3 and 5 door interior

Post by **oli** » 11 Feb 2008 09:44 am

Just wanted to know if the seats and seatbelts etc are interchangeable between the 3, 4 and 5 door models?

Thanks

Post by **trabitom99** » 11 Feb 2008 10:09 am

The seat frame, cushion, padding & covers are all the same on the rear seats. However, the backing of the 4 and 3/5 door seat is different, as one is foldeable, the other isn't. It has been made to fit though (e.g. by people fitting leather from a saloon into a hatch).

As to the front seats, I'd guess the only difference is the lever to move the seat forwards on 3-door models?

Tom

Post by **oli** » 11 Feb 2008 11:05 am

trabitom99 wrote:The seat frame, cushion, padding & covers are all the same on the rear seats. However, the backing of the 4 and 3/5 door seat is different, as one is foldeable, the other isn't. It has been made to fit though (e.g. by people fitting leather from a saloon into a hatch).

As to the front seats, I'd guess the only difference is the lever to move the seat forwards on 3-door models?

Tom

Tom

thanks for the info. I'm right in saying a 5 door interior would fit into a 3 door np? As both foldable.

Only thing is leather from the posher 4 doors may not fit into a 3/5 door (or does it fit but obviuosuy cant fold down?)

Cheers

Post by **SteveP** » 11 Feb 2008 11:12 am

5 door interior will fit, but you wont be able to tilt the front seats forward to get access to the back seats. The rear back rest from a saloon will not fit a hatch without serious surgery... the backrest of a saloon is attached to the body of the car with ~18 nuts!

Post by **oli** » 11 Feb 2008 11:17 am

SteveP wrote:5 door interior will fit, but you wont be able to tilt the front seats forward to get access to the back seats. The rear back rest from a saloon will not fit a hatch without serious surgery... the backrest of a saloon is attached to the body of the car with ~18 nuts!

Hmm.... so 3 door rear seats will fit a 4 door and vice versa. Cool.
what about the seatbelt mechanisms?

Thanks again for the answers gents

Post by **Chris_C** » 11 Feb 2008 11:21 am

Bottom attachment points is very different for the front seatbelts between 3 and 5 doors.

Post by **classicswede** » 11 Feb 2008 02:20 pm

3 door front belts are also longer.

If you wnated to put 5 door seats into a 3 door you could swap the covers over onto the 3 door frames so they would tilt.

What is it you are tring to do?

Post by **foggyjames** » 11 Feb 2008 11:18 pm

I don't think anyone has yet mentioned that the 3dr rear seat base is different, too - it's square at the front corners, not rounded off. A 4/5dr one will probably fit, but you might have an uncomfortable bit of metal which isn't covered by the cushion.

If you have access to leather in good condition (in a scrap yard, perhaps?), do pull it. It's fairly rare, and I'm sure someone will want it, even if you don't.

cheers

James

Post by **classicswede** » 12 Feb 2008 01:46 pm

You can see in Adams car where he has used the 5 door rear seat the corner is rounded off but it does look ok. The 4/5 door cars were like that to aid getting in and out of the car