16valver seats in a 8valver having problems help

mk4mike · Post by **mk4mike** » Sun May 18, 2008 12:27 am

i have just got a full set of 16 valve seats and door cards but the front two seats dont sit in right they wobble from side to side only a little bit but not happy with it would fail mot like this just wondering if anyone knows why this is.
maybe different fitting on 16 valve dunno if anyone has done this and it worked, how did you solve this or did they fit stright in?????????

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Sun May 18, 2008 12:54 am

what is it that's wobbling? is it because the rails don't amtch up and there a slight gap? Or something lose which you can't place?

mk4mike · Post by **mk4mike** » Sun May 18, 2008 1:00 am

what the seats are in the runners the legs with the bits that slot in the runners seem to be to small and it wobbles think it may have some kind of plastic thing on it to make it sit snug

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Sun May 18, 2008 1:14 am

So the runners on the seats are too thin for the rails of the car?

mk4mike · Post by **mk4mike** » Sun May 18, 2008 1:15 am

yeah seem to be

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Sun May 18, 2008 1:36 am

hhmmm.. well I'd look into plastic inserts to see if they exist. Or see if standard subframes fit on the 16v fits or get some mde up

Andy1.6 · Post by **Andy1.6** » Sun May 18, 2008 9:17 am

My 8v seats dont fit properly in my 8v! its very very annoying

NGB · Post by **NGB** » Sun May 18, 2008 10:38 am

i have 16 valve seats in my 8valve. they fit in my car with no wobbles. i think that you might be missing some rubber spacers on the bottom of the seat runners. they are a yellowy colour.

mk4mike · Post by **mk4mike** » Sun May 18, 2008 1:33 pm

yeah got some of those