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I picked a set of leather buckets out of an '05 Jetta at a local boneyard. (It fell of the train, 6 miles!)  I was wondering if anybody has any luck with getting non-stock seat to fit right in a Contour. I have the Jetta seat tracks, I was thinking of drilling new holes and using washers as shims to level the new seats. Any help and encouragement appreciated! Pat
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I'm guessing you'll have to fabricate some sort of mounting bracket. You might have to pull the Contour seats, track and all, and trace the mounting points onto a piece of cardboard. Then you can use that to help fab a bracket that will bolt up to the stock holes.
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Originally posted by IRingTwyce:
I'm guessing you'll have to fabricate some sort of mounting bracket. You might have to pull the Contour seats, track and all, and trace the mounting points onto a piece of cardboard. Then you can use that to help fab a bracket that will bolt up to the stock holes.
Yeah you would probably need to make your own mount as Twyce said. Put some pics up when you do cause I'd like too see what it looks like
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Just go buy some flat stock steel at Menards/Home Depot etc. Make these into adaptor plates. It works pretty slick and saves time and money. I spent $12 on steel from Menards and made adaptor plates to bolt my Corbeau racing seats into my Camaro using the factory seat brackets.
Place the steel pieces over the bottom of the Jetta seats, mark where the holes are, and then drill accordingly. Then place the steel over the Contour seat brackets and mark the bolt holes, again drill accordingly. Then tada, you have adaptor plates to bolt your Jetta seats to your Contour seat brackets. It works better to actually measure out the distance between the bolt holes on the seats and brackets for an exact fit.
Take some pictures when your done.
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Originally posted by CSVT#49:
Just go buy some flat stock steel at Menards/Home Depot etc. Make these into adaptor plates. It works pretty slick and saves time and money. I spent $12 on steel from Menards and made adaptor plates to bolt my Corbeau racing seats into my Camaro using the factory seat brackets.
Place the steel pieces over the bottom of the Jetta seats, mark where the holes are, and then drill accordingly. Then place the steel over the Contour seat brackets and mark the bolt holes, again drill accordingly. Then tada, you have adaptor plates to bolt your Jetta seats to your Contour seat brackets. It works better to actually measure out the distance between the bolt holes on the seats and brackets for an exact fit.
Take some pictures when your done.
That doesn't sound too safe if you got in an accident...
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What do you think stock seats are secured down with? gorilla glue? a properly secured bolt is a properly secured bolt.
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Originally posted by Pudmunkie:
gorilla glue?
now that sounds like an idea 
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Originally posted by Pudmunkie:
What do you think stock seats are secured down with? gorilla glue?
 LOL....maybe....Gorilla Glue rocks!
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Wet both pieces first, and you're set
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Originally posted by Matt R:
Originally posted by CSVT#49:
Just go buy some flat stock steel at Menards/Home Depot etc. Make these into adaptor plates. It works pretty slick and saves time and money. I spent $12 on steel from Menards and made adaptor plates to bolt my Corbeau racing seats into my Camaro using the factory seat brackets.
Place the steel pieces over the bottom of the Jetta seats, mark where the holes are, and then drill accordingly. Then place the steel over the Contour seat brackets and mark the bolt holes, again drill accordingly. Then tada, you have adaptor plates to bolt your Jetta seats to your Contour seat brackets. It works better to actually measure out the distance between the bolt holes on the seats and brackets for an exact fit.
Take some pictures when your done.
That doesn't sound too safe if you got in an accident...
I did this with 01 celica seats in an 01 ranger and i rolled it twice into a ditch and the seats were fine. and the passenger and i were somehow OK too.
I tack welded the steal 3/8" plates to the brackets that were bolted into the truck, then pulled them, welded them up. then welded the seat sliders onto the plate out of the truck. its very simple.
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