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Alternative Seats

Postby dursleyman » 01 Jul 2010 14:17

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

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Postby jeffremj » 01 Jul 2010 16:32

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.

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Postby John Clancy » 01 Jul 2010 16:41

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.

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Postby Maki » 01 Jul 2010 17:24

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.

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Postby staningrimsby » 01 Jul 2010 17:29

Jeffremj,

Just sent you a pm.

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Postby MickeyR » 01 Jul 2010 18:37

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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.
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<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">

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Postby prlee » 01 Jul 2010 19:04

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.

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Postby bottomtop » 02 Jul 2010 01:07

Good luck finding diaphragms for the bottoms though. Haven't been able to get them for months.

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Postby FI Spyder » 02 Jul 2010 02:28

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.

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Postby tr8 » 02 Jul 2010 02:45

Here is a link to some pics of alternative seats

http://s173.photobucket.com/albums/w48/ ... 20Options/

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