Very cool Vincent!!!!  Yes, pictures would be great, and you hopefully have a place where you can link us to them.  I have thought about installing Reimo seats too, yet the cost has always stopped me!  Sounds like you are getting a good deal.  Have fun on your cross-country trip!  

Julianna
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> On Mar 25, 2017, at 10:00 AM, Vincent Dow <ianvincentdow@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> My quebec vanagon mechanic has a pair of Reimo seats for sale. $500 (can)
> the pair. They seem wider than stock vanagon seats, but Uwe says they can
> swivel like the originals.
> 
> I think I'm going to buy them Monday morning.
> 
> *(Tuesday I leave on a  cross-country trip)*
> 
> (the original seats in my 82 vanagon, tho perfect in appearance, are
> horribly uncomfortable after six hours driving - LET ALONE SIX DAYS -
> springs sticking in my back)
> 
> The Reimo seat covers have a similar weave as the vanagon originals. But
> this set's  covers are worn. The armrests are very sturdy. Uwe (mechanic)
> showed me, by way of example, a vanagon GL armrest seat... and it's very
> cheaply built compared to the Reimo seats he has.
> Their armrests (left and right) are very solid. The foam is nice and
> comfortable.
> 
> (I effin' want these things)
> Didn't expect to undertake such an upgrade at this time, but cost is only
> around $420 (u.s.d.)
> 
> To get rid of the original vanagon seats, my van symbolically will leave
> forever the world of trying-to-be-stock vanagon. It already has many mods,
> but this will make it a total hybrid.
> 
> I'll send before=after photos on Monday.