400se seats

[barrington]

Can anyone tell me if the seat bases are left and right handed not the but the frame is it square or offset to suit gearbox tunnel

[Lean Machine]

I had a 450SE where the previous owner had swapped the passenger seat with the drivers seat and it fitted perfectly except the recliner levers were now on the wrong side. I hope that helps.

Tony. TCB.

[barrington]

That helps it means the seat base is pissed I'll have to bash it with a big hammer cheers

[barrington]

That helps it means the seat base is pissed I'll have to bash it with a big hammer cheers

Edited by barrington on Friday 17th August 14:41

[Wedg1e]

On my Tasmin (and later the Esprit) I fitted Maestro seat runners that were near-identical to the TVR originals but had a latch on both runners, operated by a bar across the two. Just had to cut and re-weld the bar as the TVR seats are very narrow.

http://www.wedgeneering.co.uk/Lotus%20Esprit%20p8.... for a couple of pics...

[barrington]

cheers for that just fixing a pair of spare 400se seats i have for someone

[ralph350i]

Mine looked as if there were left and right, hammer does the trick though

[barrington]

ye there all sorted the problem is only one runner has a catch on it on the wedges so when you push the seat back it twists the frame

[Wedg1e]

barrington said:

ye there all sorted the problem is only one runner has a catch on it on the wedges so when you push the seat back it twists the frame

Yep, one of the reasons I bought another pair of spare seats to rob for frames... unfortunately despite the Ebay seller telling me they were Maestro seats it turns out they're actually from a Montego ; the slides are rivetted, rather than bolted, to the seat frame so I had to drill the rivets out. Still, no rush, can't see the 390 being back on the road this year so I'll just add it to the list of things that need doing...

[barrington]

Wedg1e said:

On my Tasmin (and later the Esprit) I fitted Maestro seat runners that were near-identical to the TVR originals but had a latch on both runners, operated by a bar across the two. Just had to cut and re-weld the bar as the TVR seats are very narrow.

http://www.wedgeneering.co.uk/Lotus%20Esprit%20p8.... for a couple of pics...

hi ian im going to change the runners on the seats before i put them in dont want to bend the new seat seat frames