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Purple Helmut
Original Poster
66 posts
93 months
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I just wanted to ask if anyone has changed their seats in the griffs.
my question is, what fits easily? or what can be fitted?
Can you fit seats from a Tamora? ...it's a sililar size car?
what about other seats ie T350, Tuscan etc
If anyone has done this or can reccommend an option, i'd be interested to hear about it
Thanks
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cavebloke
342 posts
96 months
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Not much info but these guys have clearly put Tam seats in a Griff so it must be possible.
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virgil
1,521 posts
93 months
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I think the list of done's extends to:
Tamora
Tuscan
Cerbera (500SE OE)
Lotus Elise/Exige std and probax
Mazda MX5
And i think a particular narrow sparco fixed back has been done...
Seat height seems to be the main quantry with fitting the new ones...ie, does your head now hit the roof? :-)
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cossers
421 posts
9 months
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cavebloke said: Not much info but these guys have clearly put Tam seats in a Griff so it must be possible. think that guy is the upholsterer! looks like he does a very good job too! think these seats can be seen in the car in the the pics from the griff growl
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jeboa
412 posts
130 months
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He is a great upholsterer, finished those of for me last year - and only lives round the corner - which was handy!
They are not the easiest seats to work with, and originally were white/blue. Thought it would be a good idea to have the 'whale tail'/centre console done at the same time.
The T350 seats fit, but are very close to the hood bolts. Bit of modification required to the seat rails to get them to match the original mounting positions.
Extremely comfortable to sit on, especially if you're over 6ft - I find they support all the way up to my shoulders.
Wasn't sure about the TVR stitching as it was his suggestion at the time, but I think it turned out okay.
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Bluebottle
2,927 posts
109 months
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jeboa said: ...Extremely comfortable to sit on, especially if you're over 6ft - I find they support all the way up to my shoulders... extremely comfortable when you are 5'8" (in the morning  ) also  they do elivate you an inch or so over the stds seats...which is fine by me being a short arse, but not if you are over 6' as you will bash ya bonce on the targa panel...i do with a crash helmet on. very good lumba support over the std seats which are quite frankly Pants!
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jeboa
412 posts
130 months
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I'm 6'2" and haven't bashed the bonce yet! I guess with a helmet on, you might have a problem, but the bottom cushion is removable too which gets you a bit lower in the seat (also providing a bit more support as you're deeper in the seat).
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Barreti
5,173 posts
106 months
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Cerb seats fit, but they make you sit a couple of inches taller. They are brilliant seats, but not cheap - well, they are TVR after all!!!
I have a document iwhere i wrote this all up somewhere!, I'll see if I can find it.
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Tom The Cat
66 posts
26 months
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Hi Steve look at these Pic's  2.  3.  Cheers Tom
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cossers
421 posts
9 months
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jeboa said: He is a great upholsterer, finished those of for me last year - and only lives round the corner - which was handy!
They are not the easiest seats to work with, and originally were white/blue. Thought it would be a good idea to have the 'whale tail'/centre console done at the same time.
The T350 seats fit, but are very close to the hood bolts. Bit of modification required to the seat rails to get them to match the original mounting positions.
Extremely comfortable to sit on, especially if you're over 6ft - I find they support all the way up to my shoulders.
Wasn't sure about the TVR stitching as it was his suggestion at the time, but I think it turned out okay. pics pics pics pics!!!!!!!!!!!!! pleassssssssssssseeeeeeee
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jeboa
412 posts
130 months
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7 TVR
1,914 posts
37 months
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MX 5 seats, not the best photo but gives you the idea! 
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haircutmike
6,763 posts
73 months
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You on the sauce Christian, they're Lotus! I'm watching you .
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7 TVR
1,914 posts
37 months
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haircutmike said: You on the sauce Christian, they're Lotus! I'm watching you . Peter i told the wife it was the pink tabs in the morning!!!
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SSPPGG
1,103 posts
71 months
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ive the same"mx5 seats'" in mine thou untrimmed 
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cossers
421 posts
9 months
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jeboa said: Eventually got round to taking some pics (thought that getting the new engine in, and the car through it's MOT should take priority!!) lovely! love that interior, the guy that trimmed it uses it on his website, looks like a top quality job! BTW what engine did you put in?? rebuild??
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jeboa
412 posts
130 months
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Bought a 4.6 later (serpentine) from Alex (alexdaredevilz). Got it working with my MS2 pretty well so far, need a RR session to get it 100%, although it did pretty well against an Evo yesterday afternoon. 
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panic
765 posts
152 months
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 Sparco ''Revs'' will fit streight in...
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Wildfire
8,026 posts
121 months
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Aren't those Elise Seats rather than MX-5 seats?
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haircutmike
6,763 posts
73 months
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Think he was joking as Christian posted MX5 wrongly, catch up!
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