My New Seats

[noogie]

Hi all

Happy chappy right now.
I picked up my newly re-upholstered front and rear seats the other day.
As previously mentioned, I had new bolstering and cushioning put in.
The bolsters were made a little larger.
Both front seats have pump up lumbar support and the rear seats have had defined cushioning installed.

All round very comfy and I'm bloody wrapped.
I had them done at Tylden Trim in New Gisborne and highly recommend them.

Below you'll find a you tube clip of the seats.
I ummed & ahhed about the red stitching on the new black trim, but I gotta say they look good.

Cheers
Mick

Re-upholstering of seats in my Defender 110 - YouTube

[Landy Smurf]

just wondering how much does that roughly cost?
I have been wondering whether to do some myself, buy new or get someone to re-upholster them

[Cracka]

Mate, they came out veeeeery nice indeed.

Mick

[noogie]

just wondering how much does that roughly cost?
I have been wondering whether to do some myself, buy new or get someone to re-upholster them


I originally got quoted around $800, but I think he gave me a special price.I paid $700 all up.Which is a bloody good price in my books. I still have access to both compartments under the seats and the seats are nothing like the originals.

I guess a long trip in the saddle will reveal how good they are, but I'm tipping I'll be feeling a ok. I definately recommend re-upholstery.

Cheers

[Landy Smurf]

$700 is good I was expecting for them to be atleast 1K

[djam1]

Mick well done they look good
Just a comment in the event of a collision would your fire extinguisher become a missile ??

[noogie]

Mick well done they look good
Just a comment in the event of a collision would your fire extinguisher become a missile ??

Very correct.
It is installed very well, however I am moving it to the front of the driver seat box. Just not sure if it will annoy me or not.

Thanks for that

[Didge]

Hi Mick, haven't spoken for a while. Seats look great and I was thinking your whole car looks pretty neat. I also like the steering wheel. Did you put that in and what sort of money are they? Don't forget if you're up Sydney way, give us a hoy and we'll show you some of the backyard; you won't have any shortage of takers to do that.
ps what's the orange thing at the top of the bullbar? A bug net?
cheers Gerald

[noogie]

Hi Didge
Good to hear from ya.
Hope alls been ok.
The steering wheel is a mono which I got off Ebay for around $70. Probably a copy.
Had to get a boss kit from UK to fit it. Put it all in myself.
The orange thing at front of car is a boab brand shroud. It has two sheets to it. What you see is the bug shield & the orange one is a thick plastic cover which I pull down when doing a lot of driving thru muddy bog holes. It helps keep some of the mud off the radiator etc.
I'm pretty happy with how the trucks been coming along. I'm gonna order my Ashcroft HD CVs & half shafts soon & save up for the allisport intercooler.
I pushed the seats up the priority list as my back was aching & I had the misses & kids on me back complaining about the comfort levels.

Id love to get up there sometime.
Just takes a lot of planning & time off work.

Good to hear from ya.
Cheers
Mick

[jabber]

That's a great deal!!! I've been looking at replacing my seats, with full suspension or exmoor elite or puma. Also considered the retrim kits (not badly priced). Front and back for that price; is a good deal. Hope I can get something similar in my neck of the woods.

Thanks for the video! And showing off the seats!

How do you like the Exbox?

Cheers,
Mike

[noogie]

The exbox is great.
I had an auto electrician move everything. I took one look at the job & decided way too hard a job for me.
The only issue was the original centre console annoyed me as it Sat a little to high. I keeps hitting my elbow on it & felt blocked in. If I wasn't such a short arse it would be ok.

Good luck with getting your seats done.
Well worth the spend.
Makes driving my deefer more enjoyable.

[goingbush]

Good stuff Mick,
Hows it compare to the Recaros, I know you only had a short burl in mine.

What I hate about the Recaros & such is you have to unbolt the bloody things to get under the seats,

Yours is the way to go and for under a grand - what a bargain.

(btw- I was already expecting to see a AirCon where your fire extinguisher is )

[Cracka]

G'day Mick,

Where did you get your boss kit from. I have spoken to Auto Tek (Momo importer) in Melbourne they tell me they have the Momo bosses to suit Defender, part No. 5613. Did you try them and have no luck or didn't know about them. I just wanted to check before I get one and find it doesn't work.

Mick

[debruiser]

Love the new seats! they look great, especially the red piping stuff! breaks up the dark colour. only problem is that now the rest of the truck looks old in comparison :p

[land864]

Looks great Mick. Just a gratuitous plug for someone out my way who would do something similar is [I]Classic and Sports Auto Interiors in Etham. Tony rebuilt the Subaru seats I had fitted to the County.

When I took them in to have the bolster shortened and explained what I had had done and the $ , he said next time come down with the originals and he will rebuild the complete original seats to my specs as you have had done.

Pete G

[noogie]

Good stuff Mick,
Hows it compare to the Recaros, I know you only had a short burl in mine.

What I hate about the Recaros & such is you have to unbolt the bloody things to get under the seats,

Yours is the way to go and for under a grand - what a bargain.

(btw- I was already expecting to see a AirCon where your fire extinguisher is )

Mate I loved your recaros.
But I gotta say my seats are just as good and I now don't have issues with having to remove seats to get to things.

The air con is definately going to happen. Believe me folks I've driven Dons car and the AC is fantastic. It is on the to do list.
Probably in 3rd position.

More importantly how's the trip going and where are you?

[noogie]

Love the new seats! they look great, especially the red piping stuff! breaks up the dark colour. only problem is that now the rest of the truck looks old in comparison :p

Yeah just like the driver.

[noogie]

G'day Mick,

Where did you get your boss kit from. I have spoken to Auto Tek (Momo importer) in Melbourne they tell me they have the Momo bosses to suit Defender, part No. 5613. Did you try them and have no luck or didn't know about them. I just wanted to check before I get one and find it doesn't work.

Mick


I got mine on ebay from the UK.
Store name is lincetrading.
All up around $50 landed.
just make sure you take your steering wheel off and count the splines before ordering. I can't put the link up as I'm at work and the fun police do not allow access to ebay.

Don't know about the part number, but it fit well & does the job.

Cheers
Mick