We recovered the original leather seats in my BJ8 a few months back,
using new front base cushions from AH Spares and covers from
Ahead4Healeys. About 12 years ago, I had extra foam put in the cushions.
The original cushion base foam had disintegrated, and there was
constantly yellow fine crumbs on the black carpet.
The new seats are just fantastic. Yes, I sat a lot higher, but they
have now settled. We didn't drill them or modify them.
The difference in "seat of the pants" ride is just amazing! The car
feels so much more civilized.
I took an ex owner, Wally Gates for a drive, not long after the seats
were done. He asked if I'd softened up the suspension.....
In fact, I'd just replaced the rear urethane suspension bushes with
solid brass in the tramp rods and graphite impregnated nylon in the
shocks, making it the stiffest the car has ever been...
Very very happy. The old cushions made it ride like you were sitting
on the floor, and you felt every bump through your rump....
And the other benefit is the drivers side door mirror actually works
now...
Best
Chris
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On 15/01/2012, at 5:43 AM, Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net> wrote:
> My (limited/BJ8) experience with the seat foams is that they
> collapse significantly, even over just a few thousand miles.
>
> Bob
>
>
> On 1/14/2012 10:29 AM, Greg Lemon wrote:
>> Roland, I am 6'0" so a little different dimensions, but I had no
>> problem with the steering wheel clearance and legs with some very
>> restuffed seat bottoms, my brother who is a few pounds heavier did
>> though. However, my head hit the roof with the top up, I had the
>> foams cut down.
>>
>> Maybe you and your trimmer could work it out so you can sit on the
>> foams with the cover on but not attached to see if it needs cutting
>> down for best driving position, since the bottom just sits in the
>> seat frame shouldn't be too hard to do.
>>
>> Greg Lemon
>>
>>
>
>
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