simonpelly Posted September 6, 2023 Share Posted September 6, 2023 Hi Folks, Looking for some "bracket arrangement" that could be fitted to our second row seats to provide more legroom. @western Noticed in some old threads (2017) that you mentioned fitting some brackets to your Landy. Are these still generally available? Google not revealing much. Perhaps I could fabricate if no longer available. Would be interested in their design. Thanks, Simon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snagger Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 Exmoor Trim used to sell some brackets that moved the rear seats aft, or at least their seat backs. They may still make them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSD Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 (edited) I knew I remembered something about this from a while back... It's like deja vu all over agian... https://farcorners.co.uk/products/far-defender-110130-second-row-seat-risers Edited September 7, 2023 by TSD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonpelly Posted September 7, 2023 Author Share Posted September 7, 2023 @TSD That appears to be a solution for the 40/60 seats on later Defenders as opposed to our earlier 3 single folding forward seats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSD Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 That's lucky, I'd hate to think I'd played any part in someone paying that much money for a few bits of simple angle I missed the seat type, because when you asked the question back in 2020, I was researching putting the 40/60 in my Ibex. I will go back to sleep ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonpelly Posted September 7, 2023 Author Share Posted September 7, 2023 Yep. The idea of getting more leg room has not gone away. Some jobs just take years to figure out... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toenden Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 I mounted a d3 rearset years ago, and it has helped with the seat angle and footroom... but not perfect. I have always thought, that if one could cut holes from behond into the seatbox under the front seats/make a flatterende floor in the cabin, then there would be perfect foot/leg room... I just haven't gotten around to do/try it yet 🤣 Before the d3 seats I had the three pice type seats. On these I mounted two pieces of angle between the seatback and the base moving the back some 8 cm rearwords. That did help on the space, but again not perfect. (Maybe perfect actually doesn't exist?🥶) /mads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 My 2nd row are Trakkers hi back seats with the extension bracket kit they used to do, I don't know if the brackets are still available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb78 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 On 9/7/2023 at 12:36 PM, toenden said: I mounted a d3 rearset years ago, and it has helped with the seat angle and footroom... but not perfect. I have always thought, that if one could cut holes from behond into the seatbox under the front seats/make a flatterende floor in the cabin, then there would be perfect foot/leg room... I just haven't gotten around to do/try it yet 🤣 Before the d3 seats I had the three pice type seats. On these I mounted two pieces of angle between the seatback and the base moving the back some 8 cm rearwords. That did help on the space, but again not perfect. (Maybe perfect actually doesn't exist?🥶) /mads I have done similar. I fitted freelander1 rear seats to the middle row of my 110. I moved the whole lot back about four inches to make more leg room - it hasnt really affected the boot and can still use the original seatbelts with the way i have done it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulcan bomber Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 I have a pair of front seats in the 2nd row, took some work, but there a significant improvement on what was there. Can supply the bits if you wanted to go that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty_wingnut Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 One of my best mods was to fit Puma seats all round on the 110. We've got much more space than we had with the previous three seat setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonpelly Posted September 11, 2023 Author Share Posted September 11, 2023 3 hours ago, rusty_wingnut said: One of my best mods was to fit Puma seats all round on the 110. We've got much more space than we had with the previous three seat setup. Did that involve much cutting of wheel arches, etc...? Interesting to see how you managed to make that work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonpelly Posted September 11, 2023 Author Share Posted September 11, 2023 On 9/8/2023 at 10:01 PM, vulcan bomber said: I have a pair of front seats in the 2nd row, took some work, but there a significant improvement on what was there. Can supply the bits if you wanted to go that way. Interested to see how you made that work. In particular if a re-bracket exercise of some chopping to wheel arches. Any pics would be awesome. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Poore Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 I've vastly improved rear leg room with L322 rear seats. They just about fit in once the seat squabs are squashed a bit. Need a fair bit of fab work though as they need something to latch into. A 6ft tall person can sit in and still has headroom and plenty of leg room because the seats are way deeper than normal Defender seats. I only mounted them temporarily (permanently) without butchering the seat box. If I ever get a roundtuit I'd lower them a couple of inches but as the only things that go on there regularly are a 5 year old and three dogs it's largely irrelevant at the moment. Unfortunately don't have any decent pics of the backseats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty_wingnut Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 (edited) 12 hours ago, simonpelly said: Interested to see how you made that work. In particular if a re-bracket exercise of some chopping to wheel arches. Any pics would be awesome. Thanks. It's a bit of a job in all honesty... It started when I realised the crossmember and upstand had all gone a bit powdery, and took the plunge after finding a complete set of Puma seats for just £300. It's a well documented thing on Defender2, but basically there's two ways of doing it, both involve replacing the second row seat crossmember. While I was in there, I did both C pillars, and replaced the floorupstand. The tricky part was fitting the seat latches onto the A-frame crossmember, and this I will re-visit when I do the chassis. You can either choose to modify the front of the tub, and change the angle of those panels to match the TDCI tub using YRM panels, or you can simply notch the existing tub panels to clear the seats. I replaced both panels as I had both C pillars out. Edited September 12, 2023 by rusty_wingnut 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulcan bomber Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 16 hours ago, simonpelly said: Interested to see how you made that work. In particular if a re-bracket exercise of some chopping to wheel arches. Any pics would be awesome. Thanks. Not a huge amount of chopping. Dend me your email address and i'll send some pics over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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