Page 1 of 1
Alternative Seats
Posted: 01 Jul 2010 14:17
by dursleyman
Has anyone tried alternative seats in their TR7/8?
Mine are getting a bit short of padding so need to be rebuilt or changed. I am sure I have seen somewhere that MG TF seats can be modified to fit on TR7 runners, or maybe Mazda MX5.
Any thoughts or suggstions please.
Thanks Russ
Dursley UK
Posted: 01 Jul 2010 16:32
by jeffremj
I have tried to fit MX5 sets, but they are narrower than the TR7 seats and look naff in situ. Given this, I have 2 MX5 seats that are just stored in the loft doing nowt. Email me if you are interested in purchasing them.
Posted: 01 Jul 2010 16:41
by John Clancy
The foam and springs to repair TR7 seats are available new. Robsport, S&S and Rimmers should be able to supply. The seats will then take a short while to get back to their best but once there you'll have the best seats ever fitted to a mass production vehicle again.
<center><b>[url="http://www.triumphtr7.com/documents/sales/codenamebullet.asp"]Buy the story of the Triumph TR7/8 on DVD here[/url]</b></center>
Posted: 01 Jul 2010 17:24
by Maki
If you rebuild the seats, keep the original side bolsters of the back. These are better foam than the reproductions, unless yours are worn out of course.
Posted: 01 Jul 2010 17:29
by staningrimsby
Jeffremj,
Just sent you a pm.
Posted: 01 Jul 2010 18:37
by MickeyR
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by John Clancy</i>
The foam and springs to repair TR7 seats are available new. Robsport, S&S and Rimmers should be able to supply. The seats will then take a short while to get back to their best but once there you'll have the best seats ever fitted to a mass production vehicle again.
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
<font size="2"> +1 - For me the Wedge seats are perfect. Redid mine a couple years ago, and they are holding up nicely. </font id="size2">
Posted: 01 Jul 2010 19:04
by prlee
Hi Dursleyman,
Sounds like you are local to me Glos I presume, you could call me Wotton man.
Can't help you with the seats, I have restrapped the drivers seat in mine, passenger is fine.
Pete
81 DHC (Undergoing minor body repair)
79 Spitfire (Current Main drive)
Posted: 02 Jul 2010 01:07
by bottomtop
Good luck finding diaphragms for the bottoms though. Haven't been able to get them for months.
Posted: 02 Jul 2010 02:28
by FI Spyder
I got diaphrams from VB when I did mine in winter of 2006/2007 as the old ones were cracked. Noticably firmed them up. I agree, I like my TR7 seats better than my Tercel, Integra or Miata seats. Picture of old ones.
TR7 Spider - 1978 Spifire - 1976 Spitfire - 1988 Tercel 4X4 - Kali on Integra - 1991 Integra
Posted: 02 Jul 2010 02:45
by tr8
Here is a link to some pics of alternative seats
http://s173.photobucket.com/albums/w48/ ... 20Options/
Paul