Factory swivel - swap

[Lecoste1]

Hello all,
I have factory front swivel Captain Seats on my shuttle. I want to swap the swivel bases to a new Caravelle front seats which are heated. Is the seat bases easy swap over?
Thank you in advance Ray

 

[cgtmiles]

I believe the bases are fixed to the floor with 4 bolts and then the seat is fixed to the base with 4 bolts

 

[Gsixty]

I believe the bases are fixed to the floor with 4 bolts and then the seat is fixed to the base with 4 bolts

Factory swivels are in the seats, thats why you lose the height adjustment. I have read on here that it is possible to retro fit.

 

[cgtmiles]

Factory swivels are in the seats, thats why you lose the height adjustment. I have read on here that it is possible to retro fit.

Right, sorry I misread the question. I thought it was just about swapping the seats. That makes more sense!

Yes, the swivels are in the seats. I believe someone on here tried to retrofit the swivel to a different seat but not sure if they were successful

 

[Lecoste1]

Right, sorry I misread the question. I thought it was just about swapping the seats. That makes more sense!

Yes, the swivels are in the seats. I believe someone on here tried to retrofit the swivel to a different seat but not sure if they were successful

Thank you for the reply. I’m searched here but can’t find anything..
Hopefully someone will come along with more info.

 

[roadtripper]

Possibly daft question but if the aim is to gain heated seats I assume your van has the wiring in place for that or you have a plan?

 

[Lecoste1]

Possibly daft question but if the aim is to gain heated seats I assume your van has the wiring in place for that or you have a plan?

Not a daft question at all. Hmm didn’t think of that. I will look into it.

 

[PaulR83]

I took out my height adjustable base and swapped it with a factory swivel.
Pretty straight forward. Not many bolts.
Remove the seat base 4x bolts, back rest 4x bolts and swap. The seat base only uses two bolts though and has a bit that slides in instead for the rear ones. Plastics are different

 

[Lecoste1]

I took out my height adjustable base and swapped it with a factory swivel.
Pretty straight forward. Not many bolts.
Remove the seat base 4x bolts, back rest 4x bolts and swap. The seat base only uses two bolts though and has a bit that slides in instead for the rear ones. Plastics are different

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Thank you.