after market seats....

not alot of space in our 5's. what after market seats do you have? what do you like/not like about them? pics?

 

Junkyard - not really aftermarket, but...
Got first generation Honda Prelude seats in both my '74 and my Willys. Fit well side to side, and sit low enough that you've got some space to play with for brackets.

Comfortable too.

 

corbeau baja ultra SS, very comfortable seat.
Pros, good side support
light weight
good looks
comfortable
Cons price
size
mounting
I think I paid about $500 for the pair. They are excellent once you get in. Anyone taller than I am (5'8") doesn't fit well in my jeep. Not enough room to get past the seat and steering wheel without modification. Very hard to move around once your in. (that can be a plus too.)

always like the opportunity to post a pic of my seats

 

Most seats I have looked at don't solve the space issue since your restricted with the wheel well. You need to find a thin-back seat. Racing style often help.

You have other options:
#1 The wheel well notch then use almost any seat and gain a few inches.
#2 Modify or switch to a shorter, tilt column.

I plan to do the wheel well notch soon then measure for seats after. 6'2" in a CJ5 is a little tight. :driving:

 

Racecraft seats, lot of bolster. Notched the wheelhouse so you could climb in and out.
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I have a list of seats that people have used in jeeps:

Junkyard seat suggestions:
Fiero
Mustang
Sunfire
Cavalier
Escort GT
Nissan 300zx
Accord
**86-91 BMW 3 series sport (318is, 325es, 325is)
wanna bad *** seat? get a seat out of a mid 90's 3 series coupe. you wont be dissapointed...better yet E36 M3 seats are the cats meow....hell any BMW seat is


**These are RX-7 seats.... they are VERY comfortable, have a flat 4 bolt pattern (stock jeepish,) super light (fiberglass shell,) and fit harnesses perfectly..


86-93 Acura Integra


**Late model sunfire / Cavalier seats bolt up to stock YJ / CJ seat frames. No mods needed. Cheap at the yard and plentiful. The head rest is seperate and the seats have good bolsters.

Mitsubishi 3000 GT...pretty push, and have seperate headrests. The only dowside is that they are a little wide

93-97 MX6 seats with the integrated headrest. Firm seating, reclining, cloth, hard plastic backs, strong frames and awesome looking. I love the rounded head rests and a 4-point is definitely in the future. Passengers side flips forward and the drivers side bottom has tilt adjust. Still have to decide which sliders to use (YJ or MX6) but they should be easy to fab in


Mistubishi Starion/Dodge Conquest from the 80's



I want some of either the BMW or mazda seats.

Here is a link to Pirate that has junkyared seats for us........larger guys.

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=294728&highlight=junkyard+seats

 

I have Beard suspension seats in my sandrail...I can tell you that they are VERY comfortable....But kind of on the spendy side. I think I am going with the same thing on my CJ this winter.
I moved the driver side inner fender well back a little...So this gave me a bit more room for a nicer seat. I'm not very tall (5-10)...but my problem is that my build closely resembles that of a silver-back gorillaR)...So space in a CJ almost always needs a little "tweaking" to make me comfortable.

 

I had the Beard seats in a CJ7 back in the 80's. They were very similar to the corbeau seats I have now. Maybe a tad smaller. Not enough smaller that they would have made a difference mounting in my 5. But really nice seats. I have the back of the seat against the wheel house on the bottom and almost against the roll bar on the top. They could be moved in a short bit to allow clearance on the roll bar. But as they sit right now the center console from a CJ7 barely fits with some trimming.

 

Kind of an old thread, but I was looking at these from JCWhitney. Anybody have any experience with them?
http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/ProductBrowse?storeId=10101&Pr=p_Product.CATENTRY_ID:2011342&productId=2011342&catalogId=10101

I was looking at the Corbeau Baja too, but they look awful tight for a CJ5.

 

I tried those from JC Whitney. Didn't work well. They were too tall and too far forward for them to work in my Jeep. I stuck with the Think Jeep seats I have and notched the wheel well for more space.

 

Cool. Thanks for the feedback. I'll probably just get the replacement lowbacks.

 

I'm rolling besttop high backs, but i'd kill for some original brown levis shorties...

 

X2 on the besttop highbacks...no room for me at 6'2". I need to do the wheelwell notch. I will just add it to the "need to fix sometime" list.

 

So who are ya gonna kill? My CJ has the ORIGINAL Levi brown seats. I am gonna replace em someday with a high back.

 

I have a set of Corbeau Moabs. I replaced a set of stock high backs from a 72' CJ. When I measured the old the Corbeau were almost the same size. So far very comfortable.

 

WOW!! Trade Ya!!

 

I got leathers out of a 93 ZJ limited. Super comfortable, but a little long. Kinda puts you a few inches closer to the wheel. I need to do the wheelhouse notch.

 

You have my attention... I also have the back seat.

 

PO installed a Bestop folder in the rear of my Commando- glad he did- I would have never sprung the $300 for it!