Yet another busy day...

[gmw9666]

Well as I'm off for a few day I thought a bit of man cave time was the order of the day

Many of you have seen me with just 1 seat lol as my originals were knackered and was keeping my eyes open for a grey chim or griff pair

Well I found a cracking pair ooo errrr

The drivers bolster may need re colouring but will see how I get on

First up needed to give the carpets a damn good clean



And dropped the chim seats in

Minimal faffing, just needed to remove the extra height spacer things which come on chim seats



So job done

Well errr no

My expansion tank cap was looking very sorry for itself




And 10 minutes with my dremel turned it into this..... Cool huh



Time for a beer me thinks :-)

[Sireatalot]

Looking good Glen.

Those seats look fab !!

[mrzigazaga]

Looking nice mate...Those seats do fit well but i find them a tad uncomfortable..Do yours go all the way back, Especially the drivers..Mine seems to stop 2" shy...I still think the Wedge seats in good fettle are much more comfortable..The SEAC is the most comfortable Wedge of all..They were Montego seats i believe but would never go in a 280i..350i..400SE..420SE..450SE..Due to the larger transmission tunnel and lack of door cut out...Ziga

[gmw9666]

mrzigazaga said:

Looking nice mate...Those seats do fit well but i find them a tad uncomfortable..Do yours go all the way back, Especially the drivers..Mine seems to stop 2" shy...I still think the Wedge seats in good fettle are much more comfortable..The SEAC is the most comfortable Wedge of all..They were Montego seats i believe but would never go in a 280i..350i..400SE..420SE..450SE..Due to the larger transmission tunnel and lack of door cut out...Ziga

They do go all the way back.....now lol

At the front off the runner (the non lever one) there is a horizontal bolt....remove it and job done, slide all the way back :-)

I do like them as the seat base frame is a slightly different design meaning they sit a tad lower, perfect for me being lanky lol

[Wedg1e]

gmw9666 said:

They do go all the way back.....now lol

At the front off the runner (the non lever one) there is a horizontal bolt....remove it and job done, slide all the way back :-)

I do like them as the seat base frame is a slightly different design meaning they sit a tad lower, perfect for me being lanky lol

You can modify Maestro seat runners to fit the Wedge seats, so they latch both sides with a rail across the front to lift and slide; it might be feasible to do the same to the Chimaera seats.

Same mod. done by me to the Esprit seats:

[mk1fan]

Probably been posted up loads of times previously.

Any chance of a pic of the Esprit seats in your Wedge? They must suit the Wedge really well - in my mind.

Expansion cap looking good, you do know you can get a s/steel one for £10?

Seats looking good.

[stevoj]

Is it just me? or is there something that feels very satisfactory about removing the seats from a car you have bought and thoroughly cleaning the carpets, before putting the seats back knowing you have got rid of somebody else's crap!
Or have I got OCD

Seats looks good by the way.

[nwarner]

stevoj said:

Is it just me? or is there something that feels very satisfactory about removing the seats from a car you have bought and thoroughly cleaning the carpets, before putting the seats back knowing you have got rid of somebody else's crap!
Or have I got OCD

Seats looks good by the way.

No it's not just you and of course you never know what you may find under them. Among the things I have found are 2 keys and 12 pence from under my wedge seats and even a sat nav (which unfortunately didn't work) under another one of my cars seats.

[gmw9666]

Lol Steve

Managed to pocket 12 pence woo hoo

[mrzigazaga]

I found 4 pound coins under mine...Along with some old pay and display tickets..Some hair and some bogies..Good job i was wearing gloves...

[Wedg1e]

mk1fan said:

Probably been posted up loads of times previously.

Any chance of a pic of the Esprit seats in your Wedge? They must suit the Wedge really well - in my mind.

They probably would, mine were in my Esprit The previous owner had taken the slides off the driver's seat (for more headroom, presumably) and it was just loose in the car . The slides on the passenger seat had all but seized from corrosion and lack of use.
I'd also used the Maestro slides on my Tasmin with its brown Dralon paper-thin carpet; now that I've fitted a set to the 390 I've found the grab handle fouls on the extra luxury of the later car's carpet so it'll need modifying again.