Why not remove the arm rests from the door panel?
Remove door panel, remove two screws (or three), replace door panel.

Works for me.

Jim

On Jun 29, 2011, at 9:16 PM, Bret Berger wrote:

> Alan,
>
> I can speak to the issues of the newer seats in an 82 Westy.  I put
> them
> in a few years ago.
>
> The doors will not close (properly) if the arm rests on the outside of
> each seat are in the down position.  They will also not close if the
> seats are moved far forward (even with the seat arm rests up).  The
> arm
> rest on the door interferes with the arm rests on the seats.
>
> When my vertically challenged 16 year old daughter started driving the
> van I was forced to remove the outside driver's side arm rest because
> the door would not close when she moved the seat full forward.