Hi, tks for the video. I am certainly look into it. I have made my van 6 years ago but still looking forward to have a swivel seat. Happy to see you were able to do it and to keep the airbag working. Recon camper said it could not be done. Have you seen the Vanna White video? ua-cam.com/video/g_3R2K1cyrs/v-deo.htmlsi=IhkoqU6uQK7VkQyy I do you think he was able to doit keeping the center console? Also it swivel on the right side. Hum…. I will study your video with my boyfriend hoping to convince him. Are you in the US? I am in Quebec, Canada.
Hey there! I am in the US, yeah. I hadn't seen that video, thanks for sharing it! It looks to me like they used a similar retrofit swivel plate, but doesn't look like the one I used because the release lever is in a different place (probably still an imported VW T4 plate because that's the only popular van conversion with similar seat dimensions, to my knowledge). If you were to try that with the plate I used, you'd have to buy the plate for the opposite seat (left, UK passenger) so it would swivel outwards. I think it would work fine and would be almost identical to the process I detailed here. It does look like they had to remove the plastic trim from the outside of the seat, but that's not a bad tradeoff to keep the center console.
Very good job of explaining all the details on this project, thank you!
Hi, tks for the video. I am certainly look into it. I have made my van 6 years ago but still looking forward to have a swivel seat. Happy to see you were able to do it and to keep the airbag working. Recon camper said it could not be done. Have you seen the Vanna White video? ua-cam.com/video/g_3R2K1cyrs/v-deo.htmlsi=IhkoqU6uQK7VkQyy I do you think he was able to doit keeping the center console? Also it swivel on the right side. Hum…. I will study your video with my boyfriend hoping to convince him. Are you in the US? I am in Quebec, Canada.
Hey there! I am in the US, yeah. I hadn't seen that video, thanks for sharing it! It looks to me like they used a similar retrofit swivel plate, but doesn't look like the one I used because the release lever is in a different place (probably still an imported VW T4 plate because that's the only popular van conversion with similar seat dimensions, to my knowledge). If you were to try that with the plate I used, you'd have to buy the plate for the opposite seat (left, UK passenger) so it would swivel outwards. I think it would work fine and would be almost identical to the process I detailed here.
It does look like they had to remove the plastic trim from the outside of the seat, but that's not a bad tradeoff to keep the center console.