Comfortable supportive seats from your local breaker?

[NoBeardNoTopKnot]

Saw one of you list their S2 for sale with Saab 900 seats. Would love a set, only I guess when those went in, Saab 900s were hitting the breaker-piles. Today they're reaching modern-classic status, a decent set is £1500+ rough start at £700.
Saab and Volvo seats always came with a recomm form your ortho/chiro and are about the best. Proper lumbar support etc.

I'm back ot pre-COVID miles and near live in the thing. Series seats are painful on back and b*m.

Anyone know what fits, and is hitting the breaker-pile now? Hopoing for less, if forced, I'd pay £5-600 for decent seats.

[Peter Holden]

I have heard of people having some success with Smart Car seats but I have no perdonal eperience and this is not a recommendation.

I recently did 500 miles in a weekend in my 58 without a problem.  I have long legs and the standard angle of the seat base doesnt work fror me but taking inspiration from the service newsletter that explains lifting the front of the squab I experimented and lifting the fron 2" gives me a comfortable driving position.  I also have a piece of shuttering ply on the floor so that the angle for my fight ankle is right.

Peter

[NoBeardNoTopKnot]

I have heard of people having some success with Smart Car seats but I have no perdonal eperience and this is not a recommendation.

I recently did 500 miles in a weekend in my 58 without a problem.  I have long legs and the standard angle of the seat base doesnt work fror me but taking inspiration from the service newsletter that explains lifting the front of the squab I experimented and lifting the fron 2" gives me a comfortable driving position.  I also have a piece of shuttering ply on the floor so that the angle for my fight ankle is right.

Peter

Thank you. I'll look. I've raised the front edge to support under my knees - I've also long legs. And I can't get in an 88, not properly.  However 109 or not, it's still not good! My son's soon of age to drive it. He's a bloody gorilla.

[Robin]

Just watch out for seats with firm side bolsters, sports seats and the like.

I had a LWB which came with seats like that, and it made it quite difficult to get in and out of - much easier to turn/slide on and off flat seats, in my experience.

Robin.

[gcc130]

What about Defender seats? More comfortable than series seats and still have access to under seat tool box

[Kaney]

Defender seats in mine are good and I am 6ft 1 large steering wheel on also both fuel tanks under the seats so they are easy to get to still.
cleaned up after the first pictures and put the Exmoor canvas seat covers on which are a great fit

[Alan Drover]

Exmoor Trim High Back seats in my Series 3.

[Gritstoner]

I have heard of people having some success with Smart Car seats but I have no perdonal eperience and this is not a recommendation.

I recently did 500 miles in a weekend in my 58 without a problem.  I have long legs and the standard angle of the seat base doesnt work fror me but taking inspiration from the service newsletter that explains lifting the front of the squab I experimented and lifting the fron 2" gives me a comfortable driving position.  I also have a piece of shuttering ply on the floor so that the angle for my fight ankle is right.

Peter

I have Smart car seats in the 101, they're not bad although you have to do a bit of work on the fixings to make them fit.  I would have put defender seats in but they're expensive and I'm a tight northerner!

[GlenAnderson]

I have early 90/110 seats in my 109". Comfortable, affordable, cheaply retrimmable, bolt straight to the seat box through the original mounting holes.

You need something with compact dimensions and a relatively shallow squab, and there's not much on the market. MX-5 seats might work.

[NoBeardNoTopKnot]

I have early 90/110 seats in my 109". Comfortable, affordable, cheaply retrimmable, bolt straight to the seat box through the original mounting holes. ....

Good point, I hadn't thought of that - I'd dismissed LR seating as too pricey, and not so good. Only, I've Wright-Off-Road matting, and don't fancy making a mess of it. Equally,  I'm not precious. i don't need immaculate.

Now I'm thinking what I want is coiler seats that'll be cheap because they're in poor order. Simplest to fit too. Kaney's look fine. Don't know what they're called, I've seen our hunting/shooting/fishing crowd shove what looks like grey/black elasticated covers over the whole lot. Buy a decent set of those, and get on with life.

[NoBeardNoTopKnot]

Just had a look for used coiler seats on eBay. Is it me? If you're not aware of what I speak of, go look-see.

What's happened to the whole concept of LR ownership? agreed, I found a decent set quick enough, £400 odd - see below. Fine, but, but.... if I'm willing to pay 5-6 x more -  the more hideous they get?

Best I don't show pix up of what £2500-4000 gets you.

Is it me... it must be me.

When did this happen?

Glen, have you been acquiring 'hoes and bitches, and toting crack, AK47s - gone gangsta and not bothered to tell me?

[GlenAnderson]

I'll take a picture of mine later today.

Early ones literally use the same bolt holes, post about '89 they changed slightly.

My ones were really scruffy and dirt cheap, and a set of new diy fit foams and covers didn't add much to the cost. I think, from memory, it was under £200 at the time.

[Birdsnest55]

For new covers and foam, Paddocks do a good selection. They also do heated seat pads for them.
So if you get old tired frames all can be repaired.

Paul

[2286]

When I saw the topic my number one answer for comfort was

Saab
Volvo from the model after the 850
Jag

Have seen range rover fitted too.

[S2A V8]

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