bx drivers seat needed

nick.h699 · Post by **nick.h699** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 11:56 am

hi folks,

i need a drivers seat for the bx estate i have just bought. the present seat is black/grey and appears beyond repair as the frame is bent. i am in bushey near watford so hopefully there is one local to me.

regards
nick

DLM · Post by **DLM** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 1:33 pm

Just a point, Nick, unless you're not fussy, it'll help to know what the model is as trims vary. I suspect it'll either be a TX (solid black coloured seat cover with diagonal stripes) or TZ (black and grey pattern on seat & seat back, bolsters in black).

These two patterns are basically the same seat frame, but with different covers, shaped foam cushions and bolstering patterns.

I don't have any completely assembled seats here, but others probably will.

DLM · Post by **DLM** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 1:51 pm

PS - it is possible, if a little fiddly, to sub in just a new seat back or frame, depending on what's broken. Underneath the seat fabric and foam, virtually all BX seats except 16v and absolute base-spec share the same basic frames.

nick.h699 · Post by **nick.h699** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 11:51 pm

its a tz. i need the seat as the seat back will not adjust due to the seat being badly twisted.

Jaba · Post by **Jaba** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 12:11 am

It is possible to dismantle the seat and straighten it up.
See my earlier posting : http://www.bxclub.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10110

Post by **Tim Leech** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 11:53 am

I need to do that to my BX Gt as the drivers seat is a bit wonky, as adam is thinner than me and im hardly obese the original owner must have been a bit of a porker!

DLM · Post by **DLM** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 2:54 pm

Have done this before now by substitution of a complete donor frame into a TXD seat from a much earlier BX's front seat. It's a fiddly, time-consuming job, though hardly rocket science, but it worked well. The seat back frames are identical on BXs apart from possibly the 16v.

The main drawbacks are:

(i) extracting the locking clips either end of the seat tube for rake adjustment carefully enough that they can be re-used.

(ii) removing/replacing the seat cushion and cover without causing damage - a bit of destapling/declipping and restapling/reclipping is required, and the plastic seat trim and screws are a bit prone to damage.

(iii) Keeping everything clean during the operation!

Another short-term workaround is to swap over driver and passenger seat backs, but only if the passenger seat gets minimal use.

I have at least some spare TZD seat backs, as I knocked down a couple of front seats for easier storage, but I'm down on the South coast

Brian King · Post by **Brian King** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 3:50 pm

I have a whole interior in good condition for the same asking price as the central locking plip advertised here recently but I'm not paying for the postage!
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