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Old Jun 7, 2010 | 11:41 AM
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I was wondering how difficult would it be to swap the driver and the passenger seat. My driver's seat is in rough shape and restoring it is expensive so I figured since I mostly ride by myself I could swap them and save some money.
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Old Jun 10, 2010 | 02:35 AM
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changing the seats- or at least the skins off the seats, would even out the wear on the bolsters. Particularly the wear on the outer bolster of the driver seat. Can this work?? Anyone?
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Old Jun 10, 2010 | 10:03 AM
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I was wondering how difficult would it be to swap the driver and the passenger seat. My driver's seat is in rough shape and restoring it is expensive so I figured since I mostly ride by myself I could swap them and save some money.
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Maybe spending your money on WetOkole covers (about $250) is a better use of your money vs. the worthless performance mods you've bought and hunderds you've spent trying to get that exhaust right.
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Old Jun 10, 2010 | 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by ignatkor
I was wondering how difficult would it be to swap the driver and the passenger seat. My driver's seat is in rough shape and restoring it is expensive so I figured since I mostly ride by myself I could swap them and save some money.
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Yes you can change the skins off the seats in less than 1 hour. Very easy just use a v-shaped weed puller to release the fasteners to be reused.
The only issue will be the sides of each seat are different 1 side near console now is like a velvet material and the side you see when you get in is leather, they would then be reversed. Take a look and you will notice this ahead of time. Then decide if you are ok with that.
Did this on my fathers C5 you don't hardly notice and very easy to do. Hope this helps. Jeff
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Old Jun 11, 2010 | 08:27 PM
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I would think it would be just as easy to just swap the seats between the two frames instead of messing with the skins. I took my regular C5 seats out and installed C6 seats on the frames and it wasn't too hard at all.
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