I am looking to replace my leather seat base and was wondering if there is a difference in leather as some ebay listings quote the leather as ox. Is this for Oxford seat as in the design, or is it a different leather type such as ox leather? Tom

Current Drive
2011 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography - Santorini Black - Ivory Leather

Previous Drives
2004 Model Vogue Td6 (Touchscreen) - Java Black - Parchment Leather
1994 RR Classic 3.9 V8 Soft dash - Niagara Grey - Grey Leather
1972 Series III SWB Safari - Green (Hand Painted) - Black Plastic

Ox is used in Land-Rover build specs and parts catalogues as short for Oxford. It's the design of the seat covers, stitching, pleats and i think the hide is a slightly better grade.

Its either Oxford or Bleheim leather. Oxford (or Ox) is a much better quality seat. more bolstered and numerous pleats mean it looks significantly better. Blenheim is base model seat (normally HSE's) and has a single central pleats. Looks a bit plain. 405 AB exec seats Baltic and Cirrus
93 RR Classic efi

Remember it's easier to get forgiveness than permission!

Gone in order:
4.4 TDV8 SE - gone to a good home
93 Classic hard dash Plymouth Blue
03 L322 Oslo Blue
2000 Disco TD5 ES Epsom Green
98 P38 Rioja Red
89 Classic Cairngorm Brown

Thanks for the info! All makes sense now. Tom

Current Drive
2011 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography - Santorini Black - Ivory Leather

Previous Drives
2004 Model Vogue Td6 (Touchscreen) - Java Black - Parchment Leather
1994 RR Classic 3.9 V8 Soft dash - Niagara Grey - Grey Leather
1972 Series III SWB Safari - Green (Hand Painted) - Black Plastic

Whats wrong with your seat base sir?

The drivers seat base got incredibly hot to the touch enough to almost burn the underside of your legs. I assumed the thermostat had broken so did not use the function. When I tried it recently it cuts out after a couple of seconds, so now the safety function has kicked in.

On my 2004/5 model I understand that the heating element is built into the leather so cannot be replaced separately.

I have looked for spare seats on the bay but they rarely come up without damage. Just found a company selling new/old stock of the parchment with blue piping seat base covers for £50 so will try that, even though I know it will be a pig of a job to fit. Tom

Current Drive
2011 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography - Santorini Black - Ivory Leather

Previous Drives
2004 Model Vogue Td6 (Touchscreen) - Java Black - Parchment Leather
1994 RR Classic 3.9 V8 Soft dash - Niagara Grey - Grey Leather
1972 Series III SWB Safari - Green (Hand Painted) - Black Plastic

Don’t know how much has been covered on here about seat heaters but i have posted some pics of customers seats ready to catch fire! The internal foam is black & charred! I get to see them when the leather gets a small dis coloured mark on it! (usually down to the heater burning underneath)

If you unplug one part of the seat heater (remember there is a heater in the backrest too) then the system will do as yours has and fail after a few seconds. I believe this is covered under diagnostics too so may be worth reading codes to make sure before wasting money & time changing the wrong part sir

The leather could do with changing anyway, the over heating issue is on side where the right leg rests near the door and might have worn out due to lots of getting in and out of the car. The back heating element seemed to work fine before it tripped the system.

I will check the diagnostics which might now show the issue, but I am happy to replace the cover. I also heard you can switch the seat bases from the passenger side to check things out. Not sure how easy it is to separate but will give it a go. Tom

Current Drive
2011 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography - Santorini Black - Ivory Leather

Previous Drives
2004 Model Vogue Td6 (Touchscreen) - Java Black - Parchment Leather
1994 RR Classic 3.9 V8 Soft dash - Niagara Grey - Grey Leather
1972 Series III SWB Safari - Green (Hand Painted) - Black Plastic