Comfortable supportive seats from your local breaker?

[Wittsend]

Very nice 

[GlenAnderson]

Here's mine.

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[Alan Drover]

....and here are mine.
(not from a breaker though).

[Gres]

I'm in the process of fitting Jaguar X-Type seats in the 88". A moderate amount of faff chopping and welding the frame and it won't suit any drivers with a frontal overhang! MX5 was my preferred option but I couldn't find any that the dog hadn't chewed.

What I observed in the 'recycling facility  ' was that modern seats tend to be composed of a seat back, a base and a subframe. The subframe tends to lift the base too high for our vehicles and the hip bolsters on the seat backs are massive!

I will trial fit the other seat in the 109" just for interest as I think the greater room in the cab will make the bolsters seem less intrusive.

[2286]

....and here are mine.
(not from a breaker though).

Freelander and disco had similar fabric?

[Wittsend]

This topic reminds me of this ...


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[Exile]

My December 1990 Defender came with the torn seats shown in the photo.

They were replaced with better and are currently residing in my shed.

Are they worth £50 to anyone?

If so, come and get them.....

[NoBeardNoTopKnot]

Blimey, there's some tidy solutions here, you're all showing-off now. Had no idea there were so many options. Would never have thought of Jag? Alan's are good for when you're bored and forgot to bring a book. Like Glen's a lot - not unlike those I found on eBay, yup, send those round.

I had some seats recovered recently, granted I supplied 5-6 tired breaker sets of 'used' such that the job was cherry-picking the best panels to make one decent set, that was £180.

[GlenAnderson]

My December 1990 Defender came with the torn seats shown in the photo.

They were replaced with better and are currently residing in my shed.

Are they worth £50 to anyone?

If so, come and get them.....

They're certainly worth that to me. If nobody else wants them, I'll have them the next time I'm anywhere nearby.

[Alan Drover]

Alan's are good for when you're bored and forgot to bring a book. 

I don't have time to get bored and read a book when I'm sat in my extremely comfortable seat and driving.

[Hairyvike]

....hmmm....what a posh bunch of seats....at 6'4" and 1 1/2 very long legs I needed to do this to drive my Series 2...


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.....the seat back is as minimal as I could make it and attached directly to the bulkhead, the base is a S2 back with new high density foam and some cheap thick vinyl...works a treat for me

...I also had to add a small steering wheel to save my knees from getting in the way (the one in the pic was just a stopgap at the time)

[w3526602]

Hi,

Lifting the entire seat 1" means you can move the seat forward by 1", for the same length legs.

Just in passing, Barbara and I both have "inside legs" of 29.5", (That was when she had usable legs). I'm 70" tall, she was 64" (when she could get out of bed ... now over a year ago). The advantage was that the seat did not need adjusting for a change of driver).

Am I allowed to say that Italians are known for having long arms and short legs?

Even I found that my knees travelled vertically when driving an 80" S1.

I have pondered on moving the tub bulkhead,seatbox and fuel tank, back a few inches, within the tub, should I ever take on another project.

I have NOT investigated replacing the tub bulkhead with the seat squab support rail (or something similar) from a 5-door estate. Nor have I investigated why/how 109" cabs have room to have their seats on runners.

Do both SWB and LWB truck cabs use the same "back panel"? There is something in my mind about the location of side fill tanks having their filler caps in different locations ... SWB into the cab, and LWB into the tub then elbowed into the cab? But it's been a few years since I even looked at an S2.

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[Exile]

They're certainly worth that to me. If nobody else wants them, I'll have them the next time I'm anywhere nearby.

They aren't going anywhere soon, so I am sure they will wait.

[NoBeardNoTopKnot]

Yes, almost every seat is good for 3-4 hours - I think that's part of Saab/Volvo's trick. The marker for good seats is  5-6+ hours. People think soft and pillowy is good - like you best sofa.

The push for the cosmetic in this thread is fine, only I'm suspicious of those that'll say their seats are 'comfortable'?

With Qs on here sourcing period-correct fuses etc few will outright say this, only it's clear we don't actually drive. Seats become a moot point. To be blunt most don't drive long enough or often enough to see the shortcomings of a seat which is 'showroom-comfortable'. Namely impressive when you're first in it.

My business means I'm nearly back to pre-COVID miles. I'm on our roads for 35-40,000 miles a year. I tend to find the shortcomings of 'showroom' seats pretty quick.

Aside from giving taller drivers more leg-room having a seat such that knees elevate is something many seats won't allow. And drive-to-work type drivers refuse to use this anyway. Even the less well-endowed want short legs in support for the same reason the tall do. Car seats have got better, many now steal the 6-7 hours Saab/Volvo trick. Support.

Saab/Volvo's trick is to have your legs near 'dangle' onto the pedals, this right from the off, and much of your weight on the lumbar support. This stops you whole body rocking, which knocks your head about, which tires your brain as it corrects using your spine as the hours roll on.
Many seats don't anchor and most don't have the need to understand this anyway.

A seat (and the ride too) is about keeping your brain still, not your backside. The 'ride' in a leafer... a whole other thread.