My Panel-van to Kombi-van build thread
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Great thread foggy! Doing this myself at the momet, bought all the seats/ brackets ect. I’ve removed my bulkhead and still have the lip where the bulkhead bolts into. Is this just bolted under my wood flooring and seatbelt pillar plastics or is it a grinder job?
The two upper black bulkhead attachment points (LH & RH) are bolted on behind the B pillar trims.
The lower body coloured section is welded in and will require a few welds grinding back to remove.
I left my lower bulkhead attachment section in as I have a custom lower bulkhead fitted.
There's a few images showing where it's welded here:
VW T5 Bulkhead – VW Build
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Have a Nosey at mine mate !!Great thread foggy! Doing this myself at the momet, bought all the seats/ brackets ect. I’ve removed my bulkhead and still have the lip where the bulkhead bolts into. Is this just bolted under my wood flooring and seatbelt pillar plastics or is it a grinder job?
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G'day Elliot, I was wondering if you also have teh part numbers for the underfloor reinforcement plates? Who is TPS? Thanks
G'day Elliot, I was wondering if you also have teh part numbers for the underfloor reinforcement plates? Who is TPS? Thanks
The parts he calls 'seat bracket washers' in the post you quoted are the underside reinforcement plates.
7H0 803 547 A - single reinforcement bracket (side of vehicle)
7H0 803 548 A - single reinforcement bracket (side of vehicle, mirror image of above bracket)
7H0 802 763 A - double reinforcement bracket (for centre of vehicle)
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Peteypops123
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Helpful thread! Does anyone know if you can get 1+1+1 (all with integrated seat belts) to fit alongside each other?
The middle seat looks often looks like it has an integrated belt, but ideally I’d like all three to have it if possible.
The middle seat looks often looks like it has an integrated belt, but ideally I’d like all three to have it if possible.
Peteypops123
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Also.... does pouting the extra row of seats in increase the insurance much?
I’d only be popping the seats in occasionally for the odd camping trip, as mines used as a work van 99% of the time.
I’d only be popping the seats in occasionally for the odd camping trip, as mines used as a work van 99% of the time.
Not unless you go for the caravelle type seats and even then you'd only have 2 single seats in the second row or the big 3 seat bench. I'm not sure if the caravelle seats can be easily removed though.
That or fit some other brand van seats that have integrated seat belts.......
Depends on your insurer. Some will up your price if you fit yellow valve dust caps!
Mine is insured with Brentacre so there wasnt any price increase for the kombi conversion. Only performance increasing mods would affect price.
Hi Elliot,
This thread has been so helpful on my kombi seat install! Finished it up at the weekend and have came to install the seat belts.
Can you tell me if your seat belt brackets had this angle on? Reason being is that I’ve been told I’ve ordered the wrong ones and that they are meant to be flat?
Great post. Can I ask is there a difference in somaro or pandu? Is it literally just a different trim (material) or is the styling completely different. We are somaro from seats and looking at getting a 1+1+1 rear as you have but can only find in pandu.and finished........
Just a case of clipping the seats in, adjusting the seating capacity on the V5 and insuring the conversion!
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Any help would be much appreciated.
Yes, it's purely a change in material pattern though I think the pandu does feel a better quality material (my front seats are simora).
It was a little hobsons choice, as you say, I wanted 1+1+1 which ment pandu as that's all I could find (most come from shuttles I think)!
The hole with rivet in, above the upper belt mount is to hold the mount in place.
I drilled a hole either side on the seat belt mounting plate threaded boss and used those holes to rivet it in place inside the C pillar.
Ah, I see, I guess you mean this hole?
If so, I didn't drill that hole. It's a redundant hole from a self tapping screw that held the original ply wood lining in (from when the vehicle was just a panel van).
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