, and make sure they align as you go along. Otherwise it'll only show up when you put the cloth over the foam, and won't look right. No need to do it if using a machine though, because the foot will move both parts at the same time.
I just sewed through the original holes of the piping, and added a few more aswell. I tied bits of red cotton on the piping on bends and where the piping disapears into the seat on the lower bolsters, and made a felt pen mark on the inside of the cloth cloth where the red cotton was tied , so it would help me keep an eye on the piping and cloth being at the right place.
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I'm 6'1 and have no problems with even my hair brushing the lining. Are you sure you have the correct seat in the drivers side and not the non adjustable passenger seat in the wrong place? Chuff is taller than me and alot bigger too, and I don't think he has a problem, although he does look a little bit like Noddy! :laugh:
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Bomp that looks like very good job!
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Bomp, good job :afro:
Conker/Dave is also pretty tall and don't recall him mentioning anything. Perhaps your seat's height adjust is naffed and doesn't go all the way down? :huh:
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(http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p89/bomp_bucket/psngr-seat1.jpg)
Top work! :cool:
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Chuff is taller than me and alot bigger too, and I don't think he has a problem, although he does look a little bit like Noddy! :laugh:
Here he is at Bugjam 2009
(http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p89/bomp_bucket/Chuddy.jpg)
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:grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin:
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:laugh:
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You must be one seriously lanky c**t if you *really* don't fit in a Golf2 GTI stock seat. Either that, or you've got seriously stumpy legs. 6' 3" doesn't sound right not to fit in. Do you have really big hair or something?
With the Scirocco seats in my Golf they aren't on the lowest height setting and Chuff and I were tearing around Combe with helmets on without walloping them on the roof lining.
Your driver's seat DOES height adjust, doesn't it?
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Dude - how f**king tall are you?
I'm 6'3, which means that the top of my head keeps brushing the roof lining (thats with the seat as far down as it'll go)...is a bit annoying. Would be nicer if i was even just an inch lower.
(I guess i could always tilt my back rest further back but i dont find the lying back driving position very comfortable :))
Plus like the suggestion by veedubgti16v for getting the seat a little further back (cheers for that :wink:), does always feel like one click further back would be better :)
Im 6 foot 6 and 19 stone - I just angle the rake of the seat back - job done!
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I've put rado seat in the frount and back of mine and they much more comfortable than the golf seats. Only paid £49.99 for them from flybay to.
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I've put rado seat in the frount and back of mine and they much more comfortable than the golf seats. Only paid £49.99 for them from flybay to.
You got any pics of it mate?
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I'm 6'3'' as well which is why I asked. I don't have any bother, but if anyone wants to sit behind me they're in for an uncomfortable journey.
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i'm 6'3" and it's fine. get on with it.
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6 foot 5 inches here and again no problems with standard MK2 seats
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I'm 6'3'' as well and would not want to be a passenger in my own car. I would get a serious neck injury from bumping into the roof. That is me sitting up straight.
The Golf Plus was invented for a reason, guys! :wink:
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lol...I love how this has turned into a "How tall are you?" thread :laugh:
My seat seems to be working totally fine and I would have said that my hair is totally average lol
Just fancy a little more head room so going to look into getting some Corrado seats....retrimed in the original material and I think it would be perfect :smiley:
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I've put rado seat in the frount and back of mine and they much more comfortable than the golf seats. Only paid £49.99 for them from flybay to.
You got any pics of it mate?
I'm taking the back seats out some point this week when removing the wiring for my redundant amp and sub. So I'll take a few picks of the brackets my old man made up to fit the back seats.
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While were on the subject - can I interested anybody in my scirocco interior? :wink:
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=124158.msg1098352#msg1098352