Lightweight Seats on eBay
Discussion
Just saw these on ebay for anybody thinking of making the swap -
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ASTON-MARTIN-RECARO-LIG...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ASTON-MARTIN-RECARO-LIG...
nickv8 said:
Has anybody upgraded an existing Vantage to lightweights via an AM dealer? If so, what was the cost?
Well the seats alone will cost £26K the pair from AM and probably more depending on the trim options. Then there are various other bits on the car need changing as well (e.g. there no heated seats or seat airbags etc.) hashluck said:
nickv8 said:
Has anybody upgraded an existing Vantage to lightweights via an AM dealer? If so, what was the cost?
Well the seats alone will cost £26K the pair from AM and probably more depending on the trim options. Then there are various other bits on the car need changing as well (e.g. there no heated seats or seat airbags etc.) 
Edited by yellow_tang on Tuesday 8th January 15:47
yellow_tang said:
I swapped my sports seats for lightweight seats. Surprisingly the trim spec didn’t have an effect on the price. Don’t have to worry about the seat heating as all of this is contained on the individual sports seats and not in the car. A straightforward unbolting of the old seat and securing of the new. May need to swap over the seat Ecu’s from your sport seats to the lightweight ones as my new seats did not come with the ecu’s. Once fitted the seat ecu’s will need to be reflashed, and if doing properly, the SRS module should be recoded to allow the sports seat airbags to be deleted, or a suitable resistor can be fitted to the airbag wiring as suggested
Well played! I am guessing you did not retrofit the easy access button on the end of the dash as this would be a right pig I think! On the Vanquish the heated seat control is on the waterfall so this would need to be changed as well really. Vantage easier as you say.hashluck said:
Well played! I am guessing you did not retrofit the easy access button on the end of the dash as this would be a right pig I think! On the Vanquish the heated seat control is on the waterfall so this would need to be changed as well really. Vantage easier as you say.
Correct about the easy access button! I set a seat memory to the equivalent position, but rarely use behind the seats anyway. 
yellow_tang said:
Correct about the easy access button! I set a seat memory to the equivalent position, but rarely use behind the seats anyway.
Now that's a bloody good idea. I don't have the easy access option on mine, but on the rare occasions when I do go behind the seat (mostly to hoover or to look for something), a single button push would save, well, seconds! I shall set that next time I use the car - thanks. I upgraded my seats the 'cheaper' way as I couldn't justify the AM costs (Even with some AM discount). Got them partially trimmed with the door card insert to match the Iron Ore Leather and Tailors grey alcantara.
They are not Recaro and they are not Carbon fibre, but they are better than the 2006 standard seats in the AM (Which I will fit back if I ever think of selling).
They are not Recaro and they are not Carbon fibre, but they are better than the 2006 standard seats in the AM (Which I will fit back if I ever think of selling).
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