Porsche 911 seats.

[rollerderby]

I have a Lhd 911 1985 with a very sad leather tombstone,my back is killing me! The passenger seat is lovely and firm and just highlights how bad the driver seat is.

Firstly will a RHD passenger seat fit,the electrics were junked and somebody made the seats work manually.

Secondly any alternative, will a 944 seat fit? Any comfy buckets etc?

Solutions very welcome!

[AW10]

rollerderby said:

I have a Lhd 911 1985 with a very sad leather tombstone,my back is killing me! The passenger seat is lovely and firm and just highlights how bad the driver seat is.

Firstly will a RHD passenger seat fit,the electrics were junked and somebody made the seats work manually.

Secondly any alternative, will a 944 seat fit? Any comfy buckets etc?

Solutions very welcome!

A passenger seat from a RHD car would be ideal for you - will have seen far less use.

Pretty sure 944 and 911 seats of that era are interchangeable - you might just need to swap seat belt buckle receptors as they are possibly different lengths?

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[Longman66]

when I bought my 86 the dealer had swapped seat backs round so the tired one was on the pax side

[dugsud]

Longman66 said:

when I bought my 86 the dealer had swapped seat backs round so the tired one was on the pax side

Wouldn't that put the tilt levers on the inside?

[Longman66]

dugsud said:

Wouldn't that put the tilt levers on the inside?

Hmm... never thought of that..
They're not in it anymore and in storage so cant check , the pax right side piping was well worn like a drivers side one would be , plus thats what Gmund said when I bought it off them ....

[drmark]

Lots of people swap them. Tilt handle goes on inside but still easy to work.

[Longman66]

Just had a look at a pic , my sport seats had a lever both sides of the seat back

[Pickled Piper]

Quite common to swap seat backs passenger to driver. Evens up the wear etc. also, many Porsche seats have tilt levers on both sides.

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[GC8]

Longman66 said:

dugsud said:

Wouldn't that put the tilt levers on the inside?

Hmm... never thought of that..
They're not in it anymore and in storage so cant check , the pax right side piping was well worn like a drivers side one would be , plus thats what Gmund said when I bought it off them ....

Proper Tombstones are manual and have a lever on the outside. Later sports seats are partial electric and have two tilt levers per seat back, making the backs interchangeable.

As has been suggested, Id find a PHD passenger seat and use the foams to rebuild your own seat. 944 seats are identical.

If they were electric then I will guess that its a 1986 model year car?