Weight of seat
Discussion
Having just had to remove my seats to have them re-trimmed I would say nearer to 40 Kilo's.
I have been looking into a lightweight alternative however unfortunately the Cobra Misano seats I fitted to my Porsche Turbo are slightly too wide, also due to the deep sill on the Vantage you cannot adjust the back using the hand wheel!!
I was at Aston Martin in Derby last week and they had a V12V in the showroom with lightweight seats which I was surprised to see were fixed back, however they still used the original electric adjustable rails for front and back movement, height and the clever part they even tilt the fixed seat.
I have spoken to Cobra and they have said that they are looking to develop a range of quality carbon fibre fixed back sports seats in several different styles, these can be specked to individual customer needs so they will have an OEM look.
As soon as I have more details I will post up my findings and pictures as I will definitely be having a pair for my Vantage as the original Aston ones work out to be about £8K ouch !!!!!!!!!!!!
Regards Markv8v
I have been looking into a lightweight alternative however unfortunately the Cobra Misano seats I fitted to my Porsche Turbo are slightly too wide, also due to the deep sill on the Vantage you cannot adjust the back using the hand wheel!!
I was at Aston Martin in Derby last week and they had a V12V in the showroom with lightweight seats which I was surprised to see were fixed back, however they still used the original electric adjustable rails for front and back movement, height and the clever part they even tilt the fixed seat.
I have spoken to Cobra and they have said that they are looking to develop a range of quality carbon fibre fixed back sports seats in several different styles, these can be specked to individual customer needs so they will have an OEM look.
As soon as I have more details I will post up my findings and pictures as I will definitely be having a pair for my Vantage as the original Aston ones work out to be about £8K ouch !!!!!!!!!!!!
Regards Markv8v
Markv8v said:
As soon as I have more details I will post up my findings and pictures as I will definitely be having a pair for my Vantage as the original Aston ones work out to be about £8K ouch !!!!!!!!!!!!
Regards Markv8v
Please do, sounds like a very nice upgrade Regards Markv8v
Can they also do ones with heating elements..? I make no apologies, I like heated seats in a ragtop
these seats were launched first in DBS but you pretty much never see them for sale with those seats
I find it odd that they won't do them as a heated seat, but keep them electric. To me it should be one or the other - once there is no heated element and all you can do is move them forwards/backwards and adjust the angle of the entire seat, you'd think they would do away with the electric side of things altogether which would reduce even more weight and lower them, which would be no bad thing at all
To put heated in can't have been difficult or in the scheme of things, costly, bearing in mind the cost of the lightweight seat without the heated element
I find it odd that they won't do them as a heated seat, but keep them electric. To me it should be one or the other - once there is no heated element and all you can do is move them forwards/backwards and adjust the angle of the entire seat, you'd think they would do away with the electric side of things altogether which would reduce even more weight and lower them, which would be no bad thing at all
To put heated in can't have been difficult or in the scheme of things, costly, bearing in mind the cost of the lightweight seat without the heated element
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