MeV seats

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I went up to RoadTrackRace on Friday to try the seats, and went to GBS/Kitspares too - to try out their padded 'Roadster' seats.

I've gone with the MeV GRP seats - although they are a little more pricey - as they seemed a lot more comfortable. I am not really a fatty (approx 34" waist) but there was so much more room in the GRP seats and it looks like they will easily be narrow enough to fit in the Haynes without any problems.

Just waiting on them to call me back with a definite cost for delivery, will provide some feedback once i've got my hands on them!

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Eeek! Got the call back. £60 for delivery - £300 all in for a pair. A bit frustrating as, down to misunderstanding, I thought they didn't have any in stock for sale - but it turns out I could have taken them away there and then... As they are 3hrs away in the car and I only went in because I was in the area anyway I may have to rethink where to get my seats from!

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Further update - found a transport solution (good ol' Dad!) which means i'll be going with MeV seats after all!

Their recommendation was Europa seat runners - several of the cars in their workshop looked like they were fitted with these: https://www.europaspares.com/product...__RUN005K.html

Kit Spares 'equivalents' do seem a fair bit cheaper though - can anyone recommend one or the other option?

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Good and bad news. Seats seem good, but they are too wide at the top. I need to have a proper play with them as i just plonked them in the chassis to see if they'd fit straight in. They didn't but positioning them VERY upright does make it a bit better...

The suppliers were kind enough to answer some novice questions from me, the bad news is that their answer to "can I just trim the edge off the seat to make it fit" was a "we wouldn't advise it because that's where the strength is.."

Hopefully i'll be able to shuffle them about a bit to get them to go in...