I've got two 'recarro like' front seats..........that are thin enough of the
bottom to fit into a vanagon .......
need some adaptation though of course............light weight too, pretty
decent actually.
I'd sell 'em for not 'way way' too much.

also...............this IS  a lot of work.............but one Ultimate
vanagon front seats are the leather buckets out of 740 Volvo's .......
been driving one of those for years in my personal vanagon
...............it's 5 times better than a stock seat, at least. Comfy,
luxurious, and very good support, with lumbar adjustment, and back angle
adjustment of course.  They even have heating elements in
them...........almost more of a 'throne' than a mere seat.

As far as 'car seats' in gerneral go...............like what's in really
good European cars, I'd only rate stock vanagon seats as 'adequate'
...........and even only 'somewhat adequate' - they're lacking in the under
thigh area .........sort there, noticed it right off the bat on my first
Vanagon.
  If I find time, I'll engineer some of my leather volvo seats to fit in
vangons, and offer them for sale.   If someone wants to buy one and do the
fabricating/fitting work themselves, I'd consider that.
Vanagons rock !  - anin't nuthin' like 'em !
Scott
turbovans

----- Original Message -----
From: <JordanVw@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 7:45 AM
Subject: Re: Front Seat Upgrade............Cheap Alternative To Recaros?

> In a message dated 12/6/08 11:30:23 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> mundopacheco@GMAIL.COM writes:
>
>
>> Guys, as it states in the subject line. Any ideas of seats that would
>> button up without too much re-engineering? I know the stock seats are
>> pretty good, but, as I have several of these vans, I want to
>> play...........
>>
>>
>
> any flat bottom seats will work.   i have some sport seats out of a '87
> BMW
> 325 convertible that will work if u make some tracks for them
>
>
> **************
> Make
> your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one
> place.  Try it now.
> (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&amp;icid=aolcom40vanity&amp;
> ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010)
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> +    To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e-mail to
> +    listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with SIGNOFF VANAGON
> +    in the body of the message.
> ------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------
+    To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e-mail to
+    listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with SIGNOFF VANAGON
+    in the body of the message.
------------------------------------------------------------