Jaco
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Post by Jaco on Aug 12, 2010 11:54:05 GMT 2
Hi All!
The Lada I bought is fitted with some other front seats(disgustingly welded to floor) and Iwas wondering if someone might have a set of front seats for me. I would like to keep it as original as possible!
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Jaco
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Post by Jaco on Aug 12, 2010 11:55:00 GMT 2
Oh, and very important, at what price?
Jaco
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Post by ronnie on Aug 12, 2010 12:41:28 GMT 2
Hi Jaco
You will battle to find a set of original seats as most have broken . I even tried the agent with no luck. There is no reason for adapted seats to be welded to the floor, they should be bolted to the original mountings with any welding confined to the seats themselves. I know mine were done in such a manner that any one sitting in the back could not get their feet under the front seat. A bit of work with the small angle grinder and black paint and they are fine.
Ronnie
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Post by Jaco on Aug 12, 2010 13:10:11 GMT 2
Thanks Ronnie, So I can asume the original seats were not good? My seats are torn badly anyway, what seats will fit in there best?
Jaco
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Post by ronnie on Aug 12, 2010 15:08:44 GMT 2
Hi Jaco Here is a photo of the ones in my Lada. I know they are Hyundai but don`t know what model Ronnie
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Post by ronnie on Aug 12, 2010 15:26:46 GMT 2
Hi jaco
A certain dealer in Pretoria says the Lada seats are rubbish. I never had a problem with them in the previous Lada. I assume Ari will tell us if they still exist or if they have been replaced. Again I am not big and heavy and I would have put the original in if I could have found them when I bought the Lada. What I have got will have to do now.
Ronnie
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Post by Ari Bezuidenhout on Aug 12, 2010 15:54:50 GMT 2
Hi Ronnie
My seat bend backwards from about the middle of my back if you lean too hard on them or bend around to see behind you, but you can just bend them back.
Ari
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Jaco
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Post by Jaco on Aug 12, 2010 15:59:16 GMT 2
Ronnie, The complete seat should tilt forward for rear passanger entry, if I'm correct. Do I just mount the other seats on hinges at the front?
Jaco
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Post by marius on Aug 12, 2010 16:23:57 GMT 2
Hi Jaco >>I would like to keep it as original as possible!<< Good man I had a problem with the original seats about 9 years ago - some of the tiny bolts holding the seat in place came undone and the bar that moves the seat backward and forward also came undone. I re-tighten all the bolts and fitted the bar correctly. Since then no problems at all. That dealer Ronnie mentioned is talking shite - the seats are fine. I am sure you might just find the originals somewhere -quite a few owners replaced them with something else (one member replaced it with BMW seats - I think?) Regards Marius
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Post by marius on Aug 12, 2010 17:34:09 GMT 2
This is the original front seat from the parts manual...
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Post by marius on Aug 12, 2010 17:35:51 GMT 2
...and this is the adjustment mechanism on the seat.
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Post by ronnie on Aug 12, 2010 18:13:58 GMT 2
Hi Jaco I see Marius thinks the same as me about our PTA agent . If yours are unrepairable hold on to see if any one on the forum has any original seats available. The seats in mine have reclining backs and fold right forward, so there is still access to the back. Like Marius I thought the original seats were good. Ronnie
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Post by Hercules on Aug 12, 2010 19:09:29 GMT 2
Hi Maruis and Ronnie.
I still got the original seats fitted in my vehicle and they are still very good after 207000km.
I repaired the driver seat shortly after I bought the vehicle as the bottom rod where the back rest ajust broke loose on one side. The pasenger seat bolts that the backrest swival on came loose and fall out on the one side.
Regards.
Hercules
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