88 535i swapping driver and passenger seats

i was able to put the passenger seat on the drivers side of my 1990 325i, so it is more than likely the same fit.

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How do you do this. It will make my wife extremely happy if I could swap the seats on her 1987 320i.

Regards MW

Correction: These are leather seats with:

That is on the seat track.

That is on the seat body. It will be on the inside after the swap.

Not sure; think it's on the seat track.

Frankly, you'll be able to answer your questions better by yourself. Remove one of the seats by unbolting the tracks and disconnecting the seatbelts and turn it over. You'll find the track attached to the seat bottom with four 10mm bolts. If you remove the other and swap tracks and seat belt anchors, the seats will most likely reverse side for side. At least they have on the three E28s I've done it on ('82 528e, manual; '87 535is power, sport x 2). Lots easier if you have those levers instead of having to work with power to move the seats and then disconnect them while keeping them from falling over.

It is not such a difficult job that you can't change your mind after taking the first seat out. Takes under fifteen minutes, even if you're a fumblethumbs.

-- C.R. Krieger (Been there; done that)