New Seats

[Guest micky bigthumbs]

i bought new seats but after 6 months of looking over the top of the screen , and only being able to take skinny pasengers , I need some 7 style high back seats ive checked back posts but cant find any.... can i have some threads

Mick

[Guest rizla]

i have these,im 6ft 3inch and 16.5 stone and are very comfy

 

http://www.mnrltd.co.uk/Trim.html

[niduncan]

I have a pair of Intatrim Odyssey seats in my Series III. I bought these at Stonleigh but Intatrim advertise in the Kit Car magazines. They fit very well, the drivers seat has adjustable seat runners so that the wife can drive the car occasionally.

 

I also had problems with the top of the screen being in my eyeline ( I am 6'3") so I raised the complete windscreen by 3 inches and covered the gap between the bottom of the screen and the scuttle with a piece of sheet steel. I had to extend the windscreen supports to mount the door hinges as well.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Nigel.

[Guest micky bigthumbs]

They look lots better than mine , although mine are very comfortable they would fit a 2b but not the 3a . i'll have to save for them though

Thanks Riz

 

Mick

[Guest micky bigthumbs]

Good idea Nigel . does your wet weather gear still fit . and how do wipers park

Mick

[niduncan]

The wet weather gear still fitted without any adjustment. The doors had to be raised by moving the hinges further up the supports as there were gaps between the top of the doors and the hood.

The wipers park OK (as in the photo), I am using a Mini mechanism with Mini wiper arms and cut down blades. By bending the arms I have managed to get the sweep correct .

 

Nigel.

[Guest micky bigthumbs]

Start the mod Sunday thanks Nigel and it seems so obvious now..

 

Mick

[niduncan]

With wet weather gear on.

[Guest micky bigthumbs]

Nigel i have measured my sidescreens i can only lift them 1 and 1/2" then they would miss the side of the tub. so i will try the seats first, same as yours and Rizlas . at Europa specialised spares Burton on trent. £70 cheaper than MNR.

then i'll lift the screen if needed. Thanks for the help and pics

 

Mick

[Guest coopsuk]

Hi,

 

If it not to much hassle please PM me with the outcome of your seat change and any interesting information as this is something I plan to do either at the tail end of this winter or during the next, want the summer free to play.

 

Thanks

 

Aaron

[Big Jim]

I'm in the middle of getting new seats for my mark 3, as I have the same problems as Lardy with the new seats that I bought from Donington.

I'm getting them from motordrive in Radcliff near Manchester. They are very friendly, and I took the car over to them last week the try out a seat "shell"

I'm going for the clubman seats, as the others are way too expensive, the good thing about the clubman seat, is that they make it in various widths, so I'm getting a wide one for the drivers side (ie. for my fat arse!) and a standard one for the passenger side which, as we all know, is physically narrower.

They are first of all going to make the seat "shells" and I will then trim them as neccessary to make them fit, then they will cover them (in whatever I wish, I'm having cloth with wear patches strategically placed)

They will measure /photograph the shells etc, so that they can reproduce similar seats to fit the Mark 3 /3A should anyone be interested.

If you're interested, give them a ring to say that you're waiting for the results of my seats etc.

[Guest stalwart]

how about these ones? As fitted recently to my 2B - Cobra "7's" from Europa in Burton. On runners too and fit like a glove. Have recently done a 200 mile round trip and no probs comfort-wise - very snug!

Stuart

[Big Jim]

Cobra 7's may be OK for the "smaller" person, but the framework in the base is a killer for us "larger" types, and they get worse as they get older.

[Guest chris brown]

and they get worse as they get older.

Which Jim the seats or the "larger" person.

Anyone brave enough to tell him which one it is

[Guest micky bigthumbs]

Stuart i'm going to burton to try the interim and cobras but the 2b has more width than a 3 . the tunnel in the middle is wider in the 3, the interim seats have a flat bottom piece which will take any ar*e size but hold ansupport back and ribs, like Rizlas and niduncan's.