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Fitting passenger side seat with centre seat to lwb

Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 8:24 pm
by brendo4b
Does anyone know if you can remove the centre console out of a seven seater and fit a passenger side seat with the middle seat out of a ute need one more seat for the kids cheers

Re: Fitting passenger side seat with centre seat to lwb

Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 8:51 pm
by mattsluxtruck
Dont see why not seeing as though I removed the bench style seat from mine and put the centre console in.
All the holes were there they just had rubber bungs in them.

Re: Fitting passenger side seat with centre seat to lwb

Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 10:37 pm
by brendo4b
ok cheers mate you dont still have the bench seat laying around do ya

Re: Fitting passenger side seat with centre seat to lwb

Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 1:42 pm
by festy
Plenty of wagons came with that seat instead of a console.
I think it was mainly (only?) the GLi model wagons, they were 6 seaters with no 3rd row. The GLi's second row seat wasn't split in the middle (so you can have 3 child seats across it without a crab bar) and a steel back - so when it folded down it made the cargo space resemble a ute tub.

IMO the front middle seat doesn't suit anyone who has legs longer than their nose, and the seat frame is bolted solid to the floor so isn't adjustable - which means you can't fit a rear-facing baby seat anywhere but behind the driver's seat (if that's applicable to you). You also lose your cup holders :drinking:
I'm going to do the opposite to you, and swap out the bench seat for a bucket seat and console. My wife can't recline the seat when she sleeps on long drives, and I'm sick of my coffee spilling ;)

Re: Fitting passenger side seat with centre seat to lwb

Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 6:44 pm
by mattsluxtruck
brendo4b wrote:ok cheers mate you dont still have the bench seat laying around do ya

Nah mate long gone.

Re: Fitting passenger side seat with centre seat to lwb

Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 6:46 pm
by UR-50-LO
A pic for reference (not my car)...
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