Can you change the seats to the new style?

Can you change the seats to the new style?

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crlincoln

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23 posts

264 months

Thursday 2nd January 2003
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Does anyone know if you can change the seats in older Cerbera's to the new Tuscan style seats? Also how much they would charge to get two new seats made up?

ro_butler

795 posts

278 months

Friday 3rd January 2003
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Check TMS' website under 'Cerbera Parts'.

They quote prices for new and old seats (as far as I can tell from the abbreviations) but they are not cheap at around £1000!!

Also there is no guarantee that TMS (or anyone else) would actually sell them to you.

Worth considering that even if you did manage to get some they wouldn't match the rear seats and thus look a bit silly. It might be a better idea to get the original ones re-trimmed unless of course you want the tuscan seats so that you can fit a race harness....

Rob.

jonny tvr

4,541 posts

288 months

Friday 3rd January 2003
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Why not try the TVR vehicle dismantlers

www.douglasvalley.co.uk

they may be able to do you a deal on a nearly new set of tuscan seats (you may have to wait for the right color?)

BCA

8,651 posts

264 months

Saturday 4th January 2003
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Or why not try and buy different seats - TVR seats are quite heavy, might be worth looking for a nice light weight seat instead? - browsing through the DTweeks catelogue shows a nice selection from £100 to near 1K.

Theres even a recaro electrically adjustable heated seat for around £800 in leather!!!! - not sure about the space either side though, which would be needed for the buttons etc.

joospeed

4,473 posts

285 months

Saturday 4th January 2003
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BCA said: Or why not try and buy different seats - TVR seats are quite heavy, might be worth looking for a nice light weight seat instead? - browsing through the DTweeks catelogue shows a nice selection from £100 to near 1K.

Theres even a recaro electrically adjustable heated seat for around £800 in leather!!!! - not sure about the space either side though, which would be needed for the buttons etc.


absolutely .. don't buy the tvr seats, they're rubbish (imo) .. the side bolsters break and they're built to hold peter wheeler sized bottoms so anyone near 10 stone like me finds themselves holding the steering wheel to stop falling out of them at anything like normal driving speeds. On a track I find them downright dangerous. Go for a decent aftermarket seat and save 1000 pounds!!

ro_butler

795 posts

278 months

Saturday 4th January 2003
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joospeed said:
absolutely .. don't buy the tvr seats, they're rubbish (imo) .. the side bolsters break and they're built to hold peter wheeler sized bottoms so anyone near 10 stone like me finds themselves holding the steering wheel to stop falling out of them at anything like normal driving speeds.



Does this go for the old style seats as well as the new ones?? I find the old ones ok, but having said that I never been on a track...

I'm not that big either

>> Edited by ro_butler on Saturday 4th January 14:08

joospeed

4,473 posts

285 months

Saturday 4th January 2003
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the older style seats were much better ...

williamball

4,404 posts

289 months

Monday 6th January 2003
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joospeed said: the older style seats were much better ...


...but still crap at holding you in place.

WB