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t3gav

Posted 25/2/2013 12:35 PM (#690275)
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Does one exist? I tried a quick search. Be good to see what the options are : ) I have half leather gti seats atm, is there anything better?

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Posted 25/2/2013 12:46 PM (#690278 - in reply to #690275)
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Depends on what your definition of better is???

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Posted 25/2/2013 1:06 PM (#690282 - in reply to #690275)
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True lol, nicer to look at. Need some new door cards etc. I notice a few people have coupe seats too which look good and seem like they would offer a fair amount of support.

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Posted 25/2/2013 1:38 PM (#690286 - in reply to #690282)
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t3gav - 25/2/2013 6:06 PM

True lol, nicer to look at. Need some new door cards etc. I notice a few people have coupe seats too which look good and seem like they would offer a fair amount of support.

The Coupe seats are identical shape to the Metro GTi ones so no change in feel or support, they are black which always looks good though and have a rear pocket on the back for maps, books etc. subframes needs swapping, theres a guide on the main site. Personally i'd keep your half leather Metro seats as its alot of work just for a colour change.

The critics back in the day said the original mk1 metro which all had black dash, belts, seats, etc made the cabin look very small, hence why they soon changed to grey!

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Posted 25/2/2013 2:33 PM (#690296 - in reply to #690275)
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Hmm thanks, that makes sense! Be nice to see what people have done though.

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Posted 25/2/2013 10:10 PM (#690363 - in reply to #690286)
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Metromartin - 25/2/2013 1:38 PM

The Coupe seats are identical shape to the Metro GTi ones so no change in feel or support, they are black which always looks good though and door have a pocket on the back for maps, books etc. subframes needs swapping theres a guide on the main site. Personally i'd keep your half leather Metro seats as its alot of work just for a colour change.

The critics back in the day said the original mk1 metro which all had black dash, belts, seats, etc made the cabin look very small, hence why they soon changed to grey!

Over years of trying different combinations I think I've found the optimum, black Coupe seats with grey dash \ leather inserts, GTi doorcards (with the black bottom section) and black plastics. Haven't got any recent pics apart from this one...

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Posted 25/2/2013 10:22 PM (#690365 - in reply to #690275)
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This is recent photo of my interior clean;

Though I now have GSi door caps with wood and leather half door cards [in hope of finding some GTi half leather seats] but in process of getting grey velour ones to suit current seats.

t3gav

Posted 26/2/2013 9:22 AM (#690396 - in reply to #690275)
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Thanks guys exactly what I was after

The crappy plastic trims along the bottom of the sills have fallen off on mine as the self tappers are no longer big enough, thought about changing the door seals to those with a flap round the outside to go over the carpet instead.

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Posted 5/3/2013 7:07 PM (#690952 - in reply to #690275)
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BEst one I have :O It's just an R114 interior

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Posted 5/3/2013 8:58 PM (#690966 - in reply to #690275)
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Posted 5/3/2013 9:03 PM (#690967 - in reply to #690952)
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I agree with gshaw. Rover 820 vitesse recaro half leather seats, black carpets, full black plastics, 114 gta silverstone doorcards and rear bench (to match seats), black parcel shelf, gti b pillar covers, mgf rear view mirror and black textured dash inserts.

Imo all that makes a metro interior pretty modern and spotty.

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Posted 5/3/2013 9:42 PM (#690969 - in reply to #690966)
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munday - 5/3/2013 8:58 PM

Which seats are these?

Ohh 820's, cool that their the same pattern as the GTi's

Edited by pqhf5kd 5/3/2013 10:03 PM

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Posted 5/3/2013 9:52 PM (#690970 - in reply to #690967)
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GTaddz - 5/3/2013 9:03 PM

I agree with gshaw. Rover 820 vitesse recaro half leather seats, black carpets, full black plastics, 114 gta silverstone doorcards and rear bench (to match seats), black parcel shelf, gti b pillar covers, mgf rear view mirror and black textured dash inserts.

Imo all that makes a metro interior pretty modern and spotty.

That's pretty much what I ran in my Metro. The 820 Recaros are very comfy seats!

ding

Posted 5/3/2013 10:26 PM (#690974 - in reply to #690967)
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GTaddz - 5/3/2013 9:03 PMI agree with gshaw. Rover 820 vitesse recaro half leather seats, black carpets, full black plastics, 114 gta silverstone doorcards and rear bench (to match seats), black parcel shelf, gti b pillar covers, mgf rear view mirror and black textured dash inserts. Imo all that makes a metro interior pretty modern and spotty.

Wouldnt mind that but i've never been one for spots.

Can you get it in stripes?

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Posted 6/3/2013 1:51 AM (#690990 - in reply to #690974)
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ding - 5/3/2013 5:26 AM

GTaddz - 5/3/2013 9:03 PMI agree with gshaw. Rover 820 vitesse recaro half leather seats, black carpets, full black plastics, 114 gta silverstone doorcards and rear bench (to match seats), black parcel shelf, gti b pillar covers, mgf rear view mirror and black textured dash inserts. Imo all that makes a metro interior pretty modern and spotty.

Wouldnt mind that but i've never been one for spots.

Can you get it in stripes?

Just realised my mistake, thanks for pointing that out ding.

Spotty, sporty or stripy doesnt matter. What is important is that the seats are made from 10% leather and 90% wool. There you go bud, another use for sheep.

And yeah, the recaro's are soo Comfy. Wouldnt swap them for anything!

Edit: whos got your recaros now Jon? Didnt azz have them and couldnt get on with them? Must be getting pretty rare now.

Edited by GTaddz 6/3/2013 2:07 AM

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Posted 6/3/2013 9:14 AM (#690996 - in reply to #690275)
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What door cards are they Munday? Any better pics?

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Posted 6/3/2013 10:49 AM (#691004 - in reply to #690996)
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t3gav - 6/3/2013 9:14 AM

What door cards are they Munday? Any better pics?

Door cards are custom made by Jabba (or his mrs) Think its just black vinyl covering the stock door cards.

Probably some better pics on his old journal (linked on the first post of my journal - Mundays GTi vvc160 or something)

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Posted 6/3/2013 6:22 PM (#691022 - in reply to #690275)
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Azz had them, but I'm not sure if he kept them or not. I had both silverstone gti and gta door cards - I painted the lighter ones which brought them to be a good match for the Recaros.

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Posted 10/3/2013 11:47 PM (#691420 - in reply to #690275)
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Yea i had them, for some reason i didnt find them supportive enough, so i sold them on to todd, wish i would of kept them now

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Posted 11/3/2013 12:30 AM (#691421 - in reply to #690275)
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best seats iv ever had. The look the part with black dash, carpet and suede door cards. My mate was so impressed with them he bought himself a pair for £40 off ebay and put them in his vw caddy.

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Posted 17/3/2013 8:27 PM (#692005 - in reply to #690275)
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This is where mine is currently at:

Fitted Rover 100 Knightsbridge doorcards with the Jaguar XJ6 door handle surrounds, aftermarket door pulls and the doorbins with the electric window switches, the electric windows aren't actually fitted yet though and I'm probably gonna fit some alloy window winders till I fit the electric ones

Vintage mountney steering wheel.

Gti Se half-leather seats with dark blue Austin Metro Clubman carpet.

Dash is an Austin metro Blue Clubman dash modded to take Rover dash surround and R114gsi wood cappings.

Fitted aftermarket blue illuminated lighter to replace the orange one.

Dave Aston

Posted 17/3/2013 9:51 PM (#692021 - in reply to #690275)
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Posted 18/3/2013 11:28 PM (#692151 - in reply to #690275)
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So are the frames from standard metro seats able to fit on the recaro 820 seats? Also what do people do with the rear seats, as i presume the rear seat out of the 820 does not fit the metro

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