P38Stewart · Nov 4, 2016

Hi, I have just got hold of a 1995 P38DT and am a bit confused about trim levels. I've seen on a number of places that the DT doesn't have leather seats however mine has. I know you can change them (obviously) but just want to find out the exact trim level so I can work out what has been changed and what is standard. Also how easy is it to buy up period factory options/ higher trim level features and install them? Especially heated electric seats and proper electric climate control.

blackstrat · Nov 4, 2016

P38Stewart said:
Hi, I have just got hold of a 1995 P38DT and am a bit confused about trim levels. I've seen on a number of places that the DT doesn't have leather seats however mine has. I know you can change them (obviously) but just want to find out the exact trim level so I can work out what has been changed and what is standard. Also how easy is it to buy up period factory options/ higher trim level features and install them? Especially heated electric seats and proper electric climate control.

Mine had them, a factory option the original owner specified.

P38Stewart · Nov 4, 2016

blackstrat said:
Mine had them, a factory option the original owner specified.

Okay im just hearing different things from different sources so thanks for the comment

blackstrat · Nov 4, 2016

P38Stewart said:
Okay im just hearing different things from different sources so thanks for the comment

Without the original bill of sale (which I had for mine) you may not get a definitive answer unless you find physical evidence like date markers on bits of trim etc. You'll get plenty of guesses though

P38Stewart · Nov 4, 2016

Okay thanks il have a look for date marks then as I do not have the original bill of sale.

blackstrat · Nov 4, 2016

P38Stewart said:
Okay thanks il have a look for date marks then as I do not have the original bill of sale.

@Saint.V8 is the man to ask about RR nitty gritty..

P38Stewart · Nov 4, 2016

Okay thanks for the help il wait and see what else people say as well just to see.

zzr1200 · Nov 4, 2016

My 95 DT has heated cloth seats with climate control.

Grrrrrr · Nov 5, 2016

My DT has leather seats and climate control.

wammers · Nov 5, 2016

Grrrrrr said:
My DT has leather seats and climate control.

My DSE has a special lowered head lining in the back to reduce the volume inside the car. I think so the heater doesn't have to work as hard.

Grezzer · Nov 5, 2016

My old DT had **** loads of problems don't matter what level it was.

P38Stewart · Nov 5, 2016

Okay so you can get climate control and electric seats in the DT then but how easy or hard would it be to install it into one without? Anybody had any experience doing that or trying?

Grezzer · Nov 5, 2016

Mate, you can virtually do anything with them as long as you have savvy and patience and a big bag of spare cash. There's plenty sat waiting in wreckers etc, you have to go along and suss it out, you'll get loads of good advice one here, but you have to do the ground work, seriously there's loads you can do. Happy winter

wammers · Nov 5, 2016

P38Stewart said:
Okay so you can get climate control and electric seats in the DT then but how easy or hard would it be to install it into one without? Anybody had any experience doing that or trying?

Fitting an Hevac unit and air con into one with a standard heater would be a considerable task not worth trying. Electric seats should be fairly straight forwards with a bit of fiddling.

P38Stewart · Nov 5, 2016

Grezzer said:
Mate, you can virtually do anything with them as long as you have savvy and patience and a big bag of spare cash. There's plenty sat waiting in wreckers etc, you have to go along and suss it out, you'll get loads of good advice one here, but you have to do the ground work, seriously there's loads you can do. Happy winter

Okay well il look into it, cheers for the help.

P38Stewart · Nov 5, 2016

wammers said:
Fitting an Hevac unit and air con into one with a standard heater would be a considerable task not worth trying. Electric seats should be fairly straight forwards with a bit of fiddling.

Okay thanks for the advise il definitely do the seats then not so sure about the aircon though.

wammers · Nov 5, 2016

P38Stewart said:
Okay thanks for the advise il definitely do the seats then not so sure about the aircon though.

Fitting aircon to one that does not have it is a mammoth task.

P38Stewart · Nov 5, 2016

wammers said:
Fitting aircon to one that does not have it is a mammoth task.

Okay I think il maybe give that one a miss then thanks for the advice

Grrrrrr · Nov 5, 2016

wammers said:
My DSE has a special lowered head lining in the back to reduce the volume inside the car. I think so the heater doesn't have to work as hard.

Fix it!

wammers · Nov 5, 2016

Grrrrrr said:
Fix it!

Next summer maybe.

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