Poly buckets

[Rev Den]

OK...so my seats are trashed (should have covered them when welding:doh:
I am thinking about the inexpensive poly buckets seats with covers, seem like a water resistant & cheap way to go. The question is....How comfortable are these things? I am 6' 250Lbs, am I gonna hate 'em, find them livable, or love them?

Whatcha all think?

Discussion about any seat over $150 is not relevent here, for that kinda money I will sit on my crappy stockers.

Rev

[Ronbo]

Originally posted by Rev Den
Whatcha all think?


Seat covers.
I was recently searching for replacement seats, and tried the cheapies you mentioned. I am the same height/weight as you and they were lousy for me. My back is still in decent shape, but I prefer a little more comfort.
Probably depends on the seat time though. I put too many miles on mine to be uncomfortable.
I did find a solution, but it was more than $150.

[Tucker]

Keep the stockers ... I tried cheap molded seats in a Ranger and they lasted about two weeks ... oh they held up fine, it was me that gave out. They were monstrously uncomfortable and I bit the bullet and got Mastercraft racing seats. Expensive but I didn't have stockers to fall back on.

I have heard one report that these (http://www.automotiveinteriors.com/accessories/interior/racingseats/racingseats.htm) aren't bad, for less than $200. They have a metal seat frame, don't know anything else...

[Jump This]

I have used Beard Super seats for years, although not in my Jeep. I do have a back that would complain loudly if I didn't have some extra support. My stock seats in the Jeep do need replacing also. I was thinking of getting some from a junk yark. My brothers jeep (XJ) has some comfortable stock seats. I believe he has a Laredo package. Anyone like thier stockers?

[Jump This]

I just looked into Tuckers suggested seats...THEY RECLINE!!
And they are only a few bucks more than a beard seat..NEED MORE INFO!!! Has anyone run these or seen them on another Jeep?

[Rev Den]

Ronbo, Tucker...thanks. I did a little looking in APC seats. They are geared toward the "ricer" crowd...and even they don't seem to think much of the construction. Perhaps I will just do a "redneck recover" on mine. I do not want to spend allot on seats that WILL get wet.

Rev

[Lucas]

Ricer seats are cool in corners I guess, but they absolutely SUCK for any type of highway driving. Ask me how i know:rolleyes:

Anyway, why not keep the burnt out stockers and throw a set of these on there?
Seat Covers (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=33702&item=2422127448#ebayphotohosting)

My friend has a set and if they get wet he just squeegees the water off.

[Rev Den]

Lucas, i had thought of that....I looked at the Wet Okole brand and liked it, but, that some bucks. The e-bay store from the link does not have covers for seats with seperate headrests.

Thanks for the ideas.

Rev

[Lucas]

You have a wife that can sew?

[marcusguy]

I used the Wet O. neoprene covers in my old samurai and while they were cool and were fine if I left the top off for a night or two... they only lasted about 1.5-2 months. Anywhere on the seat that was rubbed as I climbed in and out wore out pretty fast, WAY to fast for the money. That was a few years back though, when they first came out, so maybe they are better now.

marcus

[2xtreme]

Two thoughts.

First off, for custom seats. If you want cheap you can make your own very nice custom seats. You can start with either a polly or fiberglass base unit and use different densitys and thicknesses of foam to make a trully custom seat, very comfortable and very in expensive.

For seat covers, costco now has some "oakly style" seat covers ( I think they are neoprean, but not positive) that are like $20 for the pair. And they look pretty nice if you just need to cover up the look of the stock seat. A friend of mine has them in a 90 xj and they fit well (full head rest) but they do not fit well in my 89 with open head rests.

Just a couple of thoughts.

Michael