Surely theres a bench seat somewhere

[multidubba]

In a pickle..... I currently have an 06 Multi executive with the 2-2-2 seat formation. This is perfect for us (family of 6) now..... but we have twins about to join us, so that leaves me in a quandry:

How do I fit in 2 more seats. I have struggled to souce a bench seat over the past month or so so:

* Do I sell this one - I currently have it listed on carsales and buy another similar with 7 seats and get the 8th made after market,
* Do I sell/trade in a get a newer Caravelle with either 8 or 9 seats,
* Do I sell/trade in and get a Hyundai Imax,
* Do I continue to search, hoping that I can at best swap my two captains for a bench sometime very soon.

I dont want to put any more $'s into the changeover if I can help it. All the spare cash is going into home reno's.


Any suggestions?

[multidubba]

One option I have is to buy a bench seat from a bloke in Berlin (from German Ebay) It'd cost $2,200 plus shipping plus GST and customs on top.

http://cgi.ebay.de/VW-T5-Sitzbank-Mu...item53e40f7c5c

Probably not much change out of $4,000. VW reckon it would be around $7,000 to get one through a dealer.

What would be ideal is a straight swap for my two rear buckets for a bench. A real pity to sell her as she is in fantastic shape and we really like her.

Maybe aftermarket seats are the way to go, but would these be much less than $4,000 anyway?

[flyingfridge]

V-Gear do ****ie seats that slide along the table rails in the centre. They are for 'child occupants' so they're pretty narrow and I think from memory the weight limit is 50kg but it may help....

V-Gear - Seating

I can't remember what they're worth, could be worth a call.

[rob64981]

There was someone on here that wanted another single seat so the wheel chair could go in the van if i remember correctly.

Maybe you could swop with cash to get what you both need or if the seats dont match you could swop all the seats if you both came to an agreement.

Have a look in the past threads about seats.

Hope it might help you Rob

[MultiplexMan]

Those V-Gear seats look like the shot. Two middle seats and you are set! Good find FF.

[Sharkie]

I have heard that Trakka may have seats for sale. They turn Multivans into Trakkadu campervans and thus have interior bits that come out during the manufacturing process.

I have emailed them and asked for some pricing if this is correct and will post here once I have an answer. BTW also asked the V-Gear guys for pricing and if the seats once fitted are removable ....

Also ...

In a pickle..... I currently have an 06 Multi executive with the 2-2-2 seat formation. This is perfect for us (family of 6) now..... but we have twins about to join us, so that leaves me in a quandry:

How do I fit in 2 more seats. I have struggled to souce a bench seat over the past month or so so:

* Do I sell this one - I currently have it listed on carsales and buy another similar with 7 seats and get the 8th made after market,
* Do I sell/trade in a get a newer Caravelle with either 8 or 9 seats,
* Do I sell/trade in and get a Hyundai Imax,
* Do I continue to search, hoping that I can at best swap my two captains for a bench sometime very soon.

I dont want to put any more $'s into the changeover if I can help it. All the spare cash is going into home reno's.


Any suggestions?

Once you are used to the Executive, you will not like the Caravelle. It is very basic inside with lots of exposed bare metal and the iMax is terrible to drive and has no cruise control, even as an option....