T5 Seat question

I need a van and need 3 seats. I’ve seen a T5. This one.[/url] It only has 2 seats. How easy would it be to convert to a three seater? Or am I better off looking at another vehicle?

You can get a front bench or rear seats fairly easily.

A couple of hundred quid. It wouldn’t be a deal breaker for me

Dead easy – straight swap IIRC. Theres usually people wanting singles to swap for doubles as well so it might not even cost you!

Most people are converting the other way so it should be pretty easy. It’s more like 2 1/2 seats than three.

Easy 4 bolt swap..

Ho hard is it to put another seatbelt?

Central seatbelt is integral to the seat.

Thanks

Bear in mind that the bench seat is a 6 bolt fitting so you will need to source replacement studs to go in the floor and nuts to fix the Base to the floor. The Base is big and heavy, even more so with two people sat on it. If you stop suddenly….

As the others have said its really easy. I’ve gone the other way to this in last week and to give you an idea I sold the drivers captain chair plus the twin plus the bases for £400 – that’s from a 2015 van. That was cheap but if you go through eBay I reckon you can get a double for £150.

Easy to change, I’ve just removed the bulkhead and as it was welded to the floor I had to remove front seats, easy job 10 mins with the wife giving me a hand. You will need the additional bolts as its a 6 bolt base but if you google it it’s an easy job.

I have a twin passenger seat with or without Kiravans swivel base for sale, located in Edinburgh.

I’m just outside Vienna. Can you deliver?

Thats not going to be cheap, there is a lot of weight and its a fair old size, so would have to go on a pallet!

Thanks but I’ll pass then. I’ll just keep looking for other vans in the meanwhile.

I also converted from a twin seat to a set of single captains seats. As has been said it’s easier to convert down as the single seat only uses 4 of the 6 fixings – which are captive nuts set into the floor pan. To go the other way you will need to add 2 fixings (which probably won’t be there) with reinforcing plates etc under the floor.

You will also need to check out the passenger airbag situation as going from a single passenger to a double may require a different set up. Mines a 2004 so doesn’t even have a passenger airbag anyway. But for insurance purposes you need to get it right.

I sold my double seat for £50 on eBay – which is what they seem to go for. Also DO make sure you get one with a folding back (rather than a fixed one) as these are much more useful & sought after.

The doubles are pretty uncomfortable for passengers though – particularly on long journeys – so I would make sure you try one out first….

I’ve got a double from a 2008 which is free if anybody want to collect…near manchester

people practically give the double seats away as most people want to go from a double to a single

the double seat is extraordinarily uncomfortable as it does not recline and is near enough a right angle