201 seats in M20E?

[Badmoonraising]

I am still very much a new owner of a 64 M20E. I'd like to upgrade my front seats and would like to know if the seats from an M20J 201 will fit my rails?

I hope this doesn't qualify as a dumb question 

[Bob_Belville]

12 minutes ago, Badmoonraising said:

I am still very much a new owner of a 64 M20E. I'd like to upgrade my front seats and would like to know if the seats from an M20J 201 will fit my rails?

I hope this doesn't qualify as a dumb question 

Don't know about the rails but be advised all 201s have electric gear and the seats do not have to allow clearance to swing a JBar.

[Badmoonraising]

Well thank you Bob! That could be a slight problem. 

What should I be looking for? As I said, I'd like to upgrade my seats. 

[Bob_Belville]

2 minutes ago, Badmoonraising said:

Well thank you Bob! That could be a slight problem. 

What should I be looking for? As I said, I'd like to upgrade my seats. 

Well, reupholstering with leather and improved foam cushioning is a common upgrade. I had mine done by a local auto trim shop. (The flame spread spec for aviation materials - seat covers, head liners, side panels, carpet - is not particularly tough to meet, automotive grade materials should pass easily.)

For high end results there a highly recommended shop in San Antonio TX who does a lot of Mooneys. Hector Fernandez will do a complete interior but he will also upgrade seats that you send him.

http://aerocomfort.com/

There a number of threads here dealing with interior upgrades.

[rbridges]

Reupholstering would be most simple and cost effective. My C has articulating seats, so I'm thinking they came from a later model. I also have the Johnson bar. 

[jpjp]

They will fit the rails on an E model also.

Edited February 5, 2017 by jpjp
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[Badmoonraising]

On 2017-02-04 at 7:53 PM, jpjp said:

They will fit the rails on an E model also.

But as Bob said, will they block usage of the J-Bar?

[rbridges]

not sure where they got these seats, but they are fully articulating.  The johnson bar works fine.

[pinerunner]

47 minutes ago, rbridges said:

not sure where they got these seats, but they are fully articulating.  The johnson bar works fine.

I want me some of these!