Better Seats

[Noodles 4.2]

Hello,

I am looking to change the front two seats in the Cerb as they are looking a little tired - and the drivers seat squeaks beyond belief.

What are my options and how much is this going to cost?

Tony

[BCA]

have a look through demon thieves - anywhere between 100 quid to 900 for a electric heated fully electrically adjustable recaro seat (each btw) so potentially far better/ lighter/more comfortable/ cheaper than the current jobbies.

*odd posting time due to Computing work to be handed in tomorrow, pls ignore p!ss poor spelling/ grammer, its 3am!

>> Edited by BCA on Friday 14th February 02:57

[davidd]

Or you could just get yours rebuilt. If you go down that route you can get them rebolstered to fit you.

D.

[Noodles 4.2]

Sounds interesting David, where do I get this done?

What is Demon Thieves?

I was hoping to replace the seats with exact matches either new or second hand. I recently saw a Starmist greeen Cerb at VW with Tuscan seats that looked quite funky. Could I just order some of these direct from the factory and stick them in myself?

Tony

[DennisTheMenace]

Noodles 4.2 said:

What is Demon Thieves?

demon tweeks i think

[neilus]

Noodles 4.2 said:
I recently saw a Starmist greeen Cerb at VW with Tuscan seats that looked quite funky. Could I just order some of these direct from the factory and stick them in myself?

Tony

I've just looked on the TVR Gear (TMS) Website and new Tuscan style seats for the Cerbera are, wait for it, £1051.63 inc. VAT each!

But they do look nice.

Neil.

[Noodles 4.2]

How much?

Whenever I go to ther 'gear' section of TMS I just get this

"Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers error '80040e14'"

Any ideas why?

Tony

[gazzab]

apparently the cerb orig seats are better (?) than the tuscan seats. Have you considered getting yours reconnolised. About £100 and the seat looks like new.

[neilus]

Noodles 4.2 said: Whenever I go to ther 'gear' section of TMS I just get this

"Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers error '80040e14'"

I think it must be a setting in Explorer - I get it if I use IE6, but if I use Opera or Mozilla it works fine.

Neil.

[ro_butler]

If you get 2 Tuscan front seats in your cerb it will look a bit silly since TVR changed the design of the rear seats as well.

Re upholstering the seats is an option (as already stated by someone else) but won't stop the seats squeaking. Maybe they sort this out at the same time as covering the seat though.

Rob.

[Noodles 4.2]

Getting the originals refurbished would be the most sensible option. Do they do this at the factory?

Tony

[ro_butler]

Probably but knowing TVR it will be very expensive.

There are quite a few coachbuilders around (at least thats what they used to be called) that will do it for you. Can't recommend any since it has been years since I used one but I had the seat padding and shape slightly altered at the same time and they did a great job.

If you are worried about colour matching you can always buy the leather from TMS but you might not get a great match even then since the rest of the interior will have faded.

You can tell I am preparing myself for the time when mine needs doing.