Styling Bravo front seats

[RobBravo]

Love my Bravo overall.. but I'm finding the seating position to be the only thing bothering me.

I'm not tall at 5 ft 10, and yet I am finding myself with cramped up legs, a lack of under thigh support.. and to top it all off, the active spec features seats that I fly out of round bends.

I don't expect much at all really from a base model car.. but this falls someway short of my loooverly Alfa 156

Are there any good straight swap seats around? I am currently on the look out for;
Mito (look quite similar though, not sure they would be any different)
500 Leather seats look decent
Grande Punto Sporting seats look supportive
Abarth (expensive)

I am wondering if anything older may fit? Such as Alfa GT/ 156/ 147 etc?

I do have a set of 156 seats, although in "cream" they are not going to look right in my car...

Anyone tried anything different out with good results?

Cheers

 

[neilshep]

I do have a set of 156 seats,

Cheers

Are they out of a Boeing 737?

 

[Graf]

MiTo seats will fit

 

[RobBravo]

Are they out of a Boeing 737?

Lmao

MiTo seats will fit

Hmm, are they any better though? The do look strikingly similar to the Bravo seats which is why I was hesitant to chase them

 

[Graf]

I have a friend with Giulietta seats and he says the MiTo's much better.

 

[RobBravo]

They might be worth a fair shout then!

 

[austenw90]

I had a MiTo fitted with the above seats and they weren't great, uncomfortable and offer little support.

 

[Surfs up]

Hi

Three weeks into Bravo ownership and I agree seats are probably its weakest point(especially after five years of driving a Volvo S80).Lack of under thigh supprt seems to be the biggest problem combined with an accelerator pedal that is too high with the result that you tend to keep your right foot "up in the air" which isnt very comfortable(perhaps the solution is to keep the pedal to the metal not that does much for fuel consumption.)

With my Sport seats at least there is no chance of slipping out on corners.

At least the fuel consumption of the Bravo must be a big improvement on the 156!

 

[rossocorsa]

You need to think a bit about the seat setting, first thing is to set the seat backwards so that you can only just at an absolute stretch on tip toe get the clutch right down weird but how it's laid out! Steering wheel pulled well out and back rest adjusted to feel ( initially ) a bit too upright then tweak the lumbar control and seat height until you get it right the driving position is weird but you do get used to it. As regards falling out on corners I figure you drive a lot faster that me?!

Should add that I have a delta but as far as I can tell the seats and particularly driving position are near identical

 

[Matthewr1990]

I find the bravo searing incredibly comfortable. I'm a 6" guy. Strange at first but once I fond the sweet spot I think it's really comfortable. My only complaint is there isn't a rest plate next to the clutch. Which my Grande and Megane had.

 

[RobBravo]

You need to think a bit about the seat setting, first thing is to set the seat backwards so that you can only just at an absolute stretch on tip toe get the clutch right down weird but how it's laid out! Steering wheel pulled well out and back rest adjusted to feel ( initially ) a bit too upright then tweak the lumbar control and seat height until you get it right the driving position is weird but you do get used to it. As regards falling out on corners I figure you drive a lot faster that me?!

Should add that I have a delta but as far as I can tell the seats and particularly driving position are near identical

Yeah I tried that but I then suffered from having my head partially blocked by the B pillar. Not good for safe driving if I can't see out of the window. Then of course there is the issue of my poor rear passengers who then have even less leg room. The only sensible option is to suffer a high right leg in favour of seeing out of the window and giving my rear passenger a more pleasant journey.. My girlfriend sits in the rear with my daughter and it's best for me if I keep her happy

I think Surfs up hit the nail on the head when he said the pedal is too high. This causes the leg to sit too high when at cruising speed and thus you feel a lack of "thigh support".

As for literally falling out of the seat I'm not really doing that haha, I'm sure the seatbelt holds me in the seat just fine. But, having driven a few Alfa's it's a much more pleasurable ride when you are snug in the seat and there is limited movement when going round bends

 

[rossocorsa]

Yeah I tried that but I then suffered from having my head partially blocked by the B pillar. Not good for safe driving if I can't see out of the window. Then of course there is the issue of my poor rear passengers who then have even less leg room. The only sensible option is to suffer a high right leg in favour of seeing out of the window and giving my rear passenger a more pleasant journey.. My girlfriend sits in the rear with my daughter and it's best for me if I keep her happy

I think Surfs up hit the nail on the head when he said the pedal is too high. This causes the leg to sit too high when at cruising speed and thus you feel a lack of "thigh support".

As for literally falling out of the seat I'm not really doing that haha, I'm sure the seatbelt holds me in the seat just fine. But, having driven a few Alfa's it's a much more pleasurable ride when you are snug in the seat and there is limited movement when going round bends

Of course a delta does have a longer wheelbase ........ didn't really consider that. I suspect that the issues are all to do with conversion to rhd

 

[RobBravo]

I'm a 6" guy.

That's totally unnecessary on a public forum :nono: But it's all cool, it's not your size it's how you use it

 

[rossocorsa]

Interesting idea that the accelerator could be too high must have a look at that

 

[Matthewr1990]

That's totally unnecessary on a public forum :nono: But it's all cool, it's not your size it's how you use it

Lmao. I obviously meant 6'. Lmao. Besides. 6" isn't really anything to boast about. My point is still valid. Lmao.

 

[lyubohar]

Why don't you fir Sport seats? I'm 6'2", predisposition to back pain and I never had any issues...

 

[RobBravo]

I'm thinking of them as well. But Bravos aren't as common as Grande Punto's so seats/ interiors are real rare on ebay...

 

[TheFiatMonkey09]

I have no trouble and I'm 6ft 3 I have mine all the way down and back. Got plenty of room

 

[RobBravo]

I've made my mind up, keep looking on ebay for sports seats...

They look so lush compared to my "active" seats

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classif...ode/ws151qq/page/1/fuel-type/diesel?logcode=p

 

[Dr Zoidberg]

They do look like they have a lot more side support, and you know they are a straightforward swap.

I don't find the seats uncomfortable in my Dynamic, but they don't have all that much grip to the sides so you can move about a bit more than is ideal.