Factory seat frame is broken and the foam has failed on the right upper bolster. Too much to fix, junk yard seats have same problems.
So I went to a shop that stocks Corbeau seats and looked a three of them. I wanted reclining and suspension so I have two choices. I prefer the Baja RS but they are too large for the interior. Tried a Baja XRS that the shop had installed in a JK and I liked them.
Well these were an expensive lesson on my part. The seats are nice. Well made, came packed nice. The mounts and sliders are beefy and while plain, they are well made. The seats are skinny, skinnier than the ones I sat in and tried at the shop (in one of their Jeeps), but I bet those have a lot of hours on them so the bolsters are likely deformed to the driver. Not meant for someone my size
The biggest issue is that the seat base is much taller than the factory seats and it raised me up nearly 1.5". That is far too high. The seats at just off the center tunnel so I can't modify the new seat brackets to lower the seats and they are pushed outward a bit as well (closer to the doors). The side of my head is 1/2" from corner where the roof meets the door. Any good bounce or an accident is asking for additional head injuries.
I need to try to fix my factory seats while they are out or learn to drive in a much smaller space. I think I will search for a way to fix my factory seats. Corbeau has a 30 day satisfaction guarantee, I might have to use it, but shipping is going to kick my ass.
After a quick trip to the store, I can't keep these installed. I'm swapping the factory seats back in and will see about returning the Corbeau ones. I might just try to sell them here instead.
I don't think the seat frame is actuality broken like I thought, thigh I can't replicate the seat issues with them not mounted in the GC. I'll deal with the broken foam in the upper bolster. There was a bad spring in the lower that I fixed. Maybe that will help
We usually just welded tabs off the interior roll cage and then bolted the seats to the tabs. There was no adjustment forward or back as it was made for the driver. Are they low enough if they are flat on the floor? if so you could just install them with sandwich 1/4 plates through the floor and maybe weld the lower sandwich plate with a tube to the frame?
The seat bottom is taller than factory so it's sitting on the tunnel already. I can't lower the seat brackets because of that. There is no room to slide then over either, they are already 1/2" to the outside. I'm going to ship them back
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