what other seats fit E30?

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robsy
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Thu Feb 03, 2011 8:15 pm

Ive been looking at other BMW leather seats for my E30 and wanted to know which ones fit with no fuss? (front ones)

Ive seen a few E36 seats in E30s and these are availble now and again but ive also seen E46 nd E90 coupe seats coming up rather cheap nowadays and wondered if these would fit ?
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Thu Feb 03, 2011 8:46 pm

cant remember whos car it is, but has cream leather e46 cabby seats fitted

theres a thread with pics
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Thu Feb 03, 2011 10:06 pm

i had an e36 seats fitted in my car its an easy fitt with little mod :wink:
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Thu Feb 03, 2011 10:21 pm

so you do have to mod them? what did you have to do??
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Thu Feb 03, 2011 10:47 pm

robsy wrote:so you do have to mod them? what did you have to do??
You dont have to mod the seats just the.... i forgot how its called its the metal thing that you screw the seats on too excause my bad english
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Thu Feb 03, 2011 11:01 pm

You will either need to fabricate new brackets or drill new holes into the floor pan as the holes do not line up.
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Fri Feb 04, 2011 12:06 am

After seeing Recaro Classic Cs, I've been wondering if they could be made to fit.

I've never been stirred by seats before but with the Classic Cs... ding dong!
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Fri Feb 04, 2011 12:11 am

Anything can be made to fit if you have the resources and more importantly, the cash :)
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Fri Feb 04, 2011 8:56 am

I fitted my non-sport cloth E46 front seats on my E30. I had to fabricate 3 adaptors per side to match the chassis holes with the seat rail. It's a bit of a tight fit though especially on the inner side but I really like the outcome.
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