Woodys TVR Chimaera

Took delivery of two Tuscan seats from Bell Hill Garages, bought them from their eBay shop, delivery took a couple of days, fantastic service and great communication from the team down there. So back to the seats, ok they are second hand but under a bit grime they are in good fettle. The grime just took a bit to remove about an hour per seat, first with Auto Glym Leather Cleaner and then with baby wipes :) well judge for yourself... ...and yes the standard size wheely-bin is the perfect tool for the support the seat when cleaning! Now to the fitting... Removal of the original seats was easy, 4 13mm nuts hold them in, the front ones are hidden in a recess in the floor pan. The standard Chimaera seats have different fixing points to the Tuscan seats and are also different between the driver and passenger seats, the Tuscan needs holes 12" apart, as you see below the drivers side are at 10.5" ...ahem excuse the stain on the carpet Fitting was fairly straight-forward, I dropped th...

Since getting the car back on the road I've got the bug to throw more money in to the bottomless pit that is my blue TVR :o) I've got the performance to where I want it (for now) so I best look at safety so I've ordered a roll bar from TR Lane Fabrications. I'm getting it prepared with the ability for me to fit harnesses too. On order are a pair of Tuscan seats too as I've never liked the standard seats. Should give better support and look a bit better too. A bit more mundane is that I'll be fitting a new headlight reflector woohoo!! as the offside headlight is a nice rust colour :/ order the parts (reflector, 3 bolts, 3 wing nuts, 3 holders) from Racing Green along with a new boot gas strut (I've got bored of propping the boot open with my head!) and a magnet gadget that surrounds the oil filter to capture all the metal particles swimming around the engine oil. Might think about a fire extinguisher too...