Volkswagen Transporter T5 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 Volkswagen T5 Transporter van (any year so long as its a T5) and it is made by Sportscraft of Germany.  These are high quality seat swivels and they have been fully crash tested and TUV approved.  Choose whether you want one for the drivers side or passenger side below.  We can also provide you with seat swivels with integrated safes which cost a bit more but are very useful for passports etc when you're abroad - please contact us if you would like one of these (info@campervanconversion.co.uk).

 

Campervan Conversion DIY Difficulty: 2/5 for passenger side, 3/5 for drivers side.  Note that the drivers side swivel is more difficult to fit (though still highly achievable by most DIY enthusiasts) since you have to mount the handbrake lower down on the floor on a bracket provided.  This involves trimming the plastic seat covering as well as re-adjusting the handbrake cable after fitting - in extreme cases this may involve getting some help from a garage.

 

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: Volkswagen T5 Transporter, all years

Crash Tested / TUV Approved: Yes

Hole centres: 395 x 384mm

Included: Bolts, handbrake bracket (drivers side only)