 Koenig Seat, How To Widen One |
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| 914Sixer |
 Dec 7 2023, 02:14 PM
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914 Guru  Group: Members Posts: 9,231 Joined: 17-January 05 From: San Angelo Texas Member No.: 3,457 Region Association: Southwest Region 
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I picked up a Koenig seat and it is way to narrow. Seat will need to be recovered. Has anyone taken the frame and widen it? Maybe a port a power to do some gentle stretching. Or just sell it and move on. Generic picture.
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| mepstein |
Dec 7 2023, 02:21 PM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 20,045 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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Dave Toppin widened his. You need to remove the upholstery, reweld the tubes and then reapholster. If you just try to bend it, the welds will break. They break sometimes just from normal usage.
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| 914werke |
Dec 7 2023, 02:23 PM
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"I got blisters on me fingers" Group: Members Posts: 11,355 Joined: 22-March 03 From: USofA Member No.: 453 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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| burton73 |
Dec 7 2023, 02:50 PM
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Senior member, and old dude Group: Members Posts: 3,881 Joined: 2-January 07 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 7,414 Region Association: Southern California
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I have a Scheel driver’s seat that was widened to fit my fat ass by Dale Hancock and it came out almost perfect.
The Koenig seat looks to be the very same seat so look over the pictures of my seat and a good local guy can do this work for you. Best Bob B    |
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| eric9144 |
Dec 7 2023, 03:49 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,772 Joined: 30-March 11 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 12,876 Region Association: Southern California
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QUOTE(burton73 @ Dec 7 2023, 12:50 PM)  almost perfect Konig's and Scheel's are good for waste lines up to about 32-34" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) After that they're uncomfortably tight in the hips (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) |
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| Steve |
Dec 7 2023, 03:56 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,926 Joined: 14-June 03 From: Laguna Niguel, CA Member No.: 822 Region Association: Southern California
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At the time I had a 30” waist and could not fit in a new Koenig 914 seat. I sold it on eBay and then I noticed the buyer also sold them later. I now have a 34” waist and barely fit in the GTS lemans seat.
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| NARP74 |
Dec 7 2023, 04:08 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,416 Joined: 29-July 20 From: Colorado, USA, Earth Member No.: 24,549 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Mine is a tight fit but once I am in I love it. I'm not going anywhere. A little easier pre covid...
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| burton73 |
Dec 7 2023, 04:42 PM
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Senior member, and old dude Group: Members Posts: 3,881 Joined: 2-January 07 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 7,414 Region Association: Southern California
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QUOTE(Steve @ Dec 7 2023, 01:56 PM) At the time I had a 30” waist and could not fit in a new Koenig 914 seat. I sold it on eBay and then I noticed the buyer also sold them later. I now have a 34” waist and barely fit in the GTS lemans seat. I have a 40 inch or so waist. I used to be a 46 but I lost 90lbs 22 years ago and have kept it off mostly Bob B (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif) |
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| pfreiburger |
Dec 7 2023, 10:39 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 128 Joined: 6-October 20 From: Fond du Lac, WI Member No.: 24,738 Region Association: None
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QUOTE(burton73 @ Dec 7 2023, 02:50 PM) I have a Scheel driver’s seat that was widened to fit my fat ass by Dale Hancock and it came out almost perfect. The Koenig seat looks to be the very same seat so look over the pictures of my seat and a good local guy can do this work for you. Best Bob B [attachmentid=89548 Man, I love that interior! Beautiful color choices, beautiful work! |
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| racerx9146 |
Dec 8 2023, 01:04 PM
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good design never goes out of date.. Group: Members Posts: 174 Joined: 1-January 04 From: Sacramento, CA Member No.: 1,483 Region Association: Northern California |
I widened my Koenig drivers side many years ago, carefully pulled back upholstery, bent the lower bars about 3/4 of inch wider on both sides at the front where is was digging into my leg. Looks fine, every time I get into the passenger seat I am reminded why I did it, way worth the effort.
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