[V8] rear power seats.

[Ari Palomäki]

Hi all,

I have the rear power seats in my '92(SWB) plus the Connolly option.
AFAIK, the Connolly leather came standard in european Exclusive ausstattung
regardless of whether you ordered the electric rears or not.

The backrests of the seats have nylon rollers attached - these rollers
run in their apertures in the added subframes to allow the backrests to move
up and down, when sliding the seat back and forth. The center armrest has
a separate aluminum carrier assembly, which is bolted to the back panel.

The seats have subframes bolted to the floor, but honestly can't tell if all 
V8s
would have the attaching points there directly from the plant. I doubt it 
though,
I suspect that the '92 models were the first ones to offer the option for
rear el.seats to a short wheelbase V8.

Also - it's somewhat cumbersome to remove the seat to be able to disconnect 
the battery...

Ari

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Wainwright" <ron_01056 at yahoo.com>
To: <b.homburg at web.de>
Cc: <v8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 8:48 PM
Subject: Re: [V8] rear power seats.


> OK...so one more question..well a few more questions &
> a comment ;-)......
> Ok so the rear divider (seat back structure) is the
> same if the sunshade is manual or power rite? Just the
> trim pieces are different & obviousley the parcel
> shelf is reinforced for the motor to mount to?
>
> As far as the power seats. How is the seat subframes
> mounted to the rear? Are there certain mounting points
> that obviousley aren't on the "normal" rear seat
> setups?
> & was there a Connely stitch option for the rear
> power seats? Since I assume the Lang had the Connely
> seat stitching...rite?
>
> & since your shades for the side windows aren't
> FS...how bout you hook me up with a set of those Euro
> 16x8 BBs mesh wheels...LOL
>
> Ron
>
> --- Bastian Homburg <b.homburg at web.de> wrote:
>
>> AFAIK, the rear deck area is unchanged. There`s two
>> different versions
>> of the parcel shelf and trim items listed - one
>> regular, and one for
>> cars with power sunshade as that is integrated in
>> the parcel shelf. The
>> power seats are mounted on their own subframes that
>> take care of the
>> necessary reinforcements.
>>
>> The shades for the rear side windows were always
>> included when you
>> ordered a rear sunshade - power or manual.
>> If you get any used ones, see that they include the
>> clips that attach to
>> the door trim and hold down the shade when drawn -
>> these break easily
>> when used frequently and are no longer available,
>> just like everything
>> else concerning these precious parts. And they're
>> expensive and hard to
>> get as that is one of the  "must have" upgrades to
>> every Type44....
>> Mine are not for sale, btw :)
>>
>>