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

Thanks

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

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

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!

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

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

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?

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

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