How to remove front seats

[Christophski]

Hi guys

Quick question, can anyone te me how to remove drivers seats from an 80 avant?

Cheers
Chris

[andy10v]

Slide them forward a notch or two.
Remove the bolt on the front of the center slider that stops them sliding back, 5 or 6mm allen key and a 8 or 10mm nylock nut from memory.
Remove the plastic side rail trims, pop a pin up, and they just pull of iirc.
Slide the seats all the way back and off the rails, the sliders are greased, try not to get it in the carpet.

I think I normally have the backs upright and they can be pivoted out the front or rear doors on their side.

The bolt/nut that stops it sliding back is No 12, vagcat says m6

[Christophski]

Cheers buddy. Will be fun doing this in the breakers with 2 cars stacked on top lol

[andy10v]

In which case

Remove bolt
Sit in seat, plant feet firmly, pull lever and shove seat backwards until it slides off the rails
Drag seat out of car

What have you found anyway?

[Christophski]

A matching interior to mine but with heated front seats... Mmmmm warm ar53 time

I'm gonna also gonna get a load of other parts from it and what I don't want/ need will be up on here for postage costs.

[Cottis]

Can you grab the rear ashtray for me that sits between the two seats if it is in good nick and not open and closing by itself. Mine is doing my head in.


Assume you are looking at an Avant but assume the ashtray is the same. Good luck with the seat loving Andy's revised method for scrap yard removal. Made me chuckle.

[Error404]

The later seats use a little wedge shaped spring clip instead of a bolt on the centre rail, makes removal even easier

[Christophski]

Ok cool cheers guys. I know someone's been in it already as the dash is half hanging out but I need to see what's there but I know for defo the front seats were. Need to see if they s are after the last week. They will be soaked too as the windows were open but I'm hoping I can valet and dry them out ok and that they will still work. Will get. The ash tray if it's ther n ok bud as well as the headlight adjuster for Alex if it's there!

[bikerjim]

Cottis, if he can't get you an ash tray I have one for sale

[Error404]

Nice one Chris

[Cottis]

Cottis, if he can't get you an ash tray I have one for sale

Thanks Jim but all sorted now thanks to Chris. Cheers for the offer though.