Author Topic: Seat Bolsters  (Read 1721 times)

Offline Uruk Hai

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Seat Bolsters
« on: 12 January 2007, 13:14 »
I'm thinking of renewing the foam piece on the bottom of my drivers seat, my question is would the foam from any other MK2 GTI fit my 91 model, the seats are grey with red stripes as per the later MK2's, ant advice appreciated, thanks  :smiley:

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Re: Seat Bolsters
« Reply #1 on: 12 January 2007, 13:41 »
I think i read on here somewhere 90 spec seats are different, try doing a search.
Good luck because it's a b!tch of a job !  :shocked:
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Re: Seat Bolsters
« Reply #2 on: 12 January 2007, 15:50 »
yup 90+ seats have different shaped bolsters.  Swapping the seat base fabric/bolsters over is an easy job, but the backrest is a little more fiddly.
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Re: Seat Bolsters
« Reply #3 on: 12 January 2007, 18:12 »
Thanks for that chaps, I'll know which bit to get now. I'm guessing that the 90 > ones are still one piece ?

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Re: Seat Bolsters
« Reply #4 on: 12 January 2007, 18:36 »
yep 1 piece :)
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Re: Seat Bolsters
« Reply #5 on: 13 January 2007, 11:10 »
swapping a pre90 seat base is bloody fiddly as its all one piece!!! alot of cursing involved!!

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Re: Seat Bolsters
« Reply #6 on: 13 January 2007, 12:50 »
you just need patience, I can do a seat base swap in about 20 mins or less now  :grin:
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Re: Seat Bolsters
« Reply #7 on: 13 January 2007, 13:38 »
yup 90+ seats have different shaped bolsters.

Are they the same shape as corrado seats then, just without the lower subframe?

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Re: Seat Bolsters
« Reply #8 on: 13 January 2007, 13:44 »
unfortunatly not, the rado bolsters are seperate for a start!
I think the MK3 GTI seats have the same bolsters & fabric though, but not 100% sure.  I know for a fact you can swap a MK3 base foam & fabric onto a MK2 base, which helps alot when you fit MK3 seats :)
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Re: Seat Bolsters
« Reply #9 on: 13 January 2007, 13:53 »
Oh right, that's a shame. I loved the way the corrado seats support you, but where the frame was so low the driving position ended up giving me a trapped nerve at the top of my leg. Not cool  :angry: