Seat swap
Posted: Jun 11, 2012 6:50 PM
Can e46 seats be used In a e28? If not what seats can be modified?
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Posted: Jun 11, 2012 6:57 PM
They can work. jjcar and I'm sure others have put them in. Basically just involves making some brackets. Lots of other seat options. E34, E36, etc. use the search function for more information.
Posted: Jun 11, 2012 7:30 PM
"Searchy" must have the night off. . .
E46 manual seats in a E28
Posted: Jun 11, 2012 7:39 PM
E46 manuals installed in an e28. It was necessary to make brackets in-order to mount them correctly. They are offset to the center for the e46 & we needed to move them out towards the door @ 1 1/2" to properly fit the tunnel & center the drivers seat to the steering wheel. It was not that hard.
Posted: Jun 11, 2012 10:04 PM
Those look awesome!Re: Seat swap
Posted: Oct 09, 2014 10:41 PM
cant see it, but how did you anchor the seatbelt?
Re: Seat swap
Posted: Oct 09, 2014 11:57 PM
Look in the first picture - it anchors to the same spot at the side/rear of the seat as it did in it's original car.
Re: Seat swap
Posted: Oct 11, 2014 11:30 PM
The e46 seats I bought have no seat belt bracket for the b-pillar side. I noticed that some e 46 do have a built in bracket . If not you can use a bracket from the center tunnel side of the OTHER seat. Never downsize hardware, and always use grade 8 hardware when supplying your own nuts and bolts
It appeared at first that since the e46 seat bolted into the e28 two front seat holes, that the rails were of equal width. Therefore, all I had to do is move the e46 seat 1.25 inches towards the left, and slghtly forward, and it would fit correctly. Wrong. My measurements seemed fine,but the holes did not line up. There was a lot of "adjustment" holes afterwards, andeventuallyi just started bending metal.
My advice is to drill oversized holes
It appeared at first that since the e46 seat bolted into the e28 two front seat holes, that the rails were of equal width. Therefore, all I had to do is move the e46 seat 1.25 inches towards the left, and slghtly forward, and it would fit correctly. Wrong. My measurements seemed fine,but the holes did not line up. There was a lot of "adjustment" holes afterwards, andeventuallyi just started bending metal.
My advice is to drill oversized holes
Re: E46 manual seats in a E28
Posted: Apr 29, 2015 6:50 AM
cactusjacks1 wrote:E46 manuals installed in an e28. It was necessary to make brackets in-order to mount them correctly. They are offset to the center for the e46 & we needed to move them out towards the door @ 1 1/2" to properly fit the tunnel & center the drivers seat to the steering wheel. It was not that hard.
Is anyone selling these brackets? Need them in my life. Thanks.
Re: E46 manual seats in a E28
Posted: Jan 20, 2020 1:59 AM
Anyone got the dimensions of the adapter? Frustrating to post up the just the image!Bobby Swoops wrote:cactusjacks1 wrote:E46 manuals installed in an e28. It was necessary to make brackets in-order to mount them correctly. They are offset to the center for the e46 & we needed to move them out towards the door @ 1 1/2" to properly fit the tunnel & center the drivers seat to the steering wheel. It was not that hard.
Is anyone selling these brackets? Need them in my life. Thanks.
Re: E46 manual seats in a E28
Posted: Jan 20, 2020 9:34 AM
You're lucky the pix are still displayed! Many photo hosts have changed policies & the pix have been lost.kodachrome wrote:Anyone got the dimensions of the adapter? Frustrating to post up the just the image!