AS we seem on the topic of seats today and in particular Mr Triton ,who i may makes exceeding good seats and i have two .I will cut to the chase now .was thinking of cushions for the seats mats about 5mm thick foam neoprene . But spat my coffee out when i saw the price for some foam pads any how had one off those moments in the garage where not much is entering brain and perhaps is time to go in and call it a day .when an idea popped into my head wot about camping sleeping mat cheap at 5 quid hard wearing make some templates all colours wot you think guys onto a winner .

For the sake of £5 or so you could give it a bash I guess. That stuff is surprisingly comfy.

My other half made me some out of neoprene...

They were made from a Snap-On Lying down mat, but were a tad thick, so the mat was sliced on the horizontal......

Lying down mat is worth a 'go' IMHO.....

Fozzie

[Edited on 19-2-08 by Fozzie]

oooo oooooo a nice purpley / pink two tone so it looks like a pac-a-mac!

NAh seriously, great idea, but are excercise mats thicker?

Seem to remember Mr Triton saying he was going to start supplying pads at some point.

But probably not until he comes off the caffeine high and stops stringing up soft toys.

not a new idea - camping mats were being used as seat pads by the romans, a search on here will real all.

And camping mats are most certainly not hard wearing! Mine is looking very dog eared after 2 camping trips!

camping mat material isn't hard wearing but,like mouse mats, you could laminate with contact adhesive a piece of leather or vinyl to the surface you sit on.
This will protect the weak foam from snags, cuts and just wear and tear.

I know a couple of guys on here have the 5 Piece Sets shown in the link, I contacted them today about a set, they look very good when they are in the car.

http://www.jkcomposites.com/upholstery.html

Mike

[Edited on 19/2/08 by mike smith1]

There you go
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My sons have survived the last 7 years of grass tracking using camping mats cut to shape in the grp seat. So it works well.

Cover with some cheap vinyl and they would look OK.

Cheers,
Syd.

Thats what I've done. Decathlon stores do 3 thicknesses. The Thickest has a silver coating. I cut them from a paper tempate then sealed the edges with silecone and fixed them with velcro.

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z282/adrianthorp/fury009.jpg

adrian

What price have you seen. I had some custom vinyl covered seat pads made for a bargain. Also had tunnel cover made with built in pockets. All i had to do was make templates.

If Triton wanted to he could supply templates to my supplier and offer them as an option.

Its the price that hurts ,was thinking locost thats all , as the wallet will have to come out again ,this cars starting to resemble the ex in finacial terms ,any how hope its all worth it . thanks for the feed back guys.