Thread: Discovery seats - horrible !

I dont know your size and weight but i've not had a problem driving 900klms in one hit in my disco, maybe your seats have sagged ?

You've given the solution yourself ....................................
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Trade the Disco for a Defender
Seat problem solved and as a bonus you'll be able to attend the Qld Defender Day.

if you find the defender seat comfy why dont you put defender seats in your disco? may defender drivers in the UK put disco seats in there defender so at a guess I would imagine they would be a straight swap and if not I would imagine not a lot of mods to get them in

Hi mate

I find the same thing, get some seats out of a range rover 86 - 93, they are wider and have an arm rest.

Change the complete seat and base and they will fit. There are captive nuts on the side of the trans tunnel to mount the rangie seats in the disco.

As for price, there was a set of leather seats in the give away section of the markets, don't know if they are still there or not.

Happy sitting

Neale

I was wondering whether Classic RR seats would fit? (and whether they are obtainable at reasonable prioces 2nd hand).

Probably the biggest issues is around the lack of (inability to do) up and down adjustment of the seat, A squab which tilted would also probably be handy but less essential.

I would imagine to fit some seats that raise up and down it requires different seat mounts as the current ones seem to be fixed height / can't be changed.

That's why I was thinking RR seats might work but I have no idea if that's actually the case.

Hmmm.. did some googling.

Found out D2 seats don't fit into D1 easily.

Did find this interesting....

Fitting Range Rover seats in a discovery

My concerns are:
1. Legaility.
2. Would this system retain the same "crashworthiness" (i.e. not compromise safety)?
3. Availability of RR seats.

On that site you posted, they would not be legal.

Look at the second pic, top line, see where the radio mic is sitting on that hump in the tunnel. Lift you carpet in that area and there are two captive nuts (may have plugs in them), both my discos have them (93 & 96).

He also used the disco bases. Use the rangie bases and they extend over to these captive nuts, so would be legal as you are using factory mouting points.

Find someone with a late 80s rangie and have a look at the difference in the base. The outside mounting point is the same as the disco.

Hope that all makes sense.

Neale

Originally Posted by Xtreme

You've given the solution yourself ....................................
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Trade the Disco for a Defender
Seat problem solved and as a bonus you'll be able to attend the Qld Defender Day.

That didn't hurt at all, did it...?