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Graham Stewart


« on: March 04, 2011, 05:20:16 PM »

My S2 Beta Spider (chassis number 828BS1) was originally fitted with black PVC seats (as I believe most Spiders of that era were). Some years ago I substituted the front seats for a pair of cloth-trimmed seats out of an I.E. Beta. This was after a holiday in the south of France; I vividly remember the sizzle of flesh on superheated black PVC when forgetfully getting into the car without first draping a wet towel over the seat...

At the time I could only afford to buy the front seats - the rear passenger accomodation is still in Black PVC. Does anyone know whether rear Coupe seats are a direct replacement fot the rear Spider seats? I seem to remember not, but I am hopeful.

Failing that, does anyone know a good retrimmer? And is the material still available? Mine is the light blue/grey cloth fitted as standard (I believe) to IE Betas of certain colours.
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« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2011, 09:49:44 PM »

Rear seats in a coupe have built in headrests IIRC. I don't think they fit the spider.
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« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2011, 08:20:16 AM »

Hi

I have some S2 F/L PVC Spider rear seats which are ideally in need of recovering if you need them. For my Spider I used a guy in Melton who works for a local trimmer, but also does 'home' work which I found the pricing quite sensible. He has been in the trimming game for some years (I forget how many 25+?). Nice guy to deal with and the job was excellent to my eyes. I had both leather and PVC work done. He is located in Melton Mowbray.

Let me know if you want his number.

Peter
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« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2011, 08:27:23 AM »

Graham

The rear headrests can be removed by unpicking the hog rings and lifting the headrests away. But you will need to neatly plug 2 holes and the cloth under the headrest will be mint and the rest will not. The foam squabs are the same on both Coupe and Spider S2FL.

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« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2011, 06:41:27 PM »

Thanks for the replies, chaps. On thinking about it, it's probably a better idea to get the originals re-trimmed. At least I know they're going to fit without hassle when I put them back on.

And if I get a spare set and get them re-trimmed, I an just swap them over with minimal disruption. Right; I think I've just convinced myself...

Peter, you have PM...   Cheesy
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