Exige Seats fitted

[Chimjunkie]

At long last I have got round to buying a quality pair of PROBAX Lotus Exige seats to replace the uncomfortable experimental series I Elise seats i fitted at the beginning of this year. For those of you that haven't sat in a recent Lotus with PROBAX seats, these are considerably more comfortable for longer journeys than the earlier lotus seats. I have recently done 2000 miles in my other halfs Lotus Europa (see my profile) around the alps and also a 1000 mile trip to the ring. No complaints about comfort at all!

The seats do fit well but need some box section Aluminum bonded into the floorpan to act as the new rails. The seats are then bolted right through to the underside as per original seats. Seat belt mounts are unaffected. The drivers seat is adjustable forth and back giving a similar range to that of the original seat. The passenger seat is fixed and i have mounted this as far back as possible and a little lower than the original. The lotus seats only weigh around 7kg and are very slim, the passenger leg room is also increased.

Pic quality not so good due to sunlight...






These, in my opinion, are a great looking seat and a very good alternative to the bulkier TVR seats. And of course, they give great lateral support.

[lewis_sharman]

Looking good Jon!

Any luck with getting the engine to run a bit quiter yet??


And i have some good news,

Im going back for a second viewing of the chim up in sheffield, and if all goes well i will driving it back that day.

So if i do i will bring it round to yours for your professional opinion.


Lewis

[Chimjunkie]

lewis_sharman said:

Looking good Jon!
Any luck with getting the engine to run a bit quiter yet??
And i have some good news,
Im going back for a second viewing of the chim up in sheffield, and if all goes well i will driving it back that day.
So if i do i will bring it round to yours for your professional opinion.

Lewis

Too ill at moment to get under car to play about with forcing oil up through the pump if that is the problem. Got a stty cold.

Professional opinion eh? Does that mean I can charge you for my service?

[lewis_sharman]

I use the term loosely lol.

And by the time you see it it will be too late anyways, so its more really just having a nose around

[T_Pot]

Are the headrests touching the top ?

they look far too tall from them pics i think.

[Chimjunkie]

T_Pot said:

Are the headrests touching the top ?

they look far too tall from them pics i think.

The passenger headrest is 1mm from rear top because i have set the seat so far back. The drivers seat has plenty of clearance under the roof panel. If I were to have another attempt to get things just right i would move the rear stays and increase the height of the roll bar.

[dhf]

am i right in assuming that that people like myself with big arses need not apply ?

[Meatball]

Are they corduroy

[Chimjunkie]

dhf said:

am i right in assuming that that people like myself with big arses need not apply ?

Hmmm, may i direct good sir to the lotus forum to answer that question? Come to think of it, in all the lotus events and meets i have gone to most of them are of the meso/ectomorpth variety rather than endomorthic