Swapping Seats

[psdenno]

I've searched the archive, but haven't found an answer. I'd like to hear from anyone who has put BMW 318 or 325 seats in an early Z. Do you need to mount them lower than the stock seats mounts or just fab a simple mounting bracket on the stock floor mounts? First hand experience appreciated.

Thanks,

Dennis

[Walter Moore]

Aren't the seats from a 3 series BMW awfully tall for a Z?

By the way, I helped my son rebuild the driver's seat in his 1987 325es, and I was not impressed with the overall design. It had broken in multiple places, and frankly was much weaker than I would have ever expected in a car with such a strong reputation.

By the time we finished I think there was more metal mending the broken segments than had been in the seat to begin with.

[hls30.com]

If you are talking about the E30 sport seats, yes, sort of.

Motorized versions must be lowered, the manual don't sit up quite so high, but lowering then still helps. If you remove the BMW tracks, you can adapt the Z tracks, but some of the functions will have too much interference to work...

It isn't nearly as easy as Miata, Fiero, or many other seats, but it can be done.

Will