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First off - I apologise for the photo, but I think you can see it. About a year and a half ago I sent out my seats to be restuffed (new foam sets and diaphragms). They came back ok - meaning, the scuffs were still there and I was hoping the slit in the leather cover would be attended to - but no - so I lived with it. A few months later, while walking in front of the car, I noticed the passenger seat tilt way off - never there before. But - and the funny part is - you would never notice if you were in the car, or sitting next to it. It's completely stable on the track, right set of washers, etc etc. I can only guess this is a severely bent frame but even sitting in the seat you don't notice.

 

I took it back when I had my annual service (my shop sends stuff like this out) and asked to have it looked at. The service was done, but they "didn't have time"

 

I guess I have to take this to a specialist and leave it to be sorted. I'd appreciated any recommendations in the London area or an hour out. Or does anyone think the seat was poorly stuffed?

 

Thoughts welcome.post-5998-0-32204200-1428251102_thumb.jpg

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Looks worse than badly stuffed, looks as if the whole frame is bent.

Stuart

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Ron - not being funny but it sounds like YOU'VE been stuffed.

If the seats were straight before the work was done they should not look like that - and any decent trimmer would at least have asked if you wanted the cover split attended to at the same time.

You need to decide whether to tackle the guys who did the work, or start again with a specialist.

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Yes, I think the frame is bent. Seat "looks" normal from all angles except the front one. Sadly, I don't have any earlier pictures, but I've owned the car for over 30 years and I think I would have noticed! I'm thinking I'll bring it back to the guys that outsourced it (I'm a steady customer) and see if they can work with their specialist. I may have a bit of leverage. On the other hand, when the seats originally came back, I was £500 poorer and they hadn't even done a decent job on the leather (which they did not replace), or the small slits in it - and I had asked.

 

So, cause a stink for work from someone who doesn't seem very good in the first place, or find a specialist whom people really like. I'm open to recommendations. I wonder if Skinner's knows anyone. They did a great job on my top......

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Have a look at the 2 mounting bolts that seat hinges on. There are 2 holes that bolts can fit in. I have TR6 seats in a TR4A and I had to have one bolt on front hole and one on the back hole to get seats parallel with car. On mine it is front hole nearest door side and rear hole nearest tunnel. 4A seats both used to fit on same hole.

Keith

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