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campervan seating advice.

As we continue to adapt and change our campervan seating advice, please feel free to get in touch with any questions you might have that isnt covered in the FAQ.
Making the right choices in the first instance is the most important part of choosing your seating system. The right seating system will ensure a smooth and simple fitting process, save you money and, of course, look great.

Take some time now to work through our guide to help identify which seating system will be suitable for your conversion, this guide is intended as exactly that, to guide you, you may of course be creating a very bespoke build and therefore may want to ignore the advice given in this guide, feel free, we support creative self-builders and would love to see your designs with our seats.

Please bear in mind, that although we continue to work hard on understanding and advising on all combinations of vans and seats there are still a few that elude us. We continue to work hard on updating this guide.

We will also happily accept any feedback on your own seat and fitting experiences you may have had that may contribute to our Campervan Seating advice and help our fellow converters.

Product Questions

As we begin to work with these newer vehicles we will be able to offer more advice. This vehicle range has proven difficult to fit “standard” RIB beds to. The seats that fit the T5/T6 aren’t really suitable, they can be fitted but due to the chassis rail on the passenger side, fitting in the normal position is near impossible as drilling the chassis is alot of work.
Its also worth noting that the rear cutout for the door pillar at the back is different to the T5/T6, so even if you can drill the chassis rail, you wont be able to fit snug and maximise the space available for the rest of your conversion.

Some good news, we will be pull testing our own M1 fitting bracket in the near future to eleviate the issues with drilling the chassis and we have already ordered new T7 fabric RIB beds with the relevant cut out, before long we will be able to offer correct and safe pull tested fittings for this vehicle.

In the meantime, check out our GlideMotion EZFit as this works perfect with the T7 range.

The T5 and T6 are the most common vehicles used for Camper Conversions currently. The RIB seat is standard for these vehicles and you will need just a standard height frame (330mm) and then your choice of extras and upholstery. For most versions of these vehicles fitting is straightforward but be aware that if you have a Kombi or Caravelle, there is extra work to consider. Kombi: You will need to remove the original seats and also remove any fixings prior to being able to fit your RIB seat. Caravelle: Although great vans, the Caravelle poses the most problems when it comes to fitting. With all the extra panelling, heating, and electrics etc it is near impossible to fit RIB seats without first removing all of these extras, including the panels and essentially making this just a panel van, think long and hard before paying extra for a Caravelle if you intend to convert the van. The final decisions to make then revolve around your personal choices, whether you want a slider for example, is not a choice that will affect the fitting, just its use, then pick your upholstery and your ready to go.

When it comes to the seats there is one big watch out. The internal wheel-arch height in a Custom is taller than the standard frame height of a RIB seat, this means that you will need some way of raising the frame? We decided that we could not stock a third variation of the frame and so developed the raiser frames for the Transit Custom. These box sections match the footprint of the RIB frame and are powder coated and pre-drilled to ensure this does not look out of place once fitted, this also does not affect the safety of the fitment or it’s certification. The rest of the options are then down to your own personal choice, slider, colour and size etc. The Custom is slightly wider than a standard T5/T6 and so means more room for your conversion, giving more options on seat and conversion combinations. As with the T5/T6 range, if the vehicle is of the Kombi or Tourneo range, please bear in mind the additional work required to ensure you can fit the seat.

Added 08.04.25 – In the last 12 months or so we have personally opted for fitting the 112cm RIB seat off the passenger wall by about 6cm, although this leaves a small gap it does mean we dont need to raise the seat up any further and can instead just use the more standard 330mm frames, enjoying more headroom. The knock on affect is less room down the driver side for your unit but we have found that with the additional internal width the Transit Custom offers, this isnt a problem and actually the trade off is worth it.

The Vivaro/Trafic range, pre 2014 still continue to be a great alternative vehicle for conversions and seat/bed fitting. Typically, the old shape version has lower wheel-arches which means you can use a reduced height frame on your RIB seat (310mm) allowing extra headroom for you. Other than that, no concerns for fitting to these vehicles, just choose you extras and your upholstery. Although we dont personally have much experience in the newer versions and shapes we are dealing with numerous traders who are fitting RIB beds in these vehicles regularly. If you wish to check if your vehicle is compatible, please get in touch.

Please refer to our guide for ensuring you get the right seat.

There are more seat manufacturers in the industry now than there has ever been. We have always stocked RIB seats as these have a very strong reputation for both safety and style. We have in the past stocked other Rock and Roll bed ranges but over time have found that for the price, the RIB beds just cant be beaten. In the last 12 months we have introduced new ranges, new fabrics and the second version of our GlideMotion, all using the RIB beds. There are plenty of good quality Rock and Roll bed suppliers out there, just ensure the correct certification when you buy.

Yes, this is a priority for us. All our seats are M1 tested.

RIB seats; Bricks / Simora / T6 Austin / Tartan Grey / Black Vinyl / Transit Charcoal / Plain Black / T7 Life

Yes of course! Please get in touch with details of your vehicle and the seat you are interested in.

Absolutely, please check the contact us page for more info.

Yes absolutely! Well, mostly yes, there are a number of checks required before we can confidently say yes/no.
The first point to make is that you cannot use a RIB bed you already have with our rails. The seats/frames we use from Scopema are bespoke and made for our tracking system, GlideMotion EZFit.
Its also worth noting that because we need to replace the floor for one suitable for our rail kit, we cannot retrofit our rail system.
The certification we have for our rail kit is for our seats with our rails, this does though mean that we become your one-stop for any concerns you might have before or after the install.
Our GlideMotion EZFit system can be installed in T5/T6/T7/Transit Custom, these are the base vehicles but we have also installed our kit into larger vehicles like the Sprinter/Crafter, if your vehicle is not listed it does not mean its not possible, please get in touch.

Buying Questions

Currently we hold 400+ seats in stock available for immediate delivery and more stock arriving every month. We do try to keep a good stock holding for all of our seats but depending on demand sometimes we will be temporarily out of stock. You are able to reserve seats from future deliveries with just a 10% deposit, please get in touch for more information.

If we dont stock the seat you need then you may find our bespoke ordering service useful, fill in the form with details of the seat you want and we can quickly price this for you.

This can vary from seat to seat depending on stock levels. When the seats are in stock we aim to have this in your hands in 2-3 days.

We do try to ensure that the seat you choose will be the right seat for you. However, should that not be the case we can arrange for a return and refund of any unopened seats, you will need to pay the carriage costs unless the return is due to a manufacturing fault.

If your seat is in stock you will need to make full payment before your seat can be dispatched. If you are ordering from future stock you can leave a 10% deposit and then pay the remaining balance once the seat arrives with us.

Yes of course, we will be happy to help. Please get in touch using our Contact us page.

Yes. If you have already been qualified for your Trade account with either us directly or via Clearcut then you can login to see our trade price offering on all seats. You can apply for a Trade account using either the contact us page or directly through the trade portal.

Please get in touch! We like to think this is where we really shine. Scopema’s standard 2 year warranty is return to base, in France, which doesnt work for our customers here in the UK, so we honour the same warranty here at Clearcut and CampervanSeating UK.

99% of concerns you might have can be resolved easily and for the slightly more tricky work we often courier the affected part back to us and complete the work before returning the seat part to you.
We stock a wide range of parts and have plenty of expereince in the building, even if your seat wasn’t bought from us, please still get in touch, we will be happy to help.
We will just need the serial number of the seat, which can be found etched into the frame in various places.