E30 seat swap

Post Sat Jun 01, 2013 4:12 pm

I have just purchased some leathers for my e30 that come from a convertible but my car is a coupe will the convertible rear bench fit in, I am only new to the forum and can't find anything on this topic online so I do apologise if this has been discussed prior.

Any help will be much appreciated.

Thanks

Post Sat Jun 01, 2013 4:37 pm

Rear bench is specific to each model, so you'll need to do some butchering to make the rear bench fit:

http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/inde ... rior#Seats

Post Sat Jun 01, 2013 4:45 pm

Can some one give me some tips on how to do it.

Post Sat Jun 01, 2013 5:02 pm

Yes. Put them on eBay and buy the proper ones for your car.

Cabby bench is narrower so you need to bulk out the gaps at the side somehow - those who have fitted them use the cabriolet rear cards to do so, but you'll have to be creative with how you mount them to the car. You'll also have to take a saw to your rear parcel shelf to compensate for the horse-shoe shape of the bench.

There's also an issue with the centre seat belt mount IIRC.

In all, it's a lot of work which 99% of the time will come out looking awful.