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>2,000,000m in MB vans
I came across this suspension seat by chance the other day.
It's made by a company called TEK, who are OE suppliers to Scania and Volvo, and is currently fitted to some of their vehicles amongst others.
It's a driver's suspension seat, and was originally fitted to a Sprinter based motorhome. It's only done 12,000 miles apparently.
For some reason I can't explain, this bloke had unstitched the seat squab cover and cut the foam away at the front edge. Why he did this is even more of a mystery given that this is known to be one of the most comfortable of seats available (with the possible exception of the ISRI suspension seat).
I'm not too worried: I've sourced a replacement foam and the whole thing is going away to be covered in leather anyway.
I took it apart today, as I'm sure the upholsterer wouldn't appreciate me dropping the suspension unit in to him - it weighs a tonne.
The suspension mechanism is simplicity itself. You dial in your weight, which is a threaded adjuster acting on a spring balance with hydraulic damping. Brilliantly simple and reliable.
The other thing I'd like to do is source a replacement headrest so it echoes the other seat better. The spacing of the headrest legs are different too, so that means sourcing two of the plastic guides the headrest locates into, and altering the new seat to accept them. No trouble when the seat's coming apart anyway.
If anyone can help with those parts please get in touch. I've found a headrest, but it's a bit on the pricey side.
Should make for the ultimate in comfort once it's done - will let you know how it progresses.
Simon.
It's made by a company called TEK, who are OE suppliers to Scania and Volvo, and is currently fitted to some of their vehicles amongst others.
It's a driver's suspension seat, and was originally fitted to a Sprinter based motorhome. It's only done 12,000 miles apparently.
For some reason I can't explain, this bloke had unstitched the seat squab cover and cut the foam away at the front edge. Why he did this is even more of a mystery given that this is known to be one of the most comfortable of seats available (with the possible exception of the ISRI suspension seat).
I'm not too worried: I've sourced a replacement foam and the whole thing is going away to be covered in leather anyway.
I took it apart today, as I'm sure the upholsterer wouldn't appreciate me dropping the suspension unit in to him - it weighs a tonne.
The suspension mechanism is simplicity itself. You dial in your weight, which is a threaded adjuster acting on a spring balance with hydraulic damping. Brilliantly simple and reliable.
The other thing I'd like to do is source a replacement headrest so it echoes the other seat better. The spacing of the headrest legs are different too, so that means sourcing two of the plastic guides the headrest locates into, and altering the new seat to accept them. No trouble when the seat's coming apart anyway.
If anyone can help with those parts please get in touch. I've found a headrest, but it's a bit on the pricey side.
Should make for the ultimate in comfort once it's done - will let you know how it progresses.
Simon.
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