💥 Making the VW Campervan front double seat 100% more comfortable 😃 Vankraft Folding Seat Bracket 🔧

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This week I fit the Vankraft folding seat bracket to my Kiravans double swivel seat in the van to improve the comfort levels by a million per cent.
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@TonyMilsom Год назад

Thanks for this video. It's great to see a real person installing one of these. The Vankraft instruction video does skim over the difficult bits. Your video gives me confidence!

@ScottishVanTrips Год назад

Thanks for subscribing! Yeah thats exactly why I thought about making the video, the one online didn't really make it all that clear. Glad you enjoyed it!

@katieunderwood3903 Год назад

Great video I’ll be fitting my bracket this afternoon, if the rain ever stops 👍

@ScottishVanTrips Год назад

Cool! Good luck! Watch out you don't drop that nut!

@Indigopop Год назад

Thank you, I think with the help of your video I should be able to fit one to mine now 🙌

@ScottishVanTrips Год назад

That's awesome! That's exactly why I like to do this! 👌🏻

@craigfrood7710 Год назад

Hi Just fitted our and as you say it’s a game changer. Thanks for your help as made the process very easy. 1 question did you have any issues with the seatbelt pulling out post fitting. Its now a bit temperamental.

@ScottishVanTrips Год назад

Well done! No issues, where is it pulling out from? You mean when it's plugged in and fastened?

@craigfrood7710 Год назад

@@ScottishVanTrips No from the top of the seat. Start locking. Weird.

@ScottishVanTrips Год назад

@@craigfrood7710 Strange, I would check the fabric part of the belt, pull it right through, check it over make sure nothing is catching. Cant think of anything else...

@carljones272 2 года назад

Hi where did you get your seat covers they look great! Thanks for posting the video also ! :)

@ScottishVanTrips 2 года назад

Cheers Carl! I'm not 100% sure mate, they were fitted to the van when I bought it. Thanks for watching the channel!

@carljones272 2 года назад

No worries they do look ace though. Hey do you have any problems with the seatbelt ratcheting when you put the seat flat? I’ve just fitted my bracket and when I put it flat (or nearly flat) it starts to ratchet. Weird one!!

@pauldeaks1212 2 года назад

How easy was the Re upholstery part , looked tricky opening the seat cover

@ScottishVanTrips 2 года назад

There's a definite knack to it. Opening was tricky, but once you see the z shape clip from the side, you get it straight away... Thanks for watching the channel!

@philiphepworth6919 2 года назад

Hi, thanks for making the video. I have the same issue and was going to spend £1000 on a single seat and £500 getting recovered + new base etc. Having seen this option I’m looking at doing the same but also fitting the lower base as my wife’s head is pretty much touching the roof on the current base. Vankraft do both bits. Is yours the lower or standard base? Thanks

@ScottishVanTrips 2 года назад

I've not seen the lower base, sounds like a good option!

@christosfragos4404 5 месяцев назад

Nice job! Do you know any way for the double to seat to be leaned back like the driver's ? Thank you is advance.

@ScottishVanTrips 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching! Sorry no I haven't seen a tilt device yet!

@warrensurtees6552 3 месяца назад

The Van Kaft Bracket has a 10 degree tilt

@craigfrood7710 Год назад

Does the seat still turn ok with the 10deg? Mine is already tight.

@ScottishVanTrips Год назад

Yeah, you can always tilt it more if you need to, but I didn't have any major issues. I think getting it right into the corner to start helps.

@craigfrood7710 Год назад

Thanks - is your VW a T6

@ScottishVanTrips Год назад

@@craigfrood7710 yes T6. 1

@paulkeppelphotography 2 года назад

how long did it take you?

@ScottishVanTrips 2 года назад

Hi Paul, I think it was around an hour. I'm hopeless at DIY too! There's a plywood board template you can download and I'd defo recommend doing that bit too. Gives you a nice flat surface when you fold the seats. Cheers for watching. Kenny.

@zeptepi7931 2 года назад

The angle is too much, had to take mine out. Please set your drivers seat to same angle and ask your passenger to test the angle. The instructions for a wooden back are poor and ill fitting. If you fit one of these brackets fold the seat flat before reclipping the cover and you'll see and feel a really sharp angle on the bracket each side of the centre spline. These WILL rip through your cover. Holed my cover after a couple of uses. Filing these angles round helped but it was only making a larger 3mm ply back ensuring it the covers these protrusions that has worked. I used a small self tap screw on each side if the seat to keep it in place. We measure the angle nearer 20 degrees, boy racers position. warning, the wood insert makes unclipping the cover even harder.

@ScottishVanTrips 2 года назад

I've not tried the plywood backing so thanks for the heads up. I have to say I prefer the angle of the seats, the standard one on long journeys was awful.

@gwinspear1 Год назад

Sorry. Are you saying to make a larger wood insert to protect the cover of the seats?

@stuartpenn933 Год назад

How easy does the seat swivel with the recline ?

@ScottishVanTrips Год назад

Hi Stuart, its not bad, sometimes you get it right first time, sometimes its a pain, same as usual!! thanks for watching.

@stuartpenn933 Год назад

@@ScottishVanTrips i Seen a video that van craft do a swivel base that the top spins only and not the whole base but could never find it on there website

@ScottishVanTrips Год назад

@@stuartpenn933 I've not seen that! Sounds good. The good thing about the Kiravans base is you can use it for storage too. Probably the best storage in the van!

@stuartpenn933 Год назад

@@ScottishVanTrips Skip to about 4:50 or you will have to listen to the guys dribble ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JnZvyA3ltiM.html

@ScottishVanTrips Год назад

@@stuartpenn933 nice one!

@dickie35 Год назад

Hi What’s the turn screw for on the hinge

@ScottishVanTrips Год назад

Not 100% sure where you mean, but I think you mean the safety catch?

@dickie35 Год назад

@@ScottishVanTrips yeah that’s probably it, the silver round turn screw on the front, is it just to lock it from folding it can you lock it into different upright positions

@ScottishVanTrips Год назад

@@dickie35 Ah yeah, so thats a locking safety catch. It stops the seat folding when it's in the upright position so if you are in a crash it doesn't fold you in half!😂 You going to fit one? I have to say it makes a massive difference!