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Which Seats??

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Mark_Solesbury:

--- Quote ---I don't fit in the bucket seats
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There is more room in mine now i have them in believe it or not....

Im 6"6, and pushing 17 stone...

kourgath:
Just realised that the ones I gave to a mate were actually the ones after the corbeau (which came from a Audi 80 Sport and had a "made by Recaro" on the bottom), they were from a rover 220 coupe. Got em for 20quid on ebay local collection.

Used the original runners and made a simple/low mount by cutting off much of the rover mount and welding on some angle.

So mine has had original->Corbeau->Rover 220->P38.  Corbeau were the best in terms of support the P38's are like sofas.

Cheers
Gavin

redhand:

--- Quote from: "kourgath" ---Just realised that the ones I gave to a mate were actually the ones after the corbeau (which came from a Audi 80 Sport and had a "made by Recaro" on the bottom), they were from a rover 220 coupe. Got em for 20quid on ebay local collection.

Used the original runners and made a simple/low mount by cutting off much of the rover mount and welding on some angle.

So mine has had original->Corbeau->Rover 220->P38.  Corbeau were the best in terms of support the P38's are like sofas.

Cheers
Gavin
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I did the same with a pair of Vauxhall Senator CD seats full leather £20. Best seats ever.

kourgath:
So I guess the answer to the first question is really  -go to your local car dismantler see what they got, take a tape measure, if the top of the seat to the bottom of the lowest part of the seat (not mounts) is less than 3 inches then it will fit. If more eg P38 was 4inch on it's lowest setting, you'll need to cut and shut.  

Width measure your existing seats, get rid of the middle seat move your new seat over a bit which puts you inline with the steering wheel.

Get a smaller wheel, Mountney do the bits, had a tvr cerbera wheel on for a while til I broke it at an RTV, now it's a scarred Momo from ebay at a fiver.

Senator, Omega, some Rover, some Volvo, Saab, Audi, BMW sports, all can be made to fit without huge problems. P38's needed the seatbox modded (jig saw, pop-rivets and a drill).

It's all down to how much you want to spend and how much you want to fiddle.

I'm a Fiddler as those who know Lara will tell you...
Cheers
Gavin/kourgath

L90OOK:
Think I am going to try & get some leather sport seats & see how they fit. :lol:
Will keep you posted...thanks for all the advice  8)

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