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Would fiat Marea Seats fit Fiat Brava Interiour????

October 21 2009 at 3:51 PM
Kate  (Login Kate_Lousie)
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Hi, I have found some nice leather seats which are from a Fiat Marea but would like them to go into my Fiat Brava S reg But don't know if they will or not??
Would anyone help me to answer this question please, As i don't want to buy them if they don't.
Please Help!!
Kate

 
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Will
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Re: Would fiat Marea Seats fit Fiat Brava Interiour????

October 21 2009, 6:16 PM 

Pretty sure you need the marea weekend seats as these are the folding ones, and i think the saloon's ones are fixed?
Hope thats useful

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Carroll
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Re: Would fiat Marea Seats fit Fiat Brava Interiour????

October 21 2009, 7:52 PM 

Front seats should be no problem fitting-wise, but of course they do not fold forward like a Bravo's have to.

Rear seats on Marea saloons are also the split/folding type like the Weekend estate's -and often have a fold-down centre armrest, though which would fit better, (or even if there's no difference) I could'nt say for sure.

 
 


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Re: Would fiat Marea Seats fit Fiat Brava Interiour????

October 22 2009, 8:01 PM 

Having owned a Brava and worked on Andy's Marea, I'd be pretty confident the interior from a Marea would fit fine.

Although the shape of the rear doors are different, the bottom part (where the door card is) is the same. Front seats don't move on the Brava so Marea ones will be fine.

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AlexW
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Yes - With difficulty.

October 25 2009, 11:01 PM 


I did this conversion with a Marea saloon to Brava interior.

The front seats are a straight swap.

The front door cards, after removing one of the standoffs on the back, fit straight in.

The rear doorcards the same but you also have to shape/cut the top rear of the card so it fits flush.

The rear seats are the problem. I had to strip the cross bar from the old seats ( a serious job) it has about five million spot welds holding it in place.

You need the 2 locking mechanisms from the Marea to fit on the cross bar and bolt them into the appropriate position. This also involved adjusting the locking bars in the back of the seats.

The cross bar securing tabs at each side of the car need to removed and replaced in a slightly different configuration that involves using only 2 securing bolts.

Finally you need to cut/shape the plastic trim round the securing tabs so that the cross bar locks into position.

Other than that, it's easy!!!!







 
 
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