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- Rusky
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I currently have none heated electric se seats and while i find them very comfortable they dont hold you when the driving gets a little more progressive. So what options other than finding a set of rare and expensive msport seats do i have. Would like to keep electric and possible have heated too. Any thoughts appreciated.
3.0l Silver SMG, whippy and ginge fringe/ Sound gen mod/ Media bridge fitted (bluetooth and audio streaming) / Clear third break light/ Hard Top/ Eibachs springs and DLV back box/ Roof motor in the boot/ plus lots more.
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- Lifer
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A member on here has fitted seats from the Mazda RX8, there are photo's on here, somewhere.
BMW Z4 30i 2003 auto 107's Whippy Toledo Blue
Beige M sport seats, wood dash
Toyota MR2 NA 1995
Triumph GT6 1972 (project)
Land Rover Discovery 1994 TDI (Tow car)
Mini 1000 1981
Beige M sport seats, wood dash
Toyota MR2 NA 1995
Triumph GT6 1972 (project)
Land Rover Discovery 1994 TDI (Tow car)
Mini 1000 1981
- Crazy Harry
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Didn't someone post an ebay link for a pair of red seats a few days ago - they fit the Zed but I think they were the front seats from another BMW. In fact I think someone on here got them and posted about it.
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It was posted ca 6 months ago on here, sports seats from E46. If you find the posting it also has the item/part nr to look for as not all of them fit
- john-z4
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Hi Rusky,
I've fitted RX8 seats and will be at Duxford if you want to have a look,
Cheers John.
I've fitted RX8 seats and will be at Duxford if you want to have a look,
Cheers John.
2.5i Roadster, Pearl Sunburst Orange, Angel Eyes, M Bumper, M steering wheel, 19" AVA Memphis alloys, Eibachs , 3.0i Brakes, Orange Calipers, Quad exhaust, Custom rear bumper, Rx8 seats, Facelift rear lights, + More. All mods homemade.
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- Lifer
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See you there John, are you both going?
BMW Z4 30i 2003 auto 107's Whippy Toledo Blue
Beige M sport seats, wood dash
Toyota MR2 NA 1995
Triumph GT6 1972 (project)
Land Rover Discovery 1994 TDI (Tow car)
Mini 1000 1981
Beige M sport seats, wood dash
Toyota MR2 NA 1995
Triumph GT6 1972 (project)
Land Rover Discovery 1994 TDI (Tow car)
Mini 1000 1981
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RX8 seats are so much cheaper ! do they sit as low in the car as the standard seats and what did you have to do to fit them ?
- Ducklakeview
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I've worked on that car, and they looked nice. He also had the electrics and heating working in them.
Apparently M3 seats are a straight fit, with no alterations to the wiring.
The red ones from Ebay are in another members car now, those are the one's that had been retrimmed and looked a bit pink in the photos, but having seen them they actually look fine.
Mike
- Ducklakeview
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Depending on the age of your car, the wiring for the heating may well already be there, and need nothing more than the switch panel to activate it - I believe it's also a quite simple retrofit for the heater if yours is a later car, someone on here did it, and I think the loom form an X3 was used?Rusky wrote: ↑Sat Apr 29, 2017 7:07 am I currently have none heated electric se seats and while i find them very comfortable they dont hold you when the driving gets a little more progressive. So what options other than finding a set of rare and expensive msport seats do i have. Would like to keep electric and possible have heated too. Any thoughts appreciated.
Mike
- Steve84N
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The e46 seats are shaped for the wider gentleman so I always found myself flopping from side to side plus without the optional lumbar support I never found a comfortable position on longer drives. The Z4 seats have better ergonomics more akin to the e90 seats which do support you well even without the lumbar support. In other words, better off with RX8 seats.
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- Lifer
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Yeah, I sat in John's car at the Bristol meet last year, very comfy too.Ducklakeview wrote: ↑Sat Apr 29, 2017 10:01 amI've worked on that car, and they looked nice. He also had the electrics and heating working in them.
Apparently M3 seats are a straight fit, with no alterations to the wiring.
The red ones from Ebay are in another members car now, those are the one's that had been retrimmed and looked a bit pink in the photos, but having seen them they actually look fine.
Mike
BMW Z4 30i 2003 auto 107's Whippy Toledo Blue
Beige M sport seats, wood dash
Toyota MR2 NA 1995
Triumph GT6 1972 (project)
Land Rover Discovery 1994 TDI (Tow car)
Mini 1000 1981
Beige M sport seats, wood dash
Toyota MR2 NA 1995
Triumph GT6 1972 (project)
Land Rover Discovery 1994 TDI (Tow car)
Mini 1000 1981
- Rusky
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Cheers John, i will be in the silver 85 with the hard top on
3.0l Silver SMG, whippy and ginge fringe/ Sound gen mod/ Media bridge fitted (bluetooth and audio streaming) / Clear third break light/ Hard Top/ Eibachs springs and DLV back box/ Roof motor in the boot/ plus lots more.
- john-z4
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Yeah, we're both going. Mrs says she'll buy you and ice-cream!
Cheers. John.
2.5i Roadster, Pearl Sunburst Orange, Angel Eyes, M Bumper, M steering wheel, 19" AVA Memphis alloys, Eibachs , 3.0i Brakes, Orange Calipers, Quad exhaust, Custom rear bumper, Rx8 seats, Facelift rear lights, + More. All mods homemade.
- vester86
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i've fitted E46 M3 seats in my 2003 z4. went from manual heated seats to memory heated seats with no problems at all
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Were they a straight swap ?