NSW Wanting to make multivan an 8 seater

[VeeDubVanMan]

Hi All,
I have a 2006 Multivan which I absolutely love, but it would be good if I could make it an 8 seater. Can anyone help me out here?
Cheers,

[sharkys]

Is it a joke?

[VeeDubVanMan]

No, it is not a joke. Why do you think it would be a joke?

[The_Hawk]

I haven't tried it but I suppose you could put two bench seats in the back, the issue being access to the third row could be problematic or require some climbing

Plan B is to get the front bench from the Transporter and put that in. I'd ask questions about the legality of this with the airbags in the Multivan.

In any case i think when adding seats it's supposed to be engineered / checked... although it might be very simple if it's a factory part fitted to a vehicle on the same chasis.

[VeeDubVanMan]

Thanks very much Hawk.
Yes, I thought of buying another rear bench seat and putting it in place of the middle seats. But vw doesn't sell the whole seat as an ensemble - you have to buy each component of the seat individually and then put it together which costs an absolute fortune.
Apparently Auto Extras in Brisbane custom make a jump seat for the space between the two middle seats, but given that I want to be able to take real people and not garden gnomes, that is not a viable option.
I was tempted to trade the multivan in on a Caravelle, but I tow a dirty big 26' sail boat (which at a fraction under 2 tonnes is right at the towing limit of VW vans) and I am not sure that the lower powered engine of the caravelle would be able to handle it adequately.
The best bet might be to track down a wrecked multivan and get a second hand rear bench seat.
If anyone knows of a wrecker that specialises in vws I would be interested to hear about them.
Cheers

[Brientim]

Check out ebay

There is a three sweater on eBay.

[Guest001]

Would need to get an engineering certificate in most States if you alter seating from whats on Compliance plate.
I removed second row from a Landcruiser for 2years and had to get a plate on it and change the rego papers to the altered seating capacity and redo it as well when I replaced them.

Seatbelt mounts could be a problem

The Modification number for altering seating capacity is LK1