BOLLOX! Just bought some seats... and they dont fit!

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Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:23 pm

Hi guys.. i've jut gone and bought some 635csi leathers (fronts) they look identical to cab leathers.. but any way.. i just got home and tried to fit them.. and it seems they are an inch too wide :( would they fit a cab or m3?

may have to sell them :?
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Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:26 pm

i think that any e30 front seats fit any e30.

Can you not change the frame to an e30 one?

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Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:27 pm

If there the sport leather from a 635i (E24) there worth a bit of money to be fair!
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Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:29 pm

yeah they are matey :).. mite just go get the rears and sell as a set.. alltho i do like them.. i'll have a look at the frames.. brb :) what u reckon they worth? :P
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Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:32 pm

Don't need a set, Im sure the back seats are the same in the E24 regardless of what front seats it had, Could be very wrong!

Ask him for back seats or ask how much he things your fronts are worth!
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Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:35 pm

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The rears are like bath tubs lol.. look well comfy :)
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Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:38 pm

Put your E30 frames on the bottom!

PS. Did you just take that photo?
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Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:40 pm

yeah just took it.. why? lol .. i mite do.. i'll have to go have a look in a bit.. see if they will go on..
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Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:42 pm

It looks sunny in the photo, Its well shitty here! Can't get me cab out! :cry:
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Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:44 pm

lol :P was just pissin down bout an hour ago lol :)
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Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:47 pm

hmmmz.. by the looks of it... it seems i may be able to swap the subframes over.. but them that renders my recaros useless.. :(
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Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:48 pm

Quite warm here now. :D. Liking your sig steve :wink:
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Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:50 pm

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They look wicked! Been looking, cant see any difference between the back seats!
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Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:51 pm

visionz wrote:hmmmz.. by the looks of it... it seems i may be able to swap the subframes over.. but them that renders my recaros useless.. :(
Buy some cheap ass comfort seats! winkeye
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Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:53 pm

proper sofas!
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Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 6:10 pm

HA! TOOK ME A FEW HOURS... BUT THEY'RE IN!!! STUPID CAR!! :) :mad: :mad:

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Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 6:11 pm

What about the back seats?
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Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 6:13 pm

aint got em.. doubt very much they will fit tho.. was gonna fit cab/m3 rears..
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Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 6:14 pm

Ah right ok. :cool:
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Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:04 pm

visionz wrote:HA! TOOK ME A FEW HOURS... BUT THEY'RE IN!!! STUPID CAR!!
Are they any lower than standard Recaros?
BTW Nice E39/E46 steering column switches.
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Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:07 pm

good work mate, are you going to get them refinished?

Those rear seats are some of the nicest iv seen, somebody has to find a way of fitting them in an E30!
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Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:11 pm

635i rear bench should fit without the arm rest, maybe even with it! :mad:

Im sure the 6 ain't that much wider! winkeye
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Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:16 pm

lol yani.. ur the first person to notice.. dunno why i did that.. bored i guess .. the seats do feel allot lower.. but that mite just be me imagining things..

I was thinking of treating them and dying them to put a bit of life and colour back into them.. i'm off up the scrappies tmoz to take the leather out of the csi and try and fit it in the e30 they have up there.. if it looks like it will fit with a bit of modding i'll buy it.. cant go wrong for 40+vat ROFL!! (that's what i payed for the fronts) and what they want 4 rears lol.. also i got an obc with full loom fer 5 quid.. lolol.. they realy dont know what they on about..

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Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:17 pm

Front seats have got to be worth £200

If the back seats fit, I will do that mod thank you!
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Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:22 pm

it's like a gold mine i tells ye! the E24 6 series is pretty much the same as the e30.. shape and chassis wise.. i will have a good go at it tmoz.. anyone need anything? cuz i mite be able to get it ultra cheap.. an obc for 5 quid and 200 quid leathers for 40 quid.. JUST IMAGINE WHAT YOU COULD GET LOL

The e30 is a fully loaded 320SE: aircon pas abs etc. etc. mite go get it all!
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Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:45 pm

I need a good MAF from an E36 325i winkeye
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Post Sat Aug 19, 2006 1:02 am

i'll have a look for you tmoz.. dont think they got no 36 325s tho.. got 320s tho
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Post Sat Aug 19, 2006 1:10 am

Dude, which breakers is this?! Sounds like a good one to know about! :D
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Post Sat Aug 19, 2006 10:42 am

a secret one zig :P it's exclusive to only me.. dont want you going up there and robbing all the good stuff :P .. any ways.. it's Trents in Poole..
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Post Sat Aug 19, 2006 10:30 pm

visionz wrote:lol yani.. ur the first person to notice.. dunno why i did that.. bored i guess .. the seats do feel allot lower.. but that mite just be me imagining things..
Exactly what mods you have done to fit them? Some photos?
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Post Sat Aug 19, 2006 10:34 pm

Buffalo leather treament absolujtley amazing stuff.
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Post Sun Aug 20, 2006 12:10 pm

max does it restore faded leather.. i need somthing to blacken it again..

Yani all i had to do was swap the subframes over.. granted the seats are an inch or 2 wider than standard e30 recaros so there is hardly any clearance on either side.
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