Mercedes Sprinter / Volkswagen Crafter seat swivel made by SportsCraft

 

Fitting seat swivels to allow the driver's and passenger's seats to turn round to face backwards is a great way to make the most of the limited space available in a campervan or motorhome.  For the benefit fitting seat swivels bring to your campervan or motorhome we think it is one of the lowest cost, relatively achievable DIY conversion tasks.  For more information read our article about fitting seat swivels.

 

This Seat Swivel is for a Mercedes Sprinter (2007 on) and Volkswagen Crafter (2007 on) van and it is made by Sportscraft of Germany.  These are high quality seat swivels which have been crashed tested and have TUV approval.  Choose whether you want a swivel for drivers or passenger side below.

 

Campervan Conversion DIY Difficulty: 2/5 for passenger side, 3/5 for drivers side.  Note that we haven't had any difficulties reported with this model, but you may well encounter minor problems which need 'tweaks' to sort out.

 

All Sportscraft Seat Swivels come complete with fixing bolts.

 

Things to watch out for:

Airbags / seat heating / other wiring - disconnect the battery before doing anything with wiring.  After fitting the swivel, wires can be passed through the hole.

Things mounted under the seat are a problem if they are higher than the seat base - for example batteries, heaters, etc.  Batteries can usually be replaced with lower profile ones.

Sometimes bolts can catch when swiveling - if this happens you will either need to use shorter bolts, cut down these ones using a hack saw, do some filing, or source some with flat heads.  They need to be high tensile bolts so get them from an appropriate place - often local engineering / welding companies are the best people to go to for this type of problem. 

 

Manufacturer: Sportscraft

For Vehicle: Mercedes Sprinter / VW Crafter 2007 on

Crash Tested / TUV Approved: Yes

Hole centres: 420 x 425mm (Please double check this is right for your van)

Included: Bolts