LE Seats

So, for one reason or another I looked in to the cost of sourcing new LE seats. I was expecting them to be expensive, but was a little shocked to say the least!

Having spoken to a well know FIat Parts suppliers, I was told that the seat covers for these come in six parts, and that you have to buy eash part seperately. Well, here are the part numbers and figures.........

1 154574080 89.37
2 154575080 89.37
3 154576014 363.36
4 154573014 363.36
5 154572080 399.70
6 154571080 127.18

So, those not keen to spend the £400 or so for a set of Leather seats from the group buy, the costs above will allow you to re-cover your tatty LE seats , so around £2500 for the pair!

There are some very good car seat upholsterers that couls do a better job for less. Saw them on an MG is Born (Discovery) and their work was amazing. Worth shopping around, you may need to get the seat foam from fiat but the rest is debatable.

JOhn

Thats the current plan John, as you say there are a number of firms that offer this service.

I was just shocked at the cost of the above.

shocked by Fiat costs . I'm shocked that you are shocked

LE seats are now like a thing of legend. Unless you come across a set totally unexpected don't go looking for them unless you have deep pockets. The £479 for the GB set is a much better bet.

mine, all mine

If you want LE seats the best thing to do is just buy a pair of secondhand Recaro SRs (as that's what they are) and recover them. A pair sold on eBay this week for £155 needing recovering - eBay Recaro SRs
Or else look for some from a Lancia Delta Integrale (or new Delta) or else the Integra Type R ones.

John

How easy would it be to fit these to the Fiat subframes though? Or would you need a pair of custom frames making up?

Ive been thinking about this for a while and there are a number of seats which appeal but its the subframe dilemma that stops be buying...

The Nouvo Delta seats should fit without any modifications.

Thanks guys for the info, the hunt goes on..........

In actual fact I won't know how seriously knackered the curent set are until Friday.

JohnS are you sure ?? as the pic of the seat on ebay is one piece, coupe seats aren't they have a separate head rest

One thing I don't understand is why the Plus & LE recaro's don't have the recaro badges on them (maybe that would give the impression that the coupe is a 'boy racers' motor if they did ?? We all know the coupe has class

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One thing I don't understand is why the Plus & LE recaro's don't have the recaro badges on them

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Recaro supply plenty of car manufacturers & don't have Recaro plastered on them. I agree, it has much more class without Recaro all over them