Aus 0 Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 Have a 97 VR6, 5 door, cloth interior. Bought a nice leather set from a Mk 3 3 door (heated). Fitted perfectly but ... the front seats, even at max height adjustment, are lower than my cloth seats (and a bit too low maybe). They do adjust up and down. Took them out and can't see any problem as to why they're lower. Is it me being daft, or do they vary across models, or I have just done something wrong?Any help/advice would be great Link to post Share on other sites
Jamesr_VR6 0 Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 Perhaps because they are a 3 door set and youve got a 5 door car??Other than taht i can only guess the leathers are recaro style where as your cloth ones would of been standard seats meaning more padding on the base which is where you could of lsot and inch or so in height?? Link to post Share on other sites
Aus 0 Posted October 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 Anyone know if switching the leather onto my cloth base is feasible / reasonably easy to do? Link to post Share on other sites
ingham 5 Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 i had leather and i took it out when i fitted roll cage and the gti seat i replaced them with sit lower Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Butcher Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 If you have the leathers and the cloth base, i can do the swap over for you...would take a couple of days but its do-able Link to post Share on other sites
staceface 0 Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 My mk3 GTI 3dr seats sit lower than the 5 door VR... Link to post Share on other sites
mike 6 Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 hmmm iv had a variety of mk3's and iv never had this problem... infact iv never been able to get the seats low enough i n leather or standard cloth seats, or recaros... im 6 foot tall dunno if that makes a difference? Link to post Share on other sites
Aus 0 Posted October 31, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 In case anyone's interested - stripped the leather (3 dr) and cloth (5dr) seats and the base frame of the leather is significantly more 'bucket-y' than the cloth. Would have been a right pain to fit the leather onto the cloth frame as the side bolsters would have ended up sitting very deep, so have added extra base padding to the leather and seems ok Link to post Share on other sites
mike@tdsw 0 Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 infact iv never been able to get the seats low enough i n leather or standard cloth seats' date=' or recaros... im 6 foot tall dunno if that makes a difference?[/quote']Im 6'6" and find the same issues really. Maybe I should look for a leather trim. Link to post Share on other sites
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