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by **Vee Dub Nut** » 15 Thu May, 2008 7:55 pm

So I saw this posted over on the Samba.. but I figured I would bring up the question here..

I'm trying to figure out what I'm going to do about seats. Originally I planned to make a real nostalgic style buggy (including all stock vw gauges, steering wheel, seats, etc) but more and more I'm getting away from that and doing little custom touches. I know a lot of folks are using Fiero seats in their buggys..

What are yall using?

I'm heading out to the pick and pull to see what I can find. I looked at poly bucket seats too, but there not the most comfortable, and the only seat tracks that I can find are going to run around $150.. for that price I'm thinking about buying some buckets and getting them recovered.

Fiero seats were mentioned because they are narrow.. and the big advantage is that they easily bolt to a flat floor.

I'm pretty tall so I need to have an adjustable seat so the wife can get close enough to the pedals (assuming I can teach her to drive a stick) and I'm also trying to keep the budget low on this project.. so any ideas?

by **Bill K** » 15 Thu May, 2008 8:23 pm

I used '95 Pontiac Sunfire seats. If you can find seats narrow enough at a pick & pull, they are usually very cheap. In fact the place I got mine gave them to me. It's the recovering them that costs $$$$.

by **Aquabuggy** » 15 Thu May, 2008 8:23 pm

Vee Dub Nut wrote:I looked at poly bucket seats too, but there not the most comfortable,

That's an understatement! I had them in my first buggy my rear still hurts.
I really cant be of any help as Ive never built a buggy on a pan but Im sure you will get plenty of ideas at the blast.
Lookin forward to seeing ya there.

by **Vee Dub Nut** » 15 Thu May, 2008 8:54 pm

Bill K wrote:I used '95 Pontiac Sunfire seats. If you can find seats narrow enough at a pick & pull, they are usually very cheap. In fact the place I got mine gave them to me. It's the recovering them that costs $$$$.

How much did it cost you to get them recovered?

I'm still thinking that would be way cheaper than some of the other options...

I looked at some beard seat.. good grief :roll:

by **Keith Wenzel** » 15 Thu May, 2008 9:01 pm

I found a pair at the junk yard that went to an eclipse. They fit perfectly. I'll probably have them covered soon. They cost 75.00 for both and are in pretty good condition other than the color won't match the paint. The mounting brackets bolt right to the floor.

by **CoryN** » 15 Thu May, 2008 9:02 pm

These are what I am thinking of going with

A nice white lowback - easier for the kiddo's to get in the back.

by **Bill K** » 15 Thu May, 2008 10:08 pm

I think I paid around $175 - $200 per seat.

by **Carlton Dollery** » 16 Fri May, 2008 7:18 am

I used Toyota MR2 seats, paid $40.00 for them, had them recoved for almost $200.00 ea.

Those upholstery guys are high.

by **Vee Dub Nut** » 16 Fri May, 2008 7:55 am

Ouch.. that is high

We'll that might shoot down that idea.. I don't want to invest $500 in seats

Hrmm.. there's got to be a cheaper route

by **jspbtown** » 16 Fri May, 2008 8:09 am

Miata seats are another option. The sliders will bolt to a flat floor with little modification.

by **Buggy1** » 16 Fri May, 2008 8:10 am

How s this,

I have two new poly seats with brand new covers - not going to use them do to buggy change of designe. They are free if you want to ome pick them up.

by **Bill K** » 16 Fri May, 2008 8:11 am

Check with one of our sponsors, YoBoy. He does fantastic work and he will also be at the Blast.
The cost to recover a seat sounds high, but compared to the prices of store-bought seats, it's pretty competitive, and generally they are more comfortable than store bought.

by **ckolek** » 16 Fri May, 2008 8:16 am

im running porshe 914 seats in mine, also have a set of seats that came out of a 2000 camaro z28 that will fit, they need to be recoverd you are welcome to them if you like..i can bring them to the blast..

by **David Head** » 16 Fri May, 2008 8:19 am

I tried the pick and pull route. But I was quoted about 500 for the price of recovering. (for the pair) For that kinda price, I decided to go with new ones. This is what I used.
http://store.summitracing.com/egnsearch ... toview=sku

You might also want to talk to Hawkeye next weekend. He has a contact on some good seat suppliers.

David

by **Vee Dub Nut** » 16 Fri May, 2008 8:19 am

Wow thanks guys...

Neal and ckolek.. I'll probably take one of you guys up. Let me do some checking around on a few things and I'll let ya'll know

by **Faron** » 16 Fri May, 2008 10:44 am

914 Seats are really cool looking in a Buggy. I think that's what I want to do when I get to that point with mine? Did you have them reupholstered, and if so what did it cost?

by **jspbtown** » 16 Fri May, 2008 11:46 am

I used seats from a Factory Five Cobra. Believe it or not they come up pretty regularly...and for what I think is a good price.

by **Texasbuggys** » 16 Fri May, 2008 12:48 pm

Chris K is running the 914 seats in his blue buggy and they fit great. Chris post up a pic!

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