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Little Tom

Member Since: 20 Aug 2013
Location: Lancashire
Posts: 134

Exmoor Trim Premium High Backs

I thought I would post the pics of my new second row seats here. When I was looking at getting a set there wasnt really much online to look at so hopefully this may help people. The issue we had was that the car seats were just not secure enough on the normal second row seats so we went down the exmoor trim route and this is what we ended up with.

As you can see the two types of child seats fit nicely and I have even taken the head rests off the new seats to give me more visibility as they are high enough for the kids seats without. The one minor complaint I have is that they pack a punch! When I was taking the photos I decided to lower the middle seat to show you could fold them fully forward (without headrest) the spring is that strong that i lifted the lever and the chair smack me in the face and split my lip!

Anyways, the seats:

Centre seat folded down

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All three seats have space underneath

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Fancy Exmoor logo

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Child seat fitted

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All three seats up with headrests removed

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Child seat number two for the slightly older kid

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And the fixing plates underneath with waxoil applied

Click image to enlarge Michael was just telling me a story about a friend of his who slept with a land rover, lonely nights in the desert..

4th Sep 2013 9:05am

Romadog

Member Since: 07 Jul 2011
Location: Powys
Posts: 1746

Pondering on these seats for my 110. Will check them out at peterbrough.
Thanks for showing us these pics - great help !

4th Sep 2013 7:57pm

WarPig

Member Since: 05 Dec 2009
Location: Sheffield
Posts: 1748

1996 Defender 110 300 Tdi USW Bonatti Grey

They look the business

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I pondered over getting the Premium High Backs, but ended up getting the Classic version. Im assuming that when they are tumbled forwards they foul on the front seats?

4th Sep 2013 8:28pm

Little Tom

Member Since: 20 Aug 2013
Location: Lancashire
Posts: 134

I took the head rests off when I was fitting the child seats so haven't checked if they actually hit the back of the front seats but I'm fairly certain they would, I'm guessing they would go down to around 45 degrees. You can see from the pick though without headrests they go down fully and a a furious speed

The head rests do make them quite tall and reduce visibility quite a bit so maybe when the kids are out of their child seats I might just put the outer seats head rests on and leave the centre one off. Another option I thought about when buying them was whether to only buy two and get another cubby box so go in the middle but in the end decided against it but it is an option.

Glad the pics were of use. Michael was just telling me a story about a friend of his who slept with a land rover, lonely nights in the desert..

5th Sep 2013 11:43am

WarPig

Member Since: 05 Dec 2009
Location: Sheffield
Posts: 1748

Ive got a set of extra brackets that Ive yet to fit, that solve the tumbling problem. I put a low back seat in the centre to maximise rear mirror view, but its a bit of a compromise really. The high back with headrest gives the occupant much better protection from whiplash, but restricts vision. The low back increases risk of whiplash, but increases vision!

Think I'll just sit people that I dont like in that seat

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18th Sep 2013 11:02am

Little Tom

Member Since: 20 Aug 2013
Location: Lancashire
Posts: 134

Like a poor mans ejector seat.

They look great, we are still very happy with ours. We spent the day up in the kaes on Sunday around Grizedale, the kids loved it and we had our dog in the back. Plenty of room for everyone, every journey just feels like a mini adventure. The kids love it, my son who is 2 doesnt really say many proper words but shouts wahwoher!Which is his version of Land Rover. He loves getting in it even when I'm just backing it out the garage

Michael was just telling me a story about a friend of his who slept with a land rover, lonely nights in the desert..

18th Sep 2013 1:36pm

timbar

Member Since: 30 Jul 2013
Location: Milton Keynes
Posts: 245

2009 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Stornoway Grey

lol my 2 year old is the same

These seats look v. good; the reason we got a post-2007 defender was for relatively decent seats in the 2nd row -- we thought. Interesting, thanks for the pics! 2009 110 XS Station Wagon

18th Sep 2013 1:42pm

geobloke

Member Since: 06 Nov 2012
Location: Nottinghamshire
Posts: 4395

Have to say those seats look mighty comfy, much more "shaped" than the standard front seats even... Good job

18th Sep 2013 2:58pm

mk1collector

Member Since: 17 Sep 2009
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 6769

@warpig, can I ask how much the full centre row was and did it include the seat bases etc? I have 60/40 seats and am undecided weather to go for the same as yours or get some puma middle row ones.
Cheers
Ray

18th Sep 2013 3:48pm

WarPig

Member Since: 05 Dec 2009
Location: Sheffield
Posts: 1748

I got mine from Trakkers, prices are on their website but I think I paid about £500? for the whole row (2 x Classic Highbacks 1 x Classic Lowback) in XS half leather. That included the back rests and seat cushions, but not the frames. But I just reused my existing frames (300tdi). You would need to source 3 individual frames. You also need to reuse 3 existing seat parts (locking bar/catch), but I guess you could buy these. I posted a thread on here somewhere on my installation.

I rang all the retailers shown on Exmoors website and got the to give me their best price. They were all similar priced but I went with Trakkers. Great service and recommended.

Found it...

http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic21753.html?highlight=exmoor

18th Sep 2013 4:07pm

Mech

Member Since: 23 Oct 2013
Location: Oxfordshire
Posts: 87

Warpig,

When you say that you have a bracket to correct the tumbling issue, could you explain further? I have highbacks on my 1991 that fold partially forward but wont tumble.

9th Mar 2014 11:19pm

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