No kidding! The armrests are everything as far as I am concerned. Well, I
love the giant bus-like steering wheel a lot too!  :-)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Lee, Vanagon Racks" <gary2a@TELUS.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: re. BMW seats in Vanagon?

> I've never sat in a Saab before.  There are not many (any?) in my local
> junkyards.
>
> Subaru seats may be an idea, as there are many people doing Subaru
> conversions already.
> I don't know how comfortable the seats are, maybe just average.  In that
> case it's not worth the bother.
>
> One thing the stock vanagon seats have that I really like are the arm
rests.
> I don't know whether I could live without them so that could be a deal
> breaker.
>
> Gary
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kevin" <vwfixer@centurytel.net>
> To: "Gary Lee, Vanagon Racks" <gary2a@TELUS.NET>;
> <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 8:11 PM
> Subject: RE: re. BMW seats in Vanagon?
>
>
> > Gary,
> > What do you think of Saab seats?  I have always found them very
> > comfortable
> > and there are tons of junked saabs.  I have just never looked at the
> > brackets to see if it is remotely possible. I have seen the subaru seats
> > installed but I have never thought that subarus are comfortable seats in
> > the
> > subaru.
> >
> > Kevin
> > 87 Westy EJ22 with a worn out drivers seat
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> > Of Gary Lee, Vanagon Racks
> > Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 9:51 AM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: re. BMW seats in Vanagon?
> >
> >
> >>Anyone know if BMW seats are an easy fit in the Vanagon? I know a guy
with
> >>a
> >>pair of heated, motorized, leather seats but don't want to drive 50-odd
> >>miles to find they're never gonna fit.
> >
> > Well they certainly will not bolt in, but you already knew that.
> > Adapters could be made.  I'm thinking it would be a lot of work however.
> > If you have a westfalia you would probably loose the ability to swivel
the
> > seats.  I like to be able to turn the passenger seat around so it is
> > facing
> > back.  I've never swiveled the drivers seat around though.
> > I think that may be one reason the original vanagon seats are so shallow
> > in
> > seat depth, so that they can swivel around.
> >
> > Recaros are nice, but too expensive for us mortals.
> > If there was a readily available junkyard seat from another vehicle that
> > would work for the vanagon, I'd consider making an adapter kit.
> > Maybe golf/jetta/audi?
> >
> > Gary Lee
> > http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2a/vw.htm
> >
> >
>