E28 seats in a Bavaria

chope97

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There is a complete 83 533i in my local LKQ pnp it has nice black seats front and rear can I put them in my 73 Bavaria? Pretty easily what will I need to do this project? Thanks
 

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they wont be a direct fit.. not sure what needs to be changed, but I've seen it done.
 

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We had a '98 328i come in Friday that has pretty decent sport seats in it. My first thought was, "Hmmm, those might work good in the E3". Being a sedan sure makes it easier to use other seats... can be taller and don't have to hinge forward. I'm guessing you can probably make the front E28 seats work with some custom brackets. Not sure I'd count on the rears working but I have no idea.
 

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The back seat fits pretty well. The back is a little taller. As far as the front seats are concerned, it's pretty easy to fashion some adapter brackets from hardware store steel stock and bolt them to the stock mounts in case you might want to return to stock seats one day.
 
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