How do Corbeau A4s go in?
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How do Corbeau A4s go in?
Getting the stock seats out was fairly straightforward, but I am not having any luck squeezing the A4's into the seating area.
I ordered the correct sliders and leather seats from Corbeau directly, and you have to take one side apart to get the hex nut to bolt the slider back to the seat bottom, which was a bit of a pain and they certainly don't tell you that it must be done, but otherwise you cannot get that 4th hex bolt to go on.
Now, with one all put together, I cannot get it to squeeze into place, its just too wide with the recliner handle jammed against the seat latch on the outermost side, the rear bolts of the slider-to-floor will not mate up.
I ordered the correct sliders and leather seats from Corbeau directly, and you have to take one side apart to get the hex nut to bolt the slider back to the seat bottom, which was a bit of a pain and they certainly don't tell you that it must be done, but otherwise you cannot get that 4th hex bolt to go on.
Now, with one all put together, I cannot get it to squeeze into place, its just too wide with the recliner handle jammed against the seat latch on the outermost side, the rear bolts of the slider-to-floor will not mate up.
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I put new A4's in mine last year. They fit just fine. I made some adapter's so they will bolt onto the stock power seat bases.
The seats bolt to the seat bases, and the seat bases bolt right back into the car.
One of the easiest mods I've done to it. PM me if you have questions.
The seats bolt to the seat bases, and the seat bases bolt right back into the car.
One of the easiest mods I've done to it. PM me if you have questions.
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I decided to take the passenger side track with the driver's seat, and vice versa, and that will go in and fit 3 of the 4 13mm bolts holding the seat track to the floor.
But the forward front bolt next to the transmission tunnel, there is no way to get that bolt on there, you don't have any room to get the nut back on it once the seat is down in place, and there is basically 1/2" of room between the slider and the bottom track mount, and you have to ram the seat down and cuss it quite a bit to get the front-outside bolt in place to get the nut on in the first place.
For such nice seats these seat tracks are simply horrible. I was going to take out the seats someday to put in a 4pt for passenger and a 5pt for me, and now theres no way in hell I'm redoing this job. If it gets done again I'm paying somebody else.
But the forward front bolt next to the transmission tunnel, there is no way to get that bolt on there, you don't have any room to get the nut back on it once the seat is down in place, and there is basically 1/2" of room between the slider and the bottom track mount, and you have to ram the seat down and cuss it quite a bit to get the front-outside bolt in place to get the nut on in the first place.
For such nice seats these seat tracks are simply horrible. I was going to take out the seats someday to put in a 4pt for passenger and a 5pt for me, and now theres no way in hell I'm redoing this job. If it gets done again I'm paying somebody else.
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Although nothing will come of it I bet, I sent a complaint to Corbeau detailing the issues.
It seems like if you could adjust the slider a centimeter or two to one side, you could avoid disassembling the seat track to mate it to the seat, and have enough room to get your extra 13mm bolt on, without butting the reclining assembly against the seat belt.
It seems like if you could adjust the slider a centimeter or two to one side, you could avoid disassembling the seat track to mate it to the seat, and have enough room to get your extra 13mm bolt on, without butting the reclining assembly against the seat belt.
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The seats attach to the floor with 8mm studs on my C4. Nuts (requiring a 13mm ratchet wrench) then thread onto the studs.
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Studs extrude from the floor, 13mm nuts go on them after the lower plate of the slider fits over them.
However there is no way to get that 4th one on, there is no room to get the nut on the stud, and no other way to get a wratcheting wrench on it once that nut is there anyway, you could never get your hand in/out, much less the wrench.
However there is no way to get that 4th one on, there is no room to get the nut on the stud, and no other way to get a wratcheting wrench on it once that nut is there anyway, you could never get your hand in/out, much less the wrench.
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