Elan seats in a Chimp?

[pupp]

Chum of mine has a nice Elan... the seats are great. Comfy, supportive and aesthetically pleasant. Anyone hazard a guess whether a transplant might be a goer? I've done no measuring at all (yet).

[JonRB]

Are we talking about the 1990's Elan (aka 'M100') or the 1960's Elan?

My wife has an Elan M100 and I have a Chimaera, and I can tell you if I had to choose which set of seats to have in the Chimaera I'd be trying to negotiate a 3rd option - they're both severely lacking in lateral support and it simply wouldn't be worth the hassle of trying to put the Elan seats in the Chimaera.

>> Edited by JonRB on Tuesday 30th May 14:32

[oggs]

I wouldn't change the seats in mine but I have a Chimaera, they fit me fine.

If I had to change they would be cerb seats

>> Edited by oggs on Tuesday 30th May 14:37

[JonRB]

Eh? Why 'Chimaera' in bold?

[Plotloss]

JonRB said:

Eh? Why 'Chimaera' in bold?

Referred to as Chimp

Poor form...

[dougc]

I think there's an unwritten law about using the primate word when describing one's car.....

Dammit, too slow.....

>> Edited by dougc on Tuesday 30th May 14:57

[JonRB]

Ah, the thread title. I see.

I must confess that, whilst I would never refer to the car as such myself, I tend to do a mental translation to 'Chimaera' whenever I see 'Chimp' and barely notice.

Maybe I'm just getting older and more mellow?

[Blipi]

Having an Elan AND a Chimaera I'd say the Elan seats are far more comfortable and supportive and look better.

The Chimaera seats just don't support the right areas unless you have a round shape to fit in them. No lumber and little side support.

However the Cerbie seats, or Tuscan are stunning. But you'd be paying a lot more money for them.

Look at your budget, measure up and go see what would suit.

[JonRB]

Blipi said:

Having an Elan AND a Chimaera I'd say the Elan seats are far more comfortable and supportive and look better.

I don't disagree that the Elan seats are better than the Chimaera, but the point I was trying to make it that they're not sufficiently better to warrant trying to put into the Chimaera.

Tuscan or Cerbera seats would indeed be the preferable option.

[pupp]

Don't the Tuscan and Cerbie seats have significantly higher squab heights... don't really want to be sat any higher?

[V8 Kieran]

I fancied Cerb seats, but heard they ain't cheap even at breakers.

Lateral support not so important as I'm a sizeable chap, and between centre console and door bolster on opposite shoulder, I'm not going anywhere!

[oggs]

V8 Kieran said:

Lateral support not so important as I'm a sizeable chap, and between centre console and door bolster on opposite shoulder, I'm not going anywhere!

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