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S800VXR

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5,877 posts

231 months

Saturday 3rd April 2010
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Just won these after looking for some time. Going to get them recovered in leather and have the VXR emblem embossed on the backrest. Got them as they are a thiner version of the older HSV seats which I think look lovely! smile

As such anyone know of a good upholsterer in the South I can send them off to? (BTW I will now be selling my immaculate stock front seats now if anyones interested...)

SimonV8ster

13,035 posts

259 months

Saturday 3rd April 2010
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I'm interested in your VXR seats if there are that good.

Did you find those on Ebay ? Lucky man.

monkfish2

269 posts

253 months

Saturday 3rd April 2010
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Roger you could give southbound trimmers a call, they do a lot of retrimming of porsche seats - they are very good but not especially cheap.

Andy

S800VXR

Original Poster:

5,877 posts

231 months

Saturday 3rd April 2010
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SimonV8ster said:
I'm interested in your VXR seats if there are that good.

Did you find those on Ebay ? Lucky man.
Yep - Ebay find. Been looking for ages but was not going to pay £600plus for seats that were worn and which I would re-cover anyhow! As for mine, they are perfect in every way, car only done 20k well carred for miles and I always use the Liquid leather cleaner and nourishing cremes etc. Cars still with Mark at Rapid (Performance LS...?) so the seats wont be available to come out till I get it home here around the end of next month after my holiday. Give me a PM if you are interested. BTW Im in Andover Hants.

S800VXR

Original Poster:

5,877 posts

231 months

Saturday 3rd April 2010
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monkfish2 said:
Roger you could give southbound trimmers a call, they do a lot of retrimming of porsche seats - they are very good but not especially cheap.

Andy
Cheers Andy... Hopefully IL be sitting comfortably as I drive past that nasty German thing you have at the next Thunder Road... biggrinwink

ARAF

20,759 posts

254 months

Saturday 3rd April 2010
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Kevin Baggs, in Poole. http://www.kbaggstrimming.co.uk/ He did a smashing job on a Porsche steering wheel for me. Probably not the cheapest, but you can't fault the workmanship.

jamiep

1,791 posts

250 months

Saturday 3rd April 2010
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Jurgen of jm-imports does good prices on retrims and does collection and return delivery, £25 each way and charges £450 for supra seats, id say they would be a similar price.

S800VXR

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5,877 posts

231 months

Saturday 3rd April 2010
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jamiep said:
Jurgen of jm-imports does good prices on retrims and does collection and return delivery, £25 each way and charges £450 for supra seats, id say they would be a similar price.
Cheers Jamie - dropped them a mail to.

MyM8V8

9,468 posts

226 months

Saturday 3rd April 2010
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S800VXR said:
Just won these after looking for some time. Going to get them recovered in leather and have the VXR emblem embossed on the backrest. Got them as they are a thiner version of the older HSV seats which I think look lovely! smile

As such anyone know of a good upholsterer in the South I can send them off to? (BTW I will now be selling my immaculate stock front seats now if anyones interested...)
Mate, get real, they look far too lightweight and won't last five minutes with your stout frame, whereas they would be great for a skinny runt like me.;)

(What are they out of anyway?)

MadMaxHSV

1,816 posts

229 months

Saturday 3rd April 2010
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Look a lot like BMW Vader's...

MyM8V8

9,468 posts

226 months

Saturday 3rd April 2010
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I was looking at getting a set of Leather seats for mine but realised that they would add weight. I'm now on a diet and looking for something more suitable but look good too.

Ferb had a couple of nice track seats in his ute, but just a little too spartan for me.

gsd2000

11,515 posts

214 months

Saturday 3rd April 2010
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MadMaxHSV said:
Look a lot like BMW Vader's...
they do look like e36 m3 seats now that you mention it.

How much do they weigh compared to the standard seats?

I assume that these are manual seats to save weight

S800VXR

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5,877 posts

231 months

Saturday 3rd April 2010
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There E36 M3 Vader seats, manual operation and at a guess far bloody lighter than stock VXR ones but with higher bolsters for better lateral support. IL also be able to mount them slightly lower than stock which will suit me since I think the stock ones are set to high for me even on the lowest setting. Main reason for choosing these is I want a stock looking setup and race seats look to aftermarket and are to spartin for my liking, with these once they are fully re-trimed and rebuilt will hopefully look fairly stock for those who dont know the cars well, especially when I have the VXR insignia embossed into the backrest. smile

BTW I got the whole interior so have the rest - doorcards, rear sets etc for sale now.... prob the wrong forum to get a sale though!

Edited by S800VXR on Saturday 3rd April 22:25

gsd2000

11,515 posts

214 months

Saturday 3rd April 2010
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Good guess madmaxhsv.