Griff seats on ebay
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edtvr

Original Poster:

319 posts

253 months

Tuesday 28th March 2006
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Just seen a pair of Griff seats go on ebay for £715,
Is it me or does that seem a lot of money?
Has anyone ever had their seats re upholstered and how much did it cost?

Edtvr

zippee

14,125 posts

263 months

Tuesday 28th March 2006
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Really? You got a link for the item?
If thats the case I may re-consider either the £300 Cerb seats or £800 Tuscan seats from Bell Hill for my Chim.

antonyj

5,254 posts

310 months

Tuesday 28th March 2006
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Seems extremely expensive, but thats Ebay for you.....

I picked up a RV8 4.6 today for £100..........

Ebay has no rules

Seats:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dl

>> Edited by antonyj on Tuesday 28th March 19:52

>> Edited by antonyj on Tuesday 28th March 19:54

the gazman

1,686 posts

249 months

Tuesday 28th March 2006
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edtvr said:
Just seen a pair of Griff seats go on ebay for £715,
Is it me or does that seem a lot of money?
Has anyone ever had their seats re upholstered and how much did it cost?
Edtvr


Tops £500 for recover and restring from AR Pound for a pair

>> Edited by the gazman on Tuesday 28th March 22:21

marcos maniac

3,148 posts

290 months

Wednesday 29th March 2006
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zippee said:
Really? You got a link for the item?
If thats the case I may re-consider either the £300 Cerb seats or £800 Tuscan seats from Bell Hill for my Chim.



http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dl

Guillotine

5,516 posts

293 months

Wednesday 29th March 2006
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I have some up for grabs.

clay leather (dark magnolia)

bin replaced by T350 seats. 'bout £200pr would do it. must get around to clearing the garage out and saticking it on Ebay...i've got half a griff spare in there by now!

andy
Monster

David H

809 posts

270 months

Wednesday 29th March 2006
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Guillotine said:


bin replaced by T350 seats.
Monster


Got any pics Andy?

Do the seats sit higher like the cerb ones? I'm tall and don't fancy sitting any higher.

Guillotine

5,516 posts

293 months

Wednesday 29th March 2006
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give me 5 mins and i'll load some up.

they are about the same as i have them on the same runners.
you could get them 1/2 inch lower or so if you use sparco runners etc.

squabs remove for trackday use (so you can get a helmet on, but i use mine in this sate permanently as they are comfortable enough.

andy

Guillotine

5,516 posts

293 months

Wednesday 29th March 2006
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pics here



and



:0

I should say they are also good for 6 footers as they stop your head from hitting the rollbar!

>> Edited by Guillotine on Wednesday 29th March 22:16

jellison

12,803 posts

306 months

Thursday 30th March 2006
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Winner paid £715.00 - Absolute NUTS!

edtvr

Original Poster:

319 posts

253 months

Thursday 30th March 2006
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jellison said:
Winner paid £715.00 - Absolute NUTS!



Glad you thought so too.

David H

809 posts

270 months

Thursday 30th March 2006
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Guillotine said:
pics here



and



:0

I should say they are also good for 6 footers as they stop your head from hitting the rollbar!

>> Edited by Guillotine on Wednesday 29th March 22:16


Cheers Andy, looking good. Do they hold you in place much better than the standard items?

Guillotine

5,516 posts

293 months

Thursday 30th March 2006
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absolutely! thats the whole point!!

I have five point harnesses in too. all bolted to extra chassis members.

David H

809 posts

270 months

Thursday 30th March 2006
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Guillotine said:
absolutely! thats the whole point!!

I have five point harnesses in too. all bolted to extra chassis members.



Yeah I guessed that was the point mate, just checking they do actually work!

Are the Tamora seats the same as the T350 ones? I'm thinking about going for this with a CG-Lock to stop any sliding around.

Guillotine

5,516 posts

293 months

Thursday 30th March 2006
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hmmm,

not sure if the seats are the same. guess so, thinking back to testing experience.
very similar. the calvins (lockies) are better than nothing, tho better still is a four point harness onto the std belt mounts + rollbar is better.
ok up to 300bhp. after that tooo many Gs. sticky tyres make things even worse!

andy
monster

gudge

46 posts

246 months

Thursday 30th March 2006
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edtvr said:
Just seen a pair of Griff seats go on ebay for £715,
Is it me or does that seem a lot of money?
Has anyone ever had their seats re upholstered and how much did it cost?

Edtvr

Hi Edtvr I have some brand new bentley continental GT seats [6] in my vw van, they were free.

edtvr

Original Poster:

319 posts

253 months

Friday 31st March 2006
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gudge said:
edtvr said:
Just seen a pair of Griff seats go on ebay for £715,
Is it me or does that seem a lot of money?
Has anyone ever had their seats re upholstered and how much did it cost?

Edtvr

Hi Edtvr I have some brand new bentley continental GT seats [6] in my vw van, they were free.



yeah and I'm a dutch uncle

gudge

46 posts

246 months

Friday 31st March 2006
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edtvr said:
gudge said:
edtvr said:
Just seen a pair of Griff seats go on ebay for £715,
Is it me or does that seem a lot of money?
Has anyone ever had their seats re upholstered and how much did it cost?

Edtvr

Hi Edtvr I have some brand new bentley continental GT seats [6] in my vw van, they were free.



yeah and I'm a dutch uncle


>> Edited by gudge on Friday 31st March 23:51 I had my seat re upholstered, it was just after i'd been out for the night in soho. It was free on the NHS!

>> Edited by gudge on Friday 31st March 23:54

Al Up North

155 posts

245 months

Saturday 1st April 2006
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Maybe it wasn't so "NUTS" ... Mr Ed,.... to pay that price for the (good as new) seats - as I'm sure the (pretty good nick) old ones will fetch a decent price.
What strikes me as NUTS, are the leagues of (up themselves) folks prepared to part with serious amounts of cash for something as useful as a (look at me,... me me me ... ) private number plate! XX

sam gamgee

966 posts

282 months

Sunday 2nd April 2006
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A bit harsh, sir!
Dont have private no plate myself, would like one, have other priorities however....these things are up to the individual surely? Also, as with many things, personal pride of ownership comes into play. I own a griff, wanted for ages but not as show-off item....just enjoy ownership. Well, most of the time, anyway!!!

Dave.

(do like the "KINEC" plate, BTW! Personalised plates mean little to me but a plate relevant to the car it is on means much, kinda gives it a personality...oh dear....