Early Bay Front Seats

[Whistler]

Hi all,

Just a quick question, why does no-one make reproduction front seats? (For a walk through), or if they do, who does? As I cannot find any!

Ta,

Mark

 

[Clem]

I guess most trimmers/upholsterers effectively make front seats, but I guess there arent many places that sell them off the shelf, so to speak. I guess most people are particular about styles and colours so its a big expense to stockpile pre-made seats.

 

[mattp]

Do you mean the springs / frames or the covers?

The padding is about £115 for all 4 pads (i.e. 2 bases, 2 backs)

Covers £90+ Ebay and fit yourself or lots from a trimmer

Frames with good mechanism and springs are free if you already have them or a decent amount if you don't (always check the springs)

 

[NellyM]

Coolair have a small selection on their website depending on your budget :shock:

 

[Whistler]

Sorry guys, i meant the frames

 

[ice man]

http://www.bromsgroveautotrim.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
they always have frames in stock give them a call

 

[mattp]

If you don't have decent frames then buy another set second hand but make sure you check all the springs, operating mechanism and recliner

I've now got a 'collection' of decent seats as I had to buy so many seats I decided to keep the a couple of pairs of decent ones as what isn't used will be used on the next project(s).

My experience was that is took alot of seats to get good ones (the amount I had to bin was unreal). What pis*ed me off most is buying decent seats to turn up and find they were rust, bend, broken, missing parts -and a few came off here :x , other on Ebay or via the other internet out there

For the decent ones I got them blasted and spend something like 3 days painting the frames (that was 2 sets) prior to a rub down and final flick over with a gun (a paint gun will not get into all the parts of the frame). I've bought new pads and am now sorting the covers. I would estimate that a pair of these covered will stand me in at over £500 of actual cost (which excludes buying them, checking / fixing and painting them)

And you wonder why people put nice aftermarket seats in ('cos it's cheaper)

How much would a repro set frame need to cost for you to buy one?

£100ea?

 

[Whistler]

Nice post Matt. Definitely didn't consider the duds! I can see why people go for other type of seats especially if your looking towards £500 all in. I suppose a decent repo I would pay more than £100 a frame. FBI Want £150 for a pair of frames, (no idea on what they look like though).

@earl, cheers bud ill give them a try! We definitely want original (or looking) seats.