Different seats?

[ehasler]

Has anyone fitted different or modified seats to their Tuscan?

I find the original seats quite unsupportive, and would prefer the back of the seat to be less pushy-outy (i.e., concave instead of convex), and for the sides of the seat to be narrower and more gripping.

I'd also like to keep the look and colours of the current seats, so I guess the best option would be to get them modified rather than going for after-market replacements.

Any suggestions?

[newlun]

i fitted some carbon seats in my tuscan ,tried lots of different ones at the time,isnt many that fit because of the roll hoop.couldnt put them on slides either had to be set to one postion,but it is possable.

[ehasler]

What make of carbon seats did you go for?

[T88CAN]

Ed,, Craig Adams (Cerber 450)is fitting different seats to his Cerbera, with out too much of a problem,
he did say what make on Sunday but the name escapes me at the moment, it might be worth a chat to him

[basil brush]

I'm thinking of making some new seat back pads for mine for exactly the same reason. The plan is to make a thinner shaped, concave pad from firm foam and then put another piece of much softer foam on top to make the overall volume the same as it is currently. That way I should be able to get away with the upholstery as it is without it looking baggy. That's the theory anyway.

[newlun]

just painted those seats for craig they wouldnt fit the head guards on them wrap round will fit cerbera because the roll cage is further back.got my carbon seats out of a 355 ,they are made by omp i think .their are loads of seats u can by now that will fit .demon tweaks do most of them just need a good trimmer ,craig has found one how does seats near him

[cerber450]

I've got Corbeau revolution ones which won't fit the Tuscan as Greg has pointed out however there are lots of other options that will the narrower Cobra, Sparco, Corbeau, recaro and Omp should all fit.

[Avalanche]

basil brush said:

I'm thinking of making some new seat back pads for mine for exactly the same reason. The plan is to make a thinner shaped, concave pad from firm foam and then put another piece of much softer foam on top to make the overall volume the same as it is currently. That way I should be able to get away with the upholstery as it is without it looking baggy. That's the theory anyway.

BB - did u ever do this..?

Spongybobcus - did you ever either?: www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=185698&f=5&h=0&hw=seats

[basil brush]

Avalanche said:

basil brush said: I'm thinking of making some new seat back pads for mine for exactly the same reason. The plan is to make a thinner shaped, concave pad from firm foam and then put another piece of much softer foam on top to make the overall volume the same as it is currently. That way I should be able to get away with the upholstery as it is without it looking baggy. That's the theory anyway. BB - did u ever do this..? Spongybobcus - did you ever either?: www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=185698&f=5&h=0&hw=seats

No sadly like a lot of my good(?) ideas, they take a while to see the light of day. My drivers seat side is broken so I need to look at that anyway and will look at the foam while I'm at it.

[Bonedoc]

Recent reviews of the Tuscan 2 convertible have made specific comments about the better seats and how much more supportive they are. Has anyone tried to put these into a Mk 1 or are they no different?