Deluxe Highback Seats

[bronsonarlo]

Does anyone know where I can find a pair of these Deluxe Highbackshttp://eastcoastrover.com/ProjectScans/661.jpg

[Jim-ME]

I thought that our host sold them but I can't seem to find where. Atlantic British shows them but says check on availability. British Pacific shows just the high backs for sale. You might want to consider looking for used Defender seats as an alternative.
Jim

[Erik B]

Good morning, just give us a call, and we can go over the different options available to you.

[ybt502r]

Side question - where did you get the nice formed door panels? I've got the basic SIII panel (vinyl covered cardboard) in which I've cut and mounted some speakers. Nice and functional, but yours actually look designed for the door.

[Leslie]

Those look like the panels carried by our hosts.

[Eric W S]

That looks like a pic from ECR, if so they were the older Defender models that were modified to fit the series. I think that is the pic of the coil sprung 88 with the 2.5 Diesel and D-90 style cage...

EwS

http://www.eastcoastrover.com/87gallery.html I thought I recognized Mike's work...

[leafsprung]

Those are not 90 seats . . .

[Leslie]

That looks like a pic from ECR, if so they were the older Defender models that were modified to fit the series. I think that is the pic of the coil sprung 88 with the 2.5 Diesel and D-90 style cage...
http://www.eastcoastrover.com/87gallery.html I thought I recognized Mike's work...

Are we still off topic on the panels, or are you referring to the seats?

Panels:
http://www.roversnorth.com/store/p-15048-interior-front-door-panel-set-rhlh-for-defender-90-and-series-iii.aspx

Seats:
Look like a too-thin aftermarket SIII seat w/ a headrest.

[Andrew IIA]

Are we still off topic on the panels, or are you referring to the seats?

Panels:
http://www.roversnorth.com/store/p-15048-interior-front-door-panel-set-rhlh-for-defender-90-and-series-iii.aspx

Seats:
Look like a too-thin aftermarket SIII seat w/ a headrest. What makes those door panels (which I think look good) SIII/D90 specific ? is it just the anti-burst latches ? (which are fitted to my SIIA, which is why I'm curious)

Regards, Andrew

[Leslie]

That'd be part of it. Another problem might be the door limiter.

I have LaSalle panels on mine, and have a problem where the elbow of the limiting arm, upon closing the door, presses outward on the panel. SIIa's use the plunger-tube type instead, I don't see how it wouldn't be compatible, but it could take some fiddling... don't know, haven't tried....

[Blueboy]

Seats:
Look like a too-thin aftermarket SIII seat w/ a headrest.

Blueboy has the same seats and they are pretty comfortable.

by the way, Happy Birthday Leslie.


Jaime

[Eric W S]

Are we still off topic on the panels, or are you referring to the seats?

Panels:
http://www.roversnorth.com/store/p-15048-interior-front-door-panel-set-rhlh-for-defender-90-and-series-iii.aspx

Seats:
Look like a too-thin aftermarket SIII seat w/ a headrest.

No. The Door Panels were according to Mike in the description of the build Defender panels modified to fit.

Those panels linked above were not even available when that truck was built. Mike had a thread on D-90.com about the panels and the input he gave RN.

I know what Defender seats are. I had a 97 Defender for 10 years. Where are you guys getting seats from?

[Eric W S]

What makes those door panels (which I think look good) SIII/D90 specific ? is it just the anti-burst latches ? (which are fitted to my SIIA, which is why I'm curious)

Regards, Andrew

Well aside from the fact that the original Defener Panels are NLA, Defenders had a provision for a speaker, wiring to the speaker, and depending on the MY, a map pocket of different sorts. Also SW had a providion for a window handle and the door locks on top.

ST were similar.

[luckyjoe]

Those seats were a LR option - p/n MRC6981 hiback Deluxe seatbacks.

Tom P.

[thixon]

I had a set of those seats in my old SIII. The only complaint I had was with the head rests. They were attached to the seatbacks by way of two metal posts that inserted into the body of the seat back, which was just vinyl covered foam. No big surprise there, but during an off roading session, I noticed an uncomfortable issue. I dropped down a creek bed, which caused me to bang my head against the head rest. When I did, the two metal posts bucked forward inside the seat back, and bruised the daylights out of my back just under my shoulder blades. The problem is that there is no support structure inside the seat to brace the metal posts (the posts are just inserted into holes in the foam). I always used to worry about what would happen if I ever got rear ended.

[Les Parker]

Travis, your experience of the hi-backs (and others with similar experiences), is one of the main reasons RN did not offer these as an option.
Far better to go with the Defender style seats, for comfort and safety.

[Andrew IIA]

Well aside from the fact that the original Defener Panels are NLA, Defenders had a provision for a speaker, wiring to the speaker, and depending on the MY, a map pocket of different sorts. Also SW had a providion for a window handle and the door locks on top.

ST were similar.
I wasn't clear. I was trying figure out if the RN replacement door panels would fit my IIA (fitted with anti-burst latches) or if there is something 'not-going-to-work-in-a-IIA' about them.

Regards, Andrew

[Eric W S]

Ask RN. I would assume that they would work since they were a compromise design...

[Leslie]

Eric, 10-4.

Thanks Jaime!