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Purple Helmut
Original Poster
66 posts
94 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
343 posts
97 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
94 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
454 posts
10 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
425 posts
131 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
110 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
425 posts
131 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
5,191 posts
107 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
78 posts
27 months
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Hi Steve look at these Pic's  2.  3.  Cheers Tom
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cossers
454 posts
10 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
425 posts
131 months
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7 TVR
1,956 posts
38 months
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MX 5 seats, not the best photo but gives you the idea! 
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haircutmike
6,984 posts
74 months
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You on the sauce Christian, they're Lotus! I'm watching you .
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7 TVR
1,956 posts
38 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
1,157 posts
72 months
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ive the same"mx5 seats'" in mine thou untrimmed 
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cossers
454 posts
10 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
425 posts
131 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
153 months
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 Sparco ''Revs'' will fit streight in...
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Wildfire
8,047 posts
122 months
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Aren't those Elise Seats rather than MX-5 seats?
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haircutmike
6,984 posts
74 months
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Think he was joking as Christian posted MX5 wrongly, catch up!
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