changing seats

[daz the plumber]

just swopped my seats over , my passenger seat is now the drivers seat .thought i would equal the seat ware ,they shuold last alot longer , only took a couple of hours .dont know if all chimaera are the same as the drivers seat as a spacer (bracket on the front to change the angle) , daz

[Woody_450]

never thought of that doh could have saved me a bit of cash on the Tuscan seats I just got lol so far...

Rich

[daz the plumber]

they look nice mate!

[Woody_450]

a lot of elbow grease they should fit ok with a bit persuasion and should have better support than the standard ones...time will tell

Rich

[Woody_450]

...then I'll have a couple of seats on ebay

[slideways]

Woody_450 said:

a lot of elbow grease they should fit ok with a bit persuasion and should have better support than the standard ones...time will tell

Rich

I'm Looking at fitting tuscan seats to mine, i would be interested in your progress are you going to be taking pics of the fitting with a detailed account????
Rich

[Woody_450]

slideways said:

Woody_450 said:

a lot of elbow grease they should fit ok with a bit persuasion and should have better support than the standard ones...time will tell

Rich

I'm Looking at fitting tuscan seats to mine, i would be interested in your progress are you going to be taking pics of the fitting with a detailed account????
Rich

yeah, will do, hopefully finish it by next weekend (work permitting) if that helps

Rich

[raceboy]

Looking forward to seeing the progress, I really fancy the Tuscan seats in mine, but I can't find any anywhere near the right colour so need a price on a retrim as well.

[Woody_450]

Job done lads, fitted them today, very straight forward...Clicky Linky

Rich

[mak]

Thank you for the very stright forward aproach in the fit of the tuscan seats, i now have my credit card in hand :-) i do think they make the car look more modern, incidently wot colour seats are they? my car is starmist blue and they look spot on.

[slideways]

Good effort they look great, top marks
Rich

[V8 Animal]

They look great i assume you removed the old seat belt clips from the seats and have no problems with the belts.
V8 Animal

[Woody_450]

Thanks for all your feedback, I think they do make the car look more modern inside too

They are in dark blue (don't know the exact colour code, sorry) as mine's a starmist blue also, Bell hill did have some dark blue and cream ones, but I think the all blue ones look better (I don't think the cream would have matched the cream vinyl on the dashboard/trans tunnel)

Yes, I did remove the seat belt clips from the seats, I would have liked to keep them but they didn't work with my seat belts...

Cheers
Rich

[raceboy]

Seeing that you're not gone with the original seat colour has got me thinking, might have to see if any seats in an available colour will go with my interior.

[Woody_450]

Bell Hill have 4 Tuscan seats on ebay...I don't know which colour combo would be best with your grey interior...maybe the black ones, but they are only rated as 5/10; the green would match your paintwork but the blue would need recolouring, oh decisions decisions!

Rich

[tvrchim500]

I have a pair of Tuscan seats that I bought to go in my Chimaera. Since sold the Chimaera and bought a Tuscan so seats no longer needed. They are different colours so would need retrimming. Drop me an e-mail if there is any interest.

[Chimjunkie]

Not sure Tuscan seats suit the chimaera? Also not sure i like the design of the tuscan seat. Getting my Lotus seats PROBAX trimmed so will report on whether this route is a good step forward or not. In std Series 1 lotus trim they are not comfy. I have just spent 6 days planted on PROBAX Lotus Europa seats in the Alps and had absolutely no backache or discomfort! Never been in a car without back ache before.