nickjonesn4
Sao Paulo
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Evening all, does any supplier make a replacement lumbar support for the hardback seats. The drivers side foam has collapsed and it would appear to be an easy swap if someone makes it?
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Croydon said:hi chaps.. so do the seat insets just pull out? Just velcro'd in?
Dream911 said:Or you could just stuff an old T-shirt behind the padding. Works a treat :thumb:
nickjonesn4 said:Is there a way of lightening the seats I wonder? Different rails, lighter foam etc
Love the look of these seats so would like to keep but lose some weight??
Zingari said:nickjonesn4 said:Is there a way of lightening the seats I wonder? Different rails, lighter foam etc
Love the look of these seats so would like to keep but lose some weight??
Only if you export it to Moonbase Alpha.
I'm not sure what loosing a few Kgs for the seats will achieve when there are easier ways like stripping out the AC, lightweight battery etc
Zingari said:nickjonesn4 said:Is there a way of lightening the seats I wonder? Different rails, lighter foam etc
Love the look of these seats so would like to keep but lose some weight??
Only if you export it to Moonbase Alpha.
A ridiculous suggestion, Moonbase Alpha is in an un known orbit anyway, due to the explosion of the nuclear waste dump!! So how would you even get them there.......??
nickjonesn4 said:Thanks all, will try the various suggested approaches and report back
in the long term I think I will have them re-stuffed but not retrimmed as the leather is good and I like the patina.
Is there a way of lightening the seats I wonder? Different rails, lighter foam etc
Love the look of these seats so would like to keep but lose some weight??
HPNer said:nickjonesn4 said:Thanks all, will try the various suggested approaches and report back
in the long term I think I will have them re-stuffed but not retrimmed as the leather is good and I like the patina.
Is there a way of lightening the seats I wonder? Different rails, lighter foam etc
Love the look of these seats so would like to keep but lose some weight??
A vanilla 993 is a heavy old thing. But being hell-bent on making it lighter rather misses the point . . .
:bandit:
Interesting point, and I quite agree. Mine has the original Sports seats you mention (but completely restored by Southbound), but I was always rather envious of the Hardbacks . . . until I sat and drove a car with them in. Truly an uncomfortable, rather cheaply made seat, made for admiration, rather than driving pleasure . . . In my humble opinion of course!cableguy said:I really don't get the Hardback love in 993's. Had them in my previous 2S and was disappointed with their support considering they're marketed as a "Sports Seat".
The earlier 993 Big Bolster Sports Seats are streets ahead in both Comfort & Support and IMO look far better.
Horses for courses... good luck getting the foam sorted.
C.