Upgrading a t6 for the new rear seat position and upstairs bed on the 6.1

[Marc Oldman]

I like the look of the square plastic ‘springs’ in the upstairs bed of the 6.1 vs the wooden slats in my T6. And also, the new ‘lounging’ rear seat position where you can angle the rear most section up to sit with your feet up.

Does anyone know if there’re aftermarket mods for the T6 for these items, and/or if they’d be a straightforward swap?

 

[Jay20cali]

The springs are called froli spring and I believe you can buy a mat but not sure they would work upstairs
You would need to remove it to put down the roof failing that I doubt very much you can retrofit them.
We had them in our Westfalia columbus they are really comfortable

 

[Ian Burton]

I was looking for the adjustable rear seat to

 

[Perfectos]

I like the look of the square plastic ‘springs’ in the upstairs bed of the 6.1 vs the wooden slats in my T6. And also, the new ‘lounging’ rear seat position where you can angle the rear most section up to sit with your feet up.

Does anyone know if there’re aftermarket mods for the T6 for these items, and/or if they’d be a straightforward swap?

Hi Marc

have a look at this post

Upgrading T5 upper bed lattice rost to disc springs

We have decided to upgrade our T5 top bed lattice rost to a disc spring system like available in the T6.1 series. We nearly always sleep upstairs on our Calibed Roof II mattress and until recently we slept very well. But since Marga's back hernia she was less comfortable and of course the...

vwcaliforniaclub.com

 

[andyinluton]

I was looking for the adjustable rear seat to

I think you could make the new board fit with a bit of ingenuity but the fixings are totally different & I think the trim panels would look a mess where the old fixings were. I think your biggest problem will be finding the parts. The board itself is simple enough it’s the bed support/ brackets that will be hard to get.
If you do get it all to fit I think that the supports will cover the boot light as that has moved in the T6.1