What's involved in swapping a mk1 whole interior? - Saxperience

xpeterpx · 13th June 2013, 19:32

Might start fixing my wife's car up a bit and it could do with a new interior.
Will change all seats door panels etc,anything to particularly look out for that might be an obstacle etc..
Any advice appreciated.

By the way it's a non VTR/S by the way if it matters.

Cheers

Prickle^p · 13th June 2013, 19:44

a orange wire under the seat. disconnect the battery for abit then unplug.

Mickswan · 13th June 2013, 19:54

If your going from a rear bench seat to a 60/40 split rear seat remember you'll need the extra brackets, just make sure you get them from the donor car. If her cars got manuel windows you might want to think about putting electric ones in. Easy and cheap to do and if you get a vtr/s interior then you'll not need to make holes for the winders.

VTR interior in the for sale section for cheap if your close.

You might want to buy a few new door card clips as some will snap I can guarantee that.

stevo67 · 13th June 2013, 20:28

t40 torx bit for the front seats.

xpeterpx · 13th June 2013, 21:39

Cheers guys all noted.
Think I'm Ok with seats now,thanks

out of interest are the door cards kind of 'pull off' items

Prickle^p · 13th June 2013, 21:48

theres a little torx in the handle bit and another. then they all pull off. Best get some spare clips because the chances are, you will snap most of them

Mickswan · 14th June 2013, 04:52

There's a interior being given away in the freebies section if your close.

Manu · 14th June 2013, 08:27

Buy a bag of clips as you will break a few, guaranteed. Careful with the pretensioner cables under the seats (unplug the battery first) and that's about it.

xpeterpx · 15th June 2013, 19:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by Manu

Buy a bag of clips as you will break a few, guaranteed. Careful with the pretensioner cables under the seats (unplug the battery first) and that's about it.

Many thanks.
Can you or anyone confirm if a VTR/S interior fits a standard car like my wife's 99T plate SX?

Thanks

stevo67 · 15th June 2013, 19:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by xpeterpx

Many thanks.
Can you or anyone confirm if a VTR/S interior fits a standard car like my wife's 9 plate SX?

Thanks

Yes it does.

Mickswan · 15th June 2013, 20:41

Just winders if there's no electric windows.

jeffchiz · 17th June 2013, 19:08

if you dont have electric windows and wnat to fit vtr/s/desire door cards then you would need to drill a hole in the right place for the window winder to come through, or if you have plain black cars anyway then just leave them as they are, also the vts door cards will have electric mirror switches

my fave interior is the late vtr (squares and triangles interior) to remove all seats front and rear its only 8 bolts/4 nuts to undo could swap all the seats in ten min