GU Front seats?
Submitted: Saturday, Feb 12, 2005 at 01:19
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V8Diesel
Hi, I've done a fairly comprehensive search of the archives but couldn't find anything specifically relating to GU's.
My question is this, does anyone know of a good drivers
seat that will bolt straight into a GU? I'm not keen on spending big bucks on a SAAS or similar, just chasing a common garden variety of comfy replacement
seat eg: Fairlane, Statesman, Maxima, Volvo, Range Rover etc.
If there isn't a direct bolt-in replacement, what is the best common
seat you've sat in that offers some lateral support which I could adapt to fit?
My factory GU
seat is terrible. It's far too low (I'm 5'10"), all the shape has gone out of it and I'm sick of packing it up with wedges of foam which get me up to the right level, but offer no support, meaning I roll around when on rough ground and get a sore arse into the bargain.
Thanks
Reply By: Wayne (NSW) - Saturday, Feb 12, 2005 at 06:40
Saturday, Feb 12, 2005 at 06:40
V8,
After market seats are not cheap, but if you do any amount of driving and suffer at all from a crook back, they are worth it.
When I brought the Troopie it started out as an ambulance. The front seats where change to Paratus. ARB stock them. The seats are not cheap, I think
mine cost $1500 each.
The fact that I have started a trip with a crook back, so bad that I had trouble getting in the vehicle, and 4 hours latter when I stopped for fuel, jumped out of the vehicle and didn't notice any discomfort at all.
I will not go so far to say that the seats are a cure for all back pain but in tis case it sure did help me.
Stratos seats are the bottom end of the market (no pun intended) price wise,throughto Recaro and Paratus.
For what it is worth if you only spend a short time travelling to and from work any
seat will do , but spend a few hours driving and good seats will be worth every dollar.
Wayne
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Reply By: Truckster (Vic) - Monday, Feb 14, 2005 at 10:31
Monday, Feb 14, 2005 at 10:31
Finding one that will just "bolt in" out of another car will be almost needle in a haystack.
Your best bet is some form of aftermarket
seat.
Check Autobarn, they have the Autotechnia seats for about $220each new. They arent bad, but they are NO Recaro..
Buy some second hand Recaros, or similar. Or just get some out of a Jap import, and fit them up, I did that with my rodeo yrs back.
Or maybe goto a Honda/BMW wrecker and buy some Recaros(thats what BMW use on lots of their models) and buy a base kit from Autobarn etc to mount them up,
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