Long story short, my better half does not like the passenger seat in my car. Too low, firm and not a fan of the bolsters. 

 

Now rather than change the car which i only have a couple of months, I was wondering if it might be possible to swap the seat from a different spec car instead? Do the other models have side airbags? Did any come with heaters in them? Should they bolt straight in?

 

Any help would be appreciated.

Easier to change the wife.
 

My SEL has a height adjustable passenger seat, surprised the VRS doesn’t.

Edited 22 February, 20215 yr by FrankNicklin

5 minutes ago, FrankNicklin said:

Easier to change the wife.
 

My SEL has a height adjustable passenger seat, surprised the VRS doesn’t.

Cost more to change the wife after nearly 15 years 😁

 

VRS does indeed have height adjustment, but she has an underlying condition that makes sports style seats uncomfortable for her. The full taught leather possibly isn't helping the situation. Even with the seat fully raised it still leans down at the rear. I'm looking to see if I can get the sort of seat that you sit on rather than in if you get me? For example she's OK on the flat base seats in her Kangoo, her mother's Panda and the Shogun i had many years ago, where she simply couldn't travel in my BMW because the combination of m-sports seats, suspension and 19" rims with 35 profile tyres meant it was just torture for her.

 

Hence looking at alternative spec Octavia, or even Golf or Audi A4 if they'd bolt in. 

Not knowing about your wife’s condition, but have you considered a rotating seat cushion, usually used to assist entry and exit from car seats, would also help raise the cushion above the bolsters.

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00LLHNP8U/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_SFA9ZBMK9APBXRGDMPNP

Edited 22 February, 20215 yr by FrankNicklin

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll certainly mention it to her 😊

An alternative is a wedge cushion. These fill in the dip towards the back of the seat. They also come is a variety of sizes and materials but might help level out the seat cushion to the bolsters. 
 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07SQ1GYH9/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_CT1X4WDEKQ5PQ50KA4SV?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B075DRS4C9/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_2TZ8F7E82F1HC5NZMBSV

Alternatively, you could go for standard seats from a scrapped SE spec.  They are generally supportive, more plyable and good all round seats. 

2 hours ago, varaderoguy said:

Alternatively, you could go for standard seats from a scrapped SE spec.  They are generally supportive, more plyable and good all round seats. 

That's what I was hoping to do and started the thread to find out if it's possible 😊 are the mounting points the same? Do the SE seats have side airbags like the VRS or will i have issues?

Depends on the SE in question. Some do and some don't; most probably won't have that option. The other way to go is to look at SE-L seating which looks like a Scout seat and is somewhere in between a standard and a VRS seat in terms of support. Most pf those SE-L seats have the airbag option included.

I think over here the SE is Ambition, while the SE-L is Elegance. I have a lot more homework to do 😊

I would speak to a seat repair company.

 

You will be able to get the foam changed for example to memory foam. Bolsters softened or reduced and any other tweaks you might want can be discussed.

 

You can get one of both done and best of all they will match the rest of the car still.

 

Dirt cheap, no but probably not much worse than a swap and the end result will probably better.

 

Also far cheaper than swapping the car/wife and you don’t have to store the old seats for resale time.

 

I'm pretty sure in my vrs, that if you lift the back part of the horizontal bar for height adjustment on the sear, that it just raises the back of the base and not the front, changing the tilt/ dip position.

It has three different adjustments for just the height.

Hope that helps