FAQ 57

Question: I have a great 89 Golf that I just purchased. It is in great shape all except the driver's seat. The fabric is in pretty good shape, but the seat is broke down to the left.

What is the best way to go. To rebuild the seat or to replace? Who would you recommend to contact?

Answer: I'd replace. I made a trip to the junk yard and came home with 2 nice seats from a later Jetta, and a semi-rough GTI seat all for $75. I put the nice Jetta seats in my Golf and adapted the GTI seat (any my old Golf passenger seat) for my Bug.

I think the seat mounts are the same for many years of Golfs. Compare the junkyard seats to your seats (you can pull out the passenger seat and still drive to the junkyard). The seats might have the same mounts up through the mid-1990s.

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