Caterham Carbon seat sizes

[JohnCh]

Raising this for awareness since I don't think it's well known, and also to thank the people who helped me dodge a bullet with my order.  It turns out that although Caterham supplies the Tillett B6 when someone orders the Carbon seats with padding for their S3, they fit the larger B6 XL when the chassis is the SV.  Surprisingly, this isn't documented on Caterham's website or the configurator.

 

Given my back issues, before placing my order I sat in what I thought were all the seat options, finally settling on the Carbon seats I tried in a 620R S3.  They were a lot closer in comfort to my Westfield's MOGs than either the composite or Kevlar race seats and ordering them would save me the hassle and expense of securing another pair of MOGs from Germany.

 

Big thanks to @Pokeyfor sending me a video Friday where this size difference is mentioned and to @mdorkwho let me try the Carbon seats in his SV on short notice yesterday.  That test fit confirmed the extra width takes the comfort level down a few notches and means they won't work as-is for me.  Lastly, a big thanks to Bruce Beachman. @BruceBetook time from his vacation this morning to convince Caterham to swap in the S3 Carbon seats in my completed car that is getting ready to ship. Great community, great dealer!

 

 

-John

 

 

[mdork]

@JohnCh Happy to help. I had an extra serving at dinner tonight in hopes that I will eventually fill out the XL seat with my scrawny frame 🤣