Rear Seat Space in XK8 and XKR
#62
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Tomorrow I'll take pictures of the booster seat behind the still original OEM driver's seat and you'll see I've gained significant leg room behind the new racing seat.
#63
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I'm guessing there's also now a whole bunch of space UNDER the seat meaning if you can just get your shins in there, your feet go under the front seat. I find this is one of the most limiting factors of the stock seats, aside from the back being tiny. Interestingly, saw a review of a new lexus SC500 convertible recently, and it has pretty much the same space as an X100. It seems its pretty much impossible to make a convertible 2 door car with back seats look good AND have space in the back. You either end up looking really goofy like a BMW, or have no space. Can't have both.
I don't hate the look, if it was colour matched it might be ok. Can't say the covering on the back of the seats appeals much lol. These look a lot more supportive. I am assuming you went with the inexpensive PU to prove the concept more than anything else. Planning on re-covering them at some point/dying with jaguar colour? I dont know if PU can be dyed like leather can.
I don't hate the look, if it was colour matched it might be ok. Can't say the covering on the back of the seats appeals much lol. These look a lot more supportive. I am assuming you went with the inexpensive PU to prove the concept more than anything else. Planning on re-covering them at some point/dying with jaguar colour? I dont know if PU can be dyed like leather can.
#64
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I'm guessing there's also now a whole bunch of space UNDER the seat meaning if you can just get your shins in there, your feet go under the front seat. I find this is one of the most limiting factors of the stock seats, aside from the back being tiny. Interestingly, saw a review of a new lexus SC500 convertible recently, and it has pretty much the same space as an X100. It seems its pretty much impossible to make a convertible 2 door car with back seats look good AND have space in the back. You either end up looking really goofy like a BMW, or have no space. Can't have both.
I don't hate the look, if it was colour matched it might be ok. Can't say the covering on the back of the seats appeals much lol. These look a lot more supportive. I am assuming you went with the inexpensive PU to prove the concept more than anything else. Planning on re-covering them at some point/dying with jaguar colour? I dont know if PU can be dyed like leather can.
I don't hate the look, if it was colour matched it might be ok. Can't say the covering on the back of the seats appeals much lol. These look a lot more supportive. I am assuming you went with the inexpensive PU to prove the concept more than anything else. Planning on re-covering them at some point/dying with jaguar colour? I dont know if PU can be dyed like leather can.
I guess color matching wasn't as important to me but others will feel differently.
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While these seats are functional, they are almost too tall for my convertible roof and scrape the roof when I fold them forward.
I will continue my search for better replacement seats that are shorter like the original OEM Jaguar seats. This experiment was not 100% successful because of this but I did learn that we can give the back passenger a few more inches of leg room with alternate seats.
I was almost in a position that i had to try something because the electronic seat controls of my original OEM Jaguar Jaguar have ceased to function leaving my passenger seat unadjustable.
Last edited by ScoopXK8; 04-23-2023 at 08:50 AM.
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FYI, '01+ seats will get stuck on ceiling/visors depending on seat settings for the coupe. So the seats you found might not be too far off the later OEM height.
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