Replacement seats for an S1, recommendations please

[SDF1965]

Hi all,

My mother-in-law (to be) kindly offered to recover the seats from my S1, looking very tired after 21 years of use. I have taken the leather covers off the frame after a lot of cussing but now realise that these seats need a lot of refurbishment, foam has started to disintegrate and all the springing and wires are very rusty , frame doesn't look too good either.

I have decidsed it's probaly best to replace so what have other owners used? I was bidding on a pair of Jag XJS seats but they didn't reach the reserve (I was top bidder at £51.00 !!)

Any experience welcome, in particular what fits well and what requires a fair amount of re-work

[Barkychoc]

XJS Seats are a good option in my opinion - did you try contacting the seller to see if you could negotiate a price?
I paid £100 for mine (full leather - there are some cloth ones about).

Griff or Chimaera seats also fit but tend to fetch strong money.

I've seen Lotus Elise seats in a Chimaera - so they should fit in an S.

The important thing with the seats is that they need to be narrow.

EdT on here has just taken some cloth seats out of his car and replaced with XJS - so his cloth seats out of an MR2 I think might be up for sale.

[SDF1965]

Thanks for the reply, I owned an Elise before the TVR, although the seats are good they are not great for long journeys and mine was the 111s which had slightly more padding!

Thanks for the heads up regarding the MR2 seats but seeing how much the TVR leaks leather has to be the way to go

So, the search continues.......

[Barkychoc]

Adrian Venn has the foam seat pads I think if you want to go the refurb route.

[SDF1965]

Ah..that may be a good option, how do i get in touch with Adrian?

[Gerald-TVR]

Adrian Venn is a member on here so you can contact via his profile Adrian@ or at Exactly TVR on 02476 596883 or 07956956042 good bloke done a lot of work for me and I have been delighted. in fact he has recently replaced one of my seat squabs



Norman

[Jed-S]

Someone on here has fitted MX5 seats in their S. Get some from a Sport version and you could have heated seats

[tozerman]

Jed-S said:

Get some from a Sport version and you could have heated seats

and I thought I was a wimp for hardly ever taking the roof off.
Cheers.....Tony..

[mep12345]

tozerman said:

Jed-S said:

Get some from a Sport version and you could have heated seats

and I thought I was a wimp for hardly ever taking the roof off.
Cheers.....Tony..

[SDF1965]

Gerald-TVR, Thanks again

message sent to Adrian, if I can get new squabs I will pursue the refurb of the seats I have

[Elfit]

Recent thread here
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[EdT]

Barkychoc said:

EdT on here has just taken some cloth seats out of his car and replaced with XJS - so his cloth seats out of an MR2 I think might be up for sale.

Thanks to Barkychoc I also took the XJS route:
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

If for any reason you'd like the previous seats (MR2) for the price of a pint, you're very welcome. They didnt suit my car (grey vinyl / dark blue seats) although I kept them in as they were so very supportive & comfy even on longer trips. Probably even better than the XJS ones, but it's not all about comfort is it...
Ed

[SDF1965]

Seems you have the same colour interior as my car, seats look good but I may now refurb the originals.

I noticed your warning lights are missing the plastic cover as are mine, seems sourcing certain parts is difficult.

Mirrors look good, probably next job after the seats, carpets etc etc

[Gerald-TVR]

I belive early cars didnt have the covering strip but replacements are available here

[The Stiglet]

SDF1965 said:

Seems you have the same colour interior as my car, seats look good but I may now refurb the originals.

I noticed your warning lights are missing the plastic cover as are mine, seems sourcing certain parts is difficult.

Mirrors look good, probably next job after the seats, carpets etc etc

Will be interesting to see what you go for as I'm looking at options myself. I hope to have a look at all the S's up at Gaydon for some ideas...I've only ever seen one other S in real life and it looked wrecked.

[EdT]

SDF1965 said:

I noticed your warning lights are missing the plastic cover as are mine, seems sourcing certain parts is difficult.

Got the part gathering dust in the garage, awaiting my attention. Also got a 4 month old daughter - who also needs plenty of the same.

[EdT]

SDF1965 said:

carpets etc etc

Previous owner did all the carpeting in my S.. was a pig he said, which he's got a trimmer in.

[SDF1965]

Well, ebay man has replied regarding the XJS seats, these didn't reach their reserve and I was the highest bidder at £51, he wants £500 for the pair!!!

Refurb is now the way to go

EDT - carpets don't look that bad to do (famous last words) I'll keep people posted with progress

[mep12345]

SDF1965 said:

EDT - carpets don't look that bad to do (famous last words) I'll keep people posted with progress

I did mine not that bad just need to take your time over it. I used a lighter weight nylon based carpet that was easier to mould than originals, and I cut them myself rather than buying a pattern set.

My website shows how and gives some tips. email me if you want more

Mark

[SDF1965]

Mark

Any advice and guidance would be a great help, can you let me know what your URL is please. I was thinking along the lines of a latex backed carpet, what did you go for?