will a 2dr interior fit a 4 dr interior?

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Post Tue Jun 13, 2006 5:52 pm

Hi,
Will the seats (not the door cards) from a 2 door 318is fit a 4 door 320i from 1988?

I know they'll still have the handles, just want to know if they'll all bolt straight in or not.

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Post Tue Jun 13, 2006 6:18 pm

Seats should fit in fine. The seats will still recline but you wont need to use the slide forward function for your four door. As you stated door cards a different issue.

Any E30 front seat can be adapted to fit but there are various degrees of difficultness involved.

In your case though - plug and play.

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Post Tue Jun 13, 2006 6:20 pm

4 door lower rear bench has rounded corners. 2 door is more of a rectangular shape
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Post Wed Jun 14, 2006 11:31 am

Also the rear lower seat bench from a 2 dr don't fit flush in a 4 dr.

Upper rear bench and front seats are fine.
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Post Wed Jun 14, 2006 11:29 pm

Only difference with the rear bench is the corners make it more difficult to get in through the back doors

Ive got 2 door seats in my 4 door, exept for the rear bench.
The tilt on the front seats is really handy belive it or not :)
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Post Wed Jun 14, 2006 11:36 pm

DanThe wrote: The tilt on the front seats is really handy belive it or not :)
Especially if you have a touring.
All E30 seats have the tit mechanism fitted. Just that the four door ones don't have the cables or handles.