It's more for aesthetic reasons. The seats in the 240D have some tears and rips. We did find a W123 there that had a blue MB-Tex interior that had good seat covers. But the 240D is brown. I don't suppose it's possible to re-dye MB-Tex is it?
...Kevin Steve MacSween said: > The bases will fit, the seats themselves will fit as well except that I > can't say if there will be enough clearance for the original w126 driver's > armrest between the seats, without it rubbing the passenger seat... it's > pretty wide. I am bound to say, however, that unless you are stuck on the > idea of a power seat, I would not trade w126 seats for w123 ones -- > especially the late w123 style. Maybe that's just an issue with how I'm > built, dunno. > > As asides... w126 seats into w116s used to be a pretty common switch, to > gain the advantages of the power seats. Going the other way, I had w123 > Coupe seats in my w116 for years, and found them more comfortable than the > original items (which I installed when I had the car painted, and > regretted > afterwards). > > Mac > > on 7/14/06 3:07 PM, Kevin J. Slater at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Was at the PickNPull yesterday picking up another part and saw a set of >> seats whose color and look matches those in the 79 240D. I don't figure >> they'll fit because they'd be too wide, but just in case, would they >> fit? >> I know that the SD they're in now would have power seat bases and the >> 240D >> has the good old manual ones, but otherwise? >> >> ...Kevin >> 87 300TD 284k mi >> 79 240D 156k mi >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >> For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -- "Thank God for Microsoft" -- Linus Torvalds
