FS: Bargain Electric Sports Seats - SOLD

edd_jedi

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Pair of genuine BMW Z4 E85/E86 Sports seats. They are electric (not heated) and in full working order. Only the seats are for sale - no door cards etc. They were originally beige, but the previous owner attempted to dye them champagne instead. As you can see in the photos, it is not the best job, hence the cheap price of these seats. The dye has been applied too thickly and the leather wasn't prepared properly before the dye was applied, so it was not absorbed and hence in most places just peels off. This is the peeling you can see in several areas - the leather is NOT ripped anywhere. The rough inside edges you can see are not damaged - this is bizarrely how the sports seats came originally, with no leather on the outside edges. The seats are perfectly useable as they are and look great from a few feet away, but they are not perfect so please look at the photos carefully and bear this in mind. I will include a half full bottle of leather dye which is plenty enough to redo the seats if you want to try it yourself. The seat backs and bases have not been dyed/painted.

Also there are a few parts missing from the seats. As you probably know these seats varied a lot depending on the year of manufacture, so I had to borrow a few bits from them for my new seats. The missing parts are both seat belt clips/occupancy sensors (these come together as one piece) and also the yellow loom plug from underneath the drivers seat. This is not strictly necessary as all the plug does is hold various other plugs together, but it will be harder to connect them all up without it. You can probably take these parts from your existing seats, or depending on the year of your car you may need to buy an occupancy sensor bypass kit. I am NOT responsible for anything missing - you can see exactly what is included with the seats in the photos.

These are available for collection from London (Camden) or I can post at cost. They are very heavy! I have removed the backs so that they will be easier to transport.

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These are now out of the car and available for sale immediately. I have put lots of photos and detailed a description in the original post.
 
Do you care to sell the black seatbelt guidance thingies seperately? Would be interested in these...
 
Mau said:
Do you care to sell the black seatbelt guidance thingies seperately? Would be interested in these...

I had to use them on the new seats I bought, hence why they don't come with these.
 
Thanks for your quick answer.

To avoid any confusion, I refererd to the guidance bits which are close to the headrests and are still on the seats in the pictures you posted above, not the seatbelt clips / occupancy sensors at the base of the seats.

However, if you had to re-use these as well; though luck for me.
 
Did Johnny Essex still want sport seats - if so I'll put his name down for these
 
Mau said:
Thanks for your quick answer.

To avoid any confusion, I refererd to the guidance bits which are close to the headrests and are still on the seats in the pictures you posted above, not the seatbelt clips / occupancy sensors at the base of the seats.

However, if you had to re-use these as well; though luck for me.

There are around £35 from BMW, failing that, send Andy (sixspeed) a message as I know he had a spare set earlier this year.

Andrew.
 
Were you not tempted to swap over the electric base? (And maybe recolour them)

All coupe's would have had electric seats as standard, when you want to sell may come across strange to have manual seats.


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I prefer manual seats, and the plastic trim is different so I would have had to paint it. I'm trying to save the poor car from any more bodged spray paint :lol:
 
I am really uming and areing about these.

I have the controls for the heating in my car with the standard seats does anyone know the cost of just the heating elements?
 
I've had no luck finding a local buyer, so am now open to posting them. UK only. I estimate this to cost £40-50 including packing materials. Drop me a PM if interested.
 
Reduced to £400, need these gone. You can barely buy a pair of non-sport seats for that! At £400 and £600 for a re-trim, you could have a perfect set of sports seats with new leather in your choice of colour for a grand. Or live with them as-is and save yourself some cash. Trust me you won't find a cheaper pair of sports seats! As above I am now wiling to post them. I just need the space back.
 
If I didn't already have a set, or had the stoarage space, I'd buy these. With some elbow grease to remove the old coating, and some black leather dye, you could turn these into a good set of seats.

Andrew.
 
andrewr said:
If I didn't already have a set, or had the stoarage space, I'd buy these. With some elbow grease to remove the old coating, and some black leather dye, you could turn these into a good set of seats.

Yep that's the backup plan - sort them out myself and self for significantly more. But I've spent so many hours on the car over the last month I really can't face it for a while. My hands need a month or two to recover :lol:

Jonny essex said:
Why couldnt they be heated with black backing :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

You could spray or even leather covers the backs/bases? Once fitted you would barely see or touch them so it wouldn't be noticeable, unlike the current painted leather! :lol: And the heating mats can be retrofitted, especially if you're getting them re-trimmed so will be taking the covers off anyway.
 
When I was looking for m-seats, I was up for a bit of a restoration project, however in 6 months not a single set came up. I ended up buying an almost new set which were over twice this cost. Given that the seats are no longer available to buy new, and the e85 e86 z4s have been out of production for a few years, restoration projects like this are going to become more common. Good luck with the sale, hopefully you'll find a buyer soon, although you may need to drop the price to around 350 to get some serious intrest.

Andrew.
 
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