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| meeerrrk Member Since: 12 Feb 2017 Location: Surrey Posts: 548   
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How did you get on fitting your seats?
I'm looking to add genuine seats to my HT, other than the seats what other parts do you need to collect? (Except for carpet, I'm ok with that side of things). Any hints or tips would be appreciated, thanks. Mark My 90 Project : http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic52774.html |
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19th Mar 2017 6:28pm |
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| barbel jim Member Since: 12 Dec 2012 Location: Northants Posts: 1423 
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 Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge its relatively straight forward. although daunting as you cut the wheelboxes 
Youve posted on the Seats for sale thread, however at a guess you will also need https://www.lrisolutions.co.uk/index.php/l...-110.html. You can fit the seats without the arch mod, however theres limited headroom with it (drops about 50mm), the arch plate adapters are roughly £240. I brought mine from Chris at CSK, although there is another chap who makes them near Leicester. You'll also need the seat belt bracket and belts :- https://www.lrisolutions.co.uk/index.php/l...0-110.html and https://www.lrisolutions.co.uk/index.php/l...-110.html. and finally https://www.lrisolutions.co.uk/index.php/l...of-4.html. I also added a genuine LR loadspace mat for the OE look. Insurance has been no issue when informed, sailed through MOT with a compliment on how professional it looks. I'm really pleased, makes it easier transporting daughter and her mates, as well as making me super cool !!!Feel free to PM me your Number, I'll gladly talk you through it/ be on call  |
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20th Mar 2017 8:26pm |
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| meeerrrk Member Since: 12 Feb 2017 Location: Surrey Posts: 548
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That's very useful information, thank you so much.
I'm going to have a think about it. I'm not sure I want to cut the wheel arches out; I don't really NEED the seats, it's just between the two of us now we have two 2 seaters, and a single seater, so not the most practical Car collection 
Thank you, I'll have a look at all those links and make sure understand what's involved before deciding.  My 90 Project : http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic52774.html |
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20th Mar 2017 9:28pm |
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| stigomery Member Since: 10 May 2016 Location: Cambridge Posts: 277 
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I have Exmoor forward facing seats in the back of my HT, no cutting of wheel boxes required. The flexibility is great having the extra seats when I need them.
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20th Mar 2017 11:04pm |
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| rockster57 Member Since: 15 Nov 2014 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 937 
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Like Stig, I also have Exmoor forward facers in the back. Only, mine are not in the back of my HT, they are in the back of my garage! The reason they're gathering dust is that I'm still thinking about the alternative of going down the route of OEM seats with the wheel arch conversion instead.
Most of the above LRS links aren't working for me so I'm not sure what Jim is showing you. However, if it helps, besides the seats and seat belts and the top seat belt mounting brackets, you will also require the plastic covers to go over the seat hinges with their blanking plugs, the seats themselves have separate fold out support legs which are often not included in the sale of second hand seats, and there are strengthening brackets for seat belt mounts to fit under the tub that attach to the rear cross member with fasteners and anti-crush spacers. The genuine station wagons also appear to have additional under tub strengthening plates for the seat hinge/seat support legs mounts but I haven't managed to find out whether they are available as a retrofit nor ever found any forum reference to them? Perhaps people who have done this conversion have simply employed sections of folded steel for this purpose? Despite all the additional work/time/expense, I will probably opt for the cut away wheel arch conversion. I am no expert and like you I am still researching what is involved. I'm not convinced I know the full extent of it yet. Should I find out anything further, I'll pass on the information to you. |
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21st Mar 2017 1:29am |
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| meeerrrk Member Since: 12 Feb 2017 Location: Surrey Posts: 548
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That's a good point, I have been looking this evening at the exmoor seats which don't require cutting.
Rockstar, what trim are your exmoor seats?! 
The added advantage of the exmoor ones is I can get the matching trim to the upgrade fronts I've just done from exmoor - XS half leather black rack. These things are never straight forward are they! My 90 Project : http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic52774.html |
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21st Mar 2017 8:58am |
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| rockster57 Member Since: 15 Nov 2014 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 937
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My Exmoors are cloth mondus trim to match my fronts. A further advantage of these is I have figured a way of installation that allows them to be completely removed/refitted in a few minutes. With the Exmoor seats removed the shape of the wheel arches is IMO better for load carrying than the modified angled arches. The downside of the Exmoors is they are awkward to get in and out of due to the lack of the central gap between the seats that you get with the wheel arch conversion.
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21st Mar 2017 9:38am |
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| barbel jim Member Since: 12 Dec 2012 Location: Northants Posts: 1423
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Don't exmoors when deployed basically touch ? Which makes it interesting getting in and out ??
Also I was told you have to drop the fuel tank to fit the seat belt clip ,which stays in the middle of the floor when the seats are folded away. Oem station wagons have a different arch to the arch adapters. Oem arches have the cut out along the full length,so the design is not that self supporting . The adapters are tapered back up to a square at both ends. ( 1 of my pictures shows it ) I was told that as you only cut out the recessed arch bit, the rigidity is retained, and then you fit the new plate over the top, as a second skin. There is also the ribs under the tub , which you can fix into. Neither are cheap options, but I was of the persuasion that OEM looked better and would add fewer complications with things like insurance, and agree nothing is ever straight forward. |
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21st Mar 2017 10:31pm |
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| rockster57 Member Since: 15 Nov 2014 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 937
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Jim, you are right about how close together the seats are. However that doesn't seem to be a problem for some on here who have Exmoors fitted. As for the dropping of the fuel tank, that depends on the seats. There is a type that fits that way and others (like mine) have the seat belt buckle attached to the seat itself rather than the floor thus avoiding the problem.
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21st Mar 2017 10:54pm |
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