[Vwpickups] Seats for my 1982 Caddy

[Eric S]

Hey Brian,

Glad they work for you, most of my height is my long ass legs, so I found
myself barely looking over the steering wheel with the Corrado seats, the
Scirocco 16v seats sat just a tad higher and I found that to my liking,
they also have the thin seat back.  I needed the butt portion put to the
lowest on both seats, as that pulled my legs a bit away from the pedals so
I wasn't looking like I had sat in the saddle for 18 hours :)

Just giving folks another option, however, finding these seats in good
condition from either car isn't always easy.

So I will revise and say, if you are a long legged under 6 footer, the
Scirocco 16v seats are a better choice from my direct experience.

-- 
Eric
www.vintagewatercooleds.com

1981 Scirocco S (m-TDI swap project)
1991 Cabriolet (2.0 crossflow 8v project)
2000 Audi S4


decker at toledotel.com wrote:
> Hi Eric;
>     I'm 5' 7" on a good day and I love my Corrado seats. I have them in
> both
> my 81 pickups. One is gas the other diesel. The seat back is thinner so
> one
> has more room to back off the steering wheel and I don't hit my head
> getting
> in because the seat bottoms are much lower when I have them in the lower
> position. I guess if one wanted to sit higher one could use the high
> position. Years ago I bought a wrecked 83 GTI because the seats were much
> nicer than the stock Rabbit pickup seats. I soon got rid of them and got a
> set of Corrados since I hated those bruises on my head getting in and out.
> I
> would defiantly recommend the Corrados to anyone tall or short. You don't
> like them and that's fine. Every one needs to use what he likes and what
> fits. The Corrados are just fine for this fat old height challenged truck
> driver.
> Brian Decker
> Way to many cars and way to many projects
> 1981 Dasher 1/6 NA diesel station wagon ( My long distance 50 mpg touring
> car)
> 1981 Rabbit Pickup gas with a well modified 1.8
> 1990 Passat 5 speed 16 valve gas (  the wife's car )
> 1983 Mitsubishi 2.3 turbo diesel four wheel drive pickup
> Working on sometimes but probably not done soon
> 1990 VW Fox station wagon with a 2.0 16 valve gas
> 1981 Rabbit Pickup waiting for a 1.5 turbo diesel with intercooler
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eric S" <scirocco at vintagewatercooleds.com>
> To: "David Utley" <fahrvergnugen at cox.net>
> Cc: <alvarotesser at yahoo.com>; <vwpickups at neubayern.net>
> Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 12:59 PM
> Subject: RE: [Vwpickups] Seats for my 1982 Caddy
>
>
>>
>> Regarding Corrado seats in a Caddy:
>>
>> ONLY if you are 6ft or taller...I am 5'10 and found them way too low,
>> better option for the under 6 ft crowd is Scirocco 16v seats (they also
>> have the butt height adjustment).
>>
>> --
>> Eric
>> www.vintagewatercooleds.com
>>
>> 1981 Scirocco S (m-TDI swap project)
>> 1991 Cabriolet (2.0 crossflow 8v project)
>> 2000 Audi S4
>>
>>
>> David Utley wrote:
>> > Al,
>> >
>> >  Here is a link that seems the most applicable...
>> >
>> > http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1945054
>> >
>> > There are others, I just did a search under 'Mk4 seats in Mk1'.
>> >
>> > By the way, how tall are you?  I am 6'4", and the best seats I have
> found
>> > for the pickup are straight from the Corrado.  The tail end of the
>> seat
>> > has
>> > a height adjustment, and the seat back is thinner than most...
>> >
>> >
>> > HTH,
>> >
>> >   David
>>
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