Hyundai i30 - Retrofit seat height adjuster

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Sat 8 May 2010 08:07
Hyundai i30 - Retrofit seat height adjuster - Talking Hoarse

Hi. I am about to take delivery of a new i30 Comfort. Can anyone advise on the feasibility of retro-fitting the seat height adjuster subframe to the passenger seat?

On HUK i30's, cars are fitted with height adjusters (& lumbar) only to the drivers seat, but it would e much better for me if this were also on the passenger side. Sadly the dealers would or could not entertain any special order to include these features for me.

Is it possible to fit the height-adjustable seat subframe from a LHD car (or even from a Kia Cee'd ??) to the passenger seat? Is the seat that is fitted to the fixed-height subframe the same as that fitted to an adjustable height frame?

Next question - is it even possible to retrofit the lumbar support to the passenger seat?

Many thanks for any guidance.

Edited by Talking Hoarse on 08/05/2010 at 08:14

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Tue 11 May 2010 07:58
Hyundai i30 - Retrofit seat height adjuster - Talking Hoarse

I am unashamedly adding a post to this so as to bring back to the top of the pile! Grateful for any guidance about feasibility of swapping a seat sub frame - even generic answers from non-Hyundai trimmers or body shop experts?

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