Rover Seats in a 2+2

[thesk...@tiscali.co.uk]

If anyone is looking for a cheap way to get some comfortable half
leather seats for their 2+2 an option would be the seats from a hi-
spec 3 door Rover 200 series.

I've just fitted the front seats from a Rover 220 Turbo to our 2+2.
The whole interior only cost £50 (although I'm not sure what I'm going
to do with the door cards and rear seat). The seats have lumbar
support adjustment on both, and the drivers seat is height adjustable
too.

To fit them I had to remove the Rover brackets from the runners and
also the seat belt pretensioner system. This involves drilling out
about 12 rivets on each seat so you'll need a selection of good sharp
drill bits. The original Rover runners have been used, mounted to the
legs of the universal subframe kit that was already in the car.

A picture of the finished result can be seen here:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/dodgy/seats1.jpg

Dave

[Tony Pottrell]

Interesting :)

Been wondering if there were any seats that would fit - my wife has a
permanent back injury which means she always has her seat almost
horizontal - a seat with a little lumbar support should help.

What is the universal subframe kit you mention?

Tony

[Tony Vincent]

Those seats look like they'd go well in my saloon as well - the grey
colour is about right to match the rest of the interior.
The original Quantum-re-covered leather ones are starting to wear on the
piping, and I think there's a seam just starting to come loose.

Scrapyard visit due in the near future I think.
Although I think my scrappy is getting a bit cheeky with his prices
lately - I doubt I'd get an interior for £50 any more.

TonyV.

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[thesk...@tiscali.co.uk]

The universal subframe is the sort of thing you can get for fitting
aftermarket bucket seats to just about any car. It consists of some
legs, which are made up of 2 L shaped backets (4 per seat) with 3
holes on each side and some long straight bits agin drilled with holes
(2 per seat).
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[Tony Pottrell]

I see, where would you get something like that - Halfords?

[thesk...@tiscali.co.uk]

Demon Tweeks, Rally Design, that type of place. However last time I
was in Focus (or possibly Homebase) I noticed that they sell a
selection of metalwork as joist hangers that looks just about
identical (but at a fraction of the price).

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[Tony Pottrell]

Cool, thanks :)

Next time I'm at the scrappy I'll keep my eyes peels for a suitable Rover ;)

[thesk...@tiscali.co.uk]

If you're not bothered about half leather or lumbar adjustment for the
passenger the Metro GTi seats that I got for my Midas seem to be just
about identical, these were cheaper at only £30 for the whole
interior. The runners do seem to be different though, further apart
although I'm sure this could be altered (it mentions it in the Midas
build manual but I haven't got as far as fitting them yet).

[Gerry Oakley]

If you happen to be lucky like I was you may even come across FULL leather versions. I think they were an option or were fitted to the 'Tomcat ?' Rover 220.   Gerry.    -------Original Message-------

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[gary brokenshire]

I had a set of these in a lighter grey fitted to my Capri. These were superior to the standard Capri leather very supportive and the now wife liked the seats. (but not the car)

Some extensive mods had been done. 9 I would keep the rear seat material in case of damage to the fronts. (Fabric spares on older cars is hard to come by)

Keep an eye out for metro GTa top spec 200’s the T-bar one cant remember the number. The lumbar support is definitely worth having. The seats were firm but not hard.

Happy hunting

Gary

P.S The ford focus MK1 leather seats looked cool in the scrappy don’t know if they would fit direct? (millennium edition)

 

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[tor...@beeb.net]

now wife liked the seats. (but not the car)

Chaps I have suddenly realized why wives don't like our cars,
its because we treat them as feminine, maybe we should
consider our cars masculine.
The question is though do girls consider cars feminine or
masculine?

[gary brokenshire]

More of a masculine bi product rather than a status.
More of It's playing up, It's broken Etc.
A bit like a bloke and newborns. well it's a baby innit.

Gary

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