Tillett Emira Seats - B10 XL

[Bibs]

I bumped into Steve Tillett last weekend in his DV Emira and had a chance to try out the Tillett B10 XL's he's fitted to his car. 

They are lovely, they look amazing and were really comfortable. The form fitted me perfectly, full support from thigh to shoulder and very easy to slip in and out of. Worth a look if you wanted to change the seat to something sportier and of course, a lot lighter than the standard seat. 

 

[C8RKH]

They look lovely and compliment the rest of the interior.

The only downside is you lose the tilt to get stuff in to the back cubby. It's the only downside to the Evora Carbon buckets too.

[Trevsked]

Any idea on cost for the Tillets?

 

T.

[Bibs]

I think with the runners they're about £1,500 each. 

[Steve Tillett]

7 hours ago, C8RKH said:

They look lovely and compliment the rest of the interior.

The only downside is you lose the tilt to get stuff in to the back cubby. It's the only downside to the Evora Carbon buckets too.

 

Whilst it’s obviously never going to be as convenient as flipping the seat forward, the space when you slide them forward is plenty big enough to put a suitcase in through the gap in the middle. You actually have more space behind because the seats are so thin. 

[C8RKH]

15 minutes ago, Steve Tillett said:

You actually have more space behind because the seats are so thin. 

Thanks Steve. Having the Evora Sport 410 with the Lotus Carbon Buckets I understand the value re the "thinner" seat backs etc and do the old "drivers seat forward, passengers seat back" to get stuff behind the seat, the reverse for the other side.  However, in 5 years of ownership there have been many times a "tilting" back would have been really useful.

However, to get back to your seats. They look superb. I'm sure a few Emira owners may be "tempted", can you match the interior leather colours of the Emira? I guess if you could, that would just make them even more appealing. Great to see UK innovators and manufacturers creating such great products.

1 hour ago, Bibs said:

I think with the runners they're about £1,500 each. 

If that's with the "pads" then that's not bad at all!

[Steve Tillett]

We can get leather of any colour so it's possible but to get a perfect match might be more expensive. I've not investigated it yet.

The seat with those pads will be around £1,500 + VAT although until we have tested the brackets I can give a complete package price including brackets and runners. We should have something sorted soon.

[SillyOldHector]

Love these !

What do you do with the electric motor and heated seat wires ?  Does disconnecting cause any issues with the ECUs ?

This may sound bonkers, but would you consider fitting the driver's seat only ?  I know it might look wonky.....

[Steve Tillett]

The seats in my car were just unplugged. All the motors come out with the seats and of course you loose the heated seats option. We can do heated elements in the panels but we won't have a plug and play solution for this anytime soon. 

The only thing noticeable is a few lights on the dashboard which are not that annoying. You can apparently use a resistor in the yellow plug but I have not got around to getting the correct resistors yet.

You could easily just fit in the driver's seat in but even in the XL size my 55 kg, 5 ft 3 inch daughter fell asleep for a two hour journey. The seats are not a downgrade in comfort over the stock seats, they are better. The only caveats you would find is you should lower yourself in, not fall in and if you are tall and had to switch drivers to allow a short person to drive.

[SillyOldHector]

Loved the Tillets in my old 7 SLR 😍 (except when the water collected in the bottom 🤣)

[Steve Tillett]

Proves it's a genuine bucket seat😁

[Bibs]

[SillyOldHector]

That's a teaser 😁

[Steve Tillett]

What happens when the kids steal your car.

Edited March 7 by Steve Tillett

[Bibs]

They've done a great job! A bit calmer music and more seat footage would have been cool but it's a nice video, well filmed and graded!