[V8] GIS seats in cabrio

[Bastian Homburg]

They are reinforced, yes. But not only at the top - they weigh about 70 
lbs apiece. The construction is that beefy because the seatbelts are 
anchored to the seats and the frame needs to withstand all the forces 
the weight of the occupant causes in a crash all on its own instead of 
distributing it to the floorpan and the chassis like with regular seats 
where the seatbelts are anchored in the B-pillars. GIS-seat-equipped 
cabrios have a different floorpan than regular-seat models, too, with 
the mountpoints being different and reinforced. Just like on the V8 
where manual and power seats have different moint points, you'd need to 
weld if you want to swap between regular seats and those.
After Mercedes introduced similar seats as standard in the R129 SL which 
debuted in 1989, Audi wanted to have something to be able to say "me, 
too" I guess. They were pretty pricey and definitely not a popular 
option. And they make the rear seat practically unusable due to their 
bulk, practically transforming the car into a two-seater. Legroom back 
there is just short of nonexistent.






Seamus O'Carey wrote:
> Yeah those are kinda weird.  My guess is they're reinforced at the top in
> lieu of a rollbar like in the vw cabriolets.
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> Seamus
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> On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 9:15 PM,<cobram at juno.com>  wrote:
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