XJS seats

[ttraynor]

For all those on the Forum who advised on fitting XJS seats to my S series, I thought I would attach this photo of the completed job. You will remember that the seats were grey when bought.....thanks once again for all the help

Tom

[markbigears]

looking very nice tom, did you get them re-coloured by a company or do them yourself?

[ttraynor]

Hi,

I did the re- colouring myself using a kit. A bit of a fiddle but as you can see, worth the effort.

[mep12345]

Interesting wider door strip than standard - Is that a mod of yours as well?

[Barkychoc]

ttraynor said:

Hi,

I did the re- colouring myself using a kit. A bit of a fiddle but as you can see, worth the effort.

Tom I'd be interested to know what manufacturers kit you used.

[ttraynor]

The wider wooden strip is also off an XJS, I think it's the waist moulding. The colouring kit was from the Furniture Clinic. In the kit is a sealer remover, alcohol cleaner, colourant, finisher and an air brush. I used my own compressor driven air brush rather than the one supplied.

If you need any other info let me know. I'm really pleased with the result.

Tom

[ttraynor]

The wider wooden strip is also off an XJS, I think it's the waist moulding. The colouring kit was from the Furniture Clinic. In the kit is a sealer remover, alcohol cleaner, colourant, finisher and an air brush. I used my own compressor driven air brush rather than the one supplied.

If you need any other info let me know. I'm really pleased with the result.

Tom

[ttraynor]

The wider wooden strip is also off an XJS, I think it's the waist moulding. The colouring kit was from the Furniture Clinic. In the kit is a sealer remover, alcohol cleaner, colourant, finisher and an air brush. I used my own compressor driven air brush rather than the one supplied.

If you need any other info let me know. I'm really pleased with the result.

Tom

[Barkychoc]

Is that colour Doeskin? I am about to colour a pair of grey Chim seats doeskin, it looks the same colour as yours.
I already have XJS seats but I am 6 foot 3 and its a bit of a squeeze for me as they sit further forward than the standard seats, so I'm going to give the Chim seats a go to see if I get a bit more leg room.

Someone already has first dibs on the XJS seats but if they decide they don't want them I'll stick them on the classifieds assuming the chim seats work out.

Your seats look great by the way - I think the look of the XJS seats is really good. Did you learn yourself some new words fitting them? They are a bit awkward but worth it I think.

[Oldred_V8S]

Barkychoc said:

Is that colour Doeskin? I am about to colour a pair of grey Chim seats doeskin, it looks the same colour as yours.
I already have XJS seats but I am 6 foot 3 and its a bit of a squeeze for me as they sit further forward than the standard seats, so I'm going to give the Chim seats a go to see if I get a bit more leg room.

Someone already has first dibs on the XJS seats but if they decide they don't want them I'll stick them on the classifieds assuming the chim seats work out.

Your seats look great by the way - I think the look of the XJS seats is really good. Did you learn yourself some new words fitting them? They are a bit awkward but worth it I think.

Chris

Would it be possible to have second dibs on the seats please? Correct colour for me too, grey.

[Barkychoc]

My XJS seats are doeskin - pretty much the same as Tom's above - the chim seats I bought are grey which I intend to recolour to doeskin.

[Barkychoc]

How about

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/jaguar-xjs-black-leather-sea...

[steve j]

Barkychoc said:

Is that colour Doeskin? I am about to colour a pair of grey Chim seats doeskin, it looks the same colour as yours.
I already have XJS seats but I am 6 foot 3 and its a bit of a squeeze for me as they sit further forward than the standard seats, so I'm going to give the Chim seats a go to see if I get a bit more leg room.

Someone already has first dibs on the XJS seats but if they decide they don't want them I'll stick them on the classifieds assuming the chim seats work out.

Your seats look great by the way - I think the look of the XJS seats is really good. Did you learn yourself some new words fitting them? They are a bit awkward but worth it I think.

Hi Chris, Chim seats in a S2, mine came with a bracket on the front of the seat runner, I removed them to flatten the seat position in the car. The seats seem lower than the original but I reckon that there is more head and leg room for those who are of a taller stature

[ttraynor]

Hi,

The trim colour is biscuit.However, I sent a piece of leather to Furniture Clinic so they could match it.When I received the kit,the label on the coulerant was cream. Either way the match was perfect.

When fitting the seats I took your advice and dry fitted them prior to changing the colour. I also fitted bars to the seat runners so I did not have to re-drill the floor, I made some seat belt guides as you suggested and turned around the seat belt bracket.

Having done all that it still was a pig to fit them and yes I did swear a lot.

Tom