Anyone replaced seats?

PRP. I was told buy the guys who build the buggies that they are the same as Beard only cheaper. I dont regret what I paid - $500 a seat (had some custom stuff done and seat covers also) at all. Its the most comfortable seats I have every sat in for a long time. I got the sliders so they still move back and forth, and I got the wide buckets too.

-jenn

Forgot to add that these are the ones I got - in wide.

Competition Pro Series

- 34" Tall x 22" Wide x 26" Deep (view seat dimension guide)

- Mounting Area: 14" Wide X 18" Front to Back

- Built with heavy-duty firm foam

- The seat bottom is reinforced with duel Pirelli straps

- Slotted for 5 point harness with 2 slots in headrest

- Standard removable cushion

- Available 2" wider

- Available 4" taller

-jenn

I'd have to ask why? More comfort? Better holding for trails and rock climbing? Firmer? Softer? It's a big world out there!

Thanks, I looked at those, my daughter will be ordering a preme seat from them next year for her daughter she just had, but for me I need reclining seats, at least for passenger, wife has a bad back. Too bad none of their seats are reclining.

Makes sense... Here's an idea. Find an early 80's VW Jetta Wolfsberg version (gotta be a Wolfsberg, though I may have misspelled that). They had some really nice seats, firm, held you in well, and properly sized if you are not too huge. They were basically Recaro seats.

I bought a set of Procar seats a while back for a Nissan pickup, then I put them in a VW Karmann Ghia, then in a Bug. I just couldn't part with those seats, even when I got rid of the vehicles they were in. Procar by Scat is a good brand. We paid about $600 back in mid-nineties. They are good seats, even if VW aftermarket is a big part of their business. ;^)

Adapters are often the gnarly part. I'm thinking that a Scat/Procar seat will fit right on top of your OEM slider, but I can't guarantee this. They do have an adapter listed for YJ. If you contact the sales department I am sure they can give you the bolt pattern for the seat base, or it might be in the downloadable PDF catalog.

Happy shopping,

Earle

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Make absolutely sure that you get the right "adapter" for you vehicle. Most of the seats on the market now are simple square with four bolts, relatively easy to fit, but this hasn't always been the case.

Cheers,

Earle

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The seat base "adapter" can be a problem. Procar uses a square four bolt pattern that is pretty much the current industry standard, if there is one. Make sure you get the right base adapter at any rate. The slider is usually in the base adapter. This adds a bit of undesirable height in some applications. It shouldn't be a problem in a CJ. I couldn't praise the set of Procar seats I used to own enough. That was over ten years ago, hope they still keep the same quality standards.

One time I got a set of custom made demo seats, locally made by a van conversion outfit, and shoehorned them into a Toyota FJ40. It was pretty economical considering the quality of the seats and they fit great, after a bit of welding. That vehicle has a particularly bad non-standard seat base bolt pattern.

Earle

Ya I've already looked there, they don't have any seats that are all vinyl. And why can't they put prices on their site, even if they gave you a range from so much to so much. I've looked at a lot of seat sites over the last couple days, some as high as $1900.00 so having an idea of their prices before contacting them would be nice. Thanks anyway, keep coming with makers though, I may of missed somebody.

The price thing is because they sell a lot through dealers and they don't want to undercut them. Have you tried the local four wheel drive and auto upholstery shops? They do get a discount and they should know what's good if they have sold seats in the past. And maybe you save in shipping if it gets sent to the dealer.

Good luck,

Earle

No 4 wheel shops here, I'm 4 1/2 hours and 2 ferries away from anywhere.

Any clubs up your way - I know you are at the end of the line for the roads in the area. I put a message out to my club asking if you have this brand or this style can I please come sit in them and check them out? Thats a large part of how I decided. Granted I was looking for deep bucket with cutouts for 5 point harnesses.

-jenn

Thanks Jenn, I ordered Corbeau Moab seats in black neoprene yesterday, hope they're comfortable, they have harness cutouts.

Jenn, he is two ferries 'past' the end of the line for roads....

I am also in need of new seats so am keeping my eyes open. I have tried a few junkyard swap jobs and wasn't impressed with the fit.

Mike

86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail > Any clubs up your way - I know you are at the end of the line for the roads in the

For junkyard swap jobs you have to be willing to cut and weld stuff. It is somewhat better now because many, but not all, manufacturers use a four bolt de facto seat base standard. Sometimes it helps if you buy a set of aftermarket sliders in place of your existing gummed up rusted ones. When installing replacement seats you can usually move them around quite a bit, but the one direction you can't go in most passenger cars is down. That's one advantage you have in a jeep, but like I said you have to be willing to cut and weld stuff.

Earle

OK, run this one by me slowly....

You live in a rainforest and you bought seats made out of sponge rubber...

I don't know about you, but warm weather or not I like my butt to be dry...

Or are you on the Sunshine Coast where rain isn't a daily occurrence?

Mike

Greg wrote:

Yes I'm on the sunshine coast, they call it that because we get more sunshine then the rest of province, but what they don't tell you is when the sun isn't shinning it's raining, not much inbetween. I got the neoprene because they are suposed to shed water, we'll find out wont we? But most of my driving is in good weather, if it's bad I have top on. Most of the seat companies don't offer seats that recline and are all vinyle, either they don't recline or are vinyle and tweed, or velure, ( spellings? ), which I deffinately don't want in jeep.