Krzys Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Just thought I'd share a bit of useful info I came across fitting the leathers into my VTi-S. My original seats are from a facelift and the leathers are pre-facelift. The fronts are bolt off/bolt on which is fine. The rears aren't entirely the same, small differences. Rear catches/hooks/hoops: Facelift on the left and pre-facelift on the right. Note the bolt hole sizes are different with facelift being 10mm, I have to bore out the pre-facelift catch and make the holes a bit wider too so they'd line up on the bulkhead. This is not a threaded hole so is fine. Note here the different fixings used for each type of catch: Also had the same issue with the rear seatback brackets, pre-facelift has smaller holes but aren't threaded so made bigger with a drill! Also don't remove and the refit upside down like I did.... Also these brackets are different between pre and face-lifted interiors, not interchangable. Another thing, the bit of plastic trim the catches sit in are interchangable and if you can I would recommend you do change them, least that way you won't need to cut any of it or have smaller catches in a larger hole, just looks better in my opinion. Finally, seatbelts, pre-facelift has center lap belt and facelift has 3-point middle (same as the end ones known as 3x3). If you are changing from pre-facelift to facelift or the other way around you will need to transfer the rear seat belt anchors over as well, bolt-off/bolt on job. Hope this is helpful! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Brown Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Very helpfull mate as when i get round to getting leathers for project MB3 i intend on going for a later 3 point and mins is the lap belt style 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krzys Posted April 29, 2014 Author Share Posted April 29, 2014 Very helpfull mate as when i get round to getting leathers for project MB3 i intend on going for a later 3 point and mins is the lap belt styleYeah you'll need the rear seat belt anchors as well for that, I had to swap them over as mine we're 3 point and these have the lap belt! Wanted 3 point but it's not the end of the world! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Brown Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 do the new (old) rear seats have the arm rest like the others because that is one of the things i hate in our MB3 not having an armrest, the lap belt is tucked away under the seat so i don't care about that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krzys Posted April 29, 2014 Author Share Posted April 29, 2014 Yeah they all seem to have the arm rest! When I was taking the leathers out of the donor car the lap belt was stashed underneath the bench part too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Brown Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 cool so its just that our MB3 is the base model and thats why she has no rear arm rest... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krzys Posted April 29, 2014 Author Share Posted April 29, 2014 Ah right, that'll change with the seats! Its part of the backrest section! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIKH25 Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Excellent work sir. I really can't understand why they changed the fixings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krzys Posted April 29, 2014 Author Share Posted April 29, 2014 Excellent work sir.I really can't understand why they changed the fixings. Awkward gits eh?Yay. Now I've got a link for this common question on facebook!Top job sir.Not a problem! It's info worth sharing I thought as there wasn't anything like this already! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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