Vitesse seats

[Bobtaylor]

Has anyone ever fitted Cobra seats in their Vitesse? Or can anyone suggest any other manufacturer of seats that would fit a Vitesse?

Bob

[Josef]

I’ve had MX5 Mk1 seats in my Herald for years, they suit it surprisingly well (in my opinion at least!)

[Clive]

2 minutes ago, Bobtaylor said:

Has anyone ever fitted Cobra seats in their Vitesse? Or can anyone suggest any other manufacturer of seats that would fit a Vitesse?

Bob

I fitted some buckets aboy 20 years ago, think they were Cobra. Took them out a few days later, found them a nightmare.

MX5, MGF all much comfier/easier to live with.

 

[Paul H]

MGF seats for me 

Paul

[Peter Truman]

I think Bonds fitted a different seat into their Herald/Vitesse variant don’t know which aftermarket supplier they used

[Pete Lewis]

and another +1 for MGF

(use the search this has been discussed at length earlier)

[Paul H]

1 hour ago, Paul H said:

MGF seats for me 

 

I’ve even added heated seat panels to the MGF seats. 
Paul 

[Josef]

For comparison (and oh wow mine look much more knackered than I thought when comparing with Pete's shiny red ones, the Herald has to wait it's turn till the Spit's back on the road though!)

[TomL]

MGF seats and aftermarket heaters.  Much more supportive than the original Vitesse seats.  Headrests - and I have adapted the passenger's side seat's backrest to fold forward to allow access to the rear.

 

[Peter Truman]

Josef those MGF seats appear to clear the Convertible B pillar, hence enabling adequate leg room for us taller people, so I'm interested in this mod, are they any particular MGF model seat or do they all fit! 

[TomL]

Peter, I think Josef's (very nice) seats aren't MGF.  Correct me if I'm wrong; they look like MX5 or similar

 

[Josef]

7 hours ago, Peter Truman said:

Josef those MGF seats appear to clear the Convertible B pillar, hence enabling adequate leg room for us taller people, so I'm interested in this mod, are they any particular MGF model seat or do they all fit! 

Mine are MX5 Mk1 (tombstone ones with the integrated headrests). They do clear the b-post well enough you can recline the seat fully, if you were so inclined. I’ll try and get some photos of the clearance there for you after work. 

[Josef]

@Peter Truman here you are. The lighting isn’t wonderful cause the car is still mostly covered in dust sheeting after the bodywork I’ve been doing but they should give you an idea. Mine won’t roll any further back as they foul on the seatbelt mount on the transmission tunnel. However I have the original eyebolt fitting there, with something thinner than that the seats could be adjusted a bit further backwards.