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Offline LowlifeDubber

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Porsche seats into MK3?
« on: 02 March 2011, 21:05 »
Ayup,ive been looking for a mint set of mk3 vr6 leather seats,but ive seen Porsce tombstones on ebay fairly cheap that look sexyfull.
Are there any tried and tested Porsche seats that fit in a mk3 with just the obvious mods to subframes?
Im talking front seats as i wil just get mk3 rears.

Or what else fits into mk3s without them looking too wide etc?
S3
Cupra
Ibiza

Did a search but nothing slapped me in the face.

Cheers.

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Re: Porsche seats into MK3?
« Reply #1 on: 02 March 2011, 21:28 »
Nothing fits straight in due tothe mk3 subframes, easy enough to sort with a welder etc.

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Re: Porsche seats into MK3?
« Reply #2 on: 02 March 2011, 21:40 »
most seats on any car other than standard normally need subframes made up or fabricating old mk3 subframes to fit..
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Re: Porsche seats into MK3?
« Reply #3 on: 02 March 2011, 22:36 »
Im not phased by the fabrication,as im in engineering but i just wondered what worked,size wise,its hard to get a grasp of the size of things without seeing them,which is difficult.
Been loking at these,which i like,but not too sure how high they will sit etc.
Might just buy some and have a look,then sell them on if they look wanky pants. :smiley:

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Re: Porsche seats into MK3?
« Reply #4 on: 02 March 2011, 23:31 »
Im not phased by the fabrication,as im in engineering but i just wondered what worked,size wise,its hard to get a grasp of the size of things without seeing them,which is difficult.
Been loking at these,which i like,but not too sure how high they will sit etc.
Might just buy some and have a look,then sell them on if they look wanky pants. :smiley:

Porsche seats will be fine, Ibiza and S3 are also good choices, will not be any bigger than standard.

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Re: Porsche seats into MK3?
« Reply #5 on: 02 March 2011, 23:44 »
Lovely job,cheers Wayne.
Hopefully whatever seats i get in the front,will have the same shade black leather as the standard mk3s.Otherwise it will be retrim time which i dont really want to do just yet.

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Re: Porsche seats into MK3?
« Reply #6 on: 02 March 2011, 23:47 »
Lovely job,cheers Wayne.
Hopefully whatever seats i get in the front,will have the same shade black leather as the standard mk3s.Otherwise it will be retrim time which i dont really want to do just yet.

It will be close enough

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Re: Porsche seats into MK3?
« Reply #7 on: 03 March 2011, 08:17 »
Lovely job,cheers Wayne.
Hopefully whatever seats i get in the front,will have the same shade black leather as the standard mk3s.Otherwise it will be retrim time which i dont really want to do just yet.

It will be close enough

Close enough isnt good enough :grin:

We will see anyway.

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Re: Porsche seats into MK3?
« Reply #8 on: 03 March 2011, 22:28 »
Yes been there.. Done that. Can be fitted to moddes mk3 subframes.

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Re: Porsche seats into MK3?
« Reply #9 on: 04 March 2011, 16:08 »
Very nice.
Im taking it you have the grey leather in the back?

Did the subframes take much welding?Are they manual or electric adjustment?