T350 - what are these seats?

[stimshady]

Does anyone know what these seats are? I think this is FEE50's car, which was sold in the classified a while ago.

The look different from my seats.




and these are mine:

Edited by stimshady on Thursday 11th March 10:27

[Laser Sag]

Those seats are the ones originally fitted to the Tuscans and which went into a lot of Sags and T350s, probably as they had stock of them and that meant they could get the cars out of the door.
Personal view but you have the better seat in yours, tuscan ones dont seem to grip you that well and a lot of them break at the point where the bolsters attach.

[Zippee]

Laser Sag said:

Those seats are the ones originally fitted to the Tuscans and which went into a lot of Sags and T350s, probably as they had stock of them and that meant they could get the cars out of the door.
Personal view but you have the better seat in yours, tuscan ones dont seem to grip you that well and a lot of them break at the point where the bolsters attach.

They are indeed Tuscan seats, but they were only fitted to the last of the T350s. I agree with laser sag in that the original ones (ie yours) are the better seat, though they're by no means perfect.
The best seats I've found though on a TVR are those in a Cerb.

[stimshady]

ok, i will leave the idea of changing them then as it sounds as though my seats are better.
i think the look of the Tuscan seats from the back is better, but that's not really the point of a seat is it?!

Cerb seats will be too big i guess?

[FEE 50]

stimshady said:

Does anyone know what these seats are? I think this is FEE50's car, which was sold in the classified a while ago.

Hi stimshady.
Yes they are the Tuscan Style seats. They were available as an option when the car was purchased from new.

Cheers
Dom

[donaldosaurus]

All above is correct. I had a 2005 car with standard seats. I now have a 2008 car, but we all know it was finished in 2006 and it has the Tuscan seats. I love them as I have 6 point harnesses and the whole experience is great.

[willtvr]

Zippee said:

Laser Sag said:

Those seats are the ones originally fitted to the Tuscans and which went into a lot of Sags and T350s, probably as they had stock of them and that meant they could get the cars out of the door.
Personal view but you have the better seat in yours, tuscan ones dont seem to grip you that well and a lot of them break at the point where the bolsters attach.

They are indeed Tuscan seats, but they were only fitted to the last of the T350s. I agree with laser sag in that the original ones (ie yours) are the better seat, though they're by no means perfect.
The best seats I've found though on a TVR are those in a Cerb.

As you say both are far from perfect, lacking any lateral support worth talking about. Only answer seems to be aftermarket chairs.

[Laser Sag]

Got the Sparcos that were going to be put in the last of the Tuscans and the MarkII Sag find them really good, never got on with the Tuscan ones just didnt work for ma at all, with the Sparcos I can concentrate on driving instead of bracing myself against transmission tunnel etc.

[Gazzab]

Zippee said:

The best seats I've found though on a TVR are those in a Cerb.

Really? The Cerb seats post 2000 are the same as the T car / tuscan ones. The earlier cerb cars had a better seat although it still wasnt great and you had to hold on round bends.

[Zippee]

Gazzab said:

Zippee said:

The best seats I've found though on a TVR are those in a Cerb.

Really? The Cerb seats post 2000 are the same as the T car / tuscan ones. The earlier cerb cars had a better seat although it still wasnt great and you had to hold on round bends.

Pre 2000 seats are what I meant, by far the most comfortable TVR ever made though by no means perfect.

[Caseyj]

Laser Sag said:

Got the Sparcos that were going to be put in the last of the Tuscans and the MarkII Sag find them really good, never got on with the Tuscan ones just didnt work for ma at all, with the Sparcos I can concentrate on driving instead of bracing myself against transmission tunnel etc.

What model Sparcos have you got? I used to have sparcos in my GTM and would like the same comfort again for my T350.