[Vwpickups] 81 vw rabbit pickup.

[Robert Cisneros]

To add to Brian's suggestion, I had 83-84 GTI seats in my
truck for a couple of years.  They were very supportive but
a bit worn out.  I found a set of Recaro seats from a '90
Jetta on Craigslist that were in perfect shape for about
$250.  They are even better than the GTI seats and were
a pretty easy bolt in job. Note that these seats have
high bolsters and are quite firm compared to the stock
Rabbit seat.

I think that as Brian said, the Corrado seats, or seat
bottoms are a bit lower, and for for taller folks, might
make a good option.  To me, these seats were a better
choice than recovering a set of basic Rabbit seats.

-Bob
 San Jose, CA


--- On Thu, 4/16/09, decker at toledotel.com <decker at toledotel.com> wrote:

> From: decker at toledotel.com <decker at toledotel.com>
> Subject: Re: [Vwpickups] 81 vw rabbit pickup.
> To: "John Jelly" <jell29 at telus.net>, vwpickups at neubayern.net
> Date: Thursday, April 16, 2009, 7:40 AM
> I use Corrado seats in mine. They have good bolsters and the
> bottoms can
> be lowered to give a little more room in your truck. I
> think you will find
> that seats from a two door either A1 or A2 will probably
> work. You sometime
> have to do some changing on the seat belt hookups and move
> seat bottoms from
> right to left to get the seat back adjusters to fit but
> usualy you can work
> it out. Corrado seats aren't easy to find but I have
> them in both my Rabbit
> pickups.
> Brian Decker
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Jelly" <jell29 at telus.net>
> To: <vwpickups at neubayern.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 4:10 PM
> Subject: [Vwpickups] 81 vw rabbit pickup.
> 
> 
> Looking for ideas for repair or replace driving seat, the
> grey covering
> material has fallen apart.
> Somewhere to get same material. or replacement seats used?
> Thanks for any leads!
> John J.