ok im looking for some new seats. currently i have a bench set up from a ford ranger. yeah they look fine and all but i want to put 5 point harnesses in their and i think it would look kinda weird. idk it could be just me. i am picky like that. anyway what are some good after market seats that can take the 5 point harnesses. i was thinking about a racing seat of some sort but i dont know whats good and whats not. i wanna keep the price at about 350 or so. the seat needs to be able to take the punishment from the elements as well since i dont keep doors on my jeep. they dont have to be racing seats, i just thought by the looks that they would be best with the harness. idk i am open for opinions.
Junk yard is the way to go. I got two seats out of a 97 probe. They have a good sporty look and very comfortable. I put two seat covers on them just because they had some coffee stains. But for twenty dollars and some scrap metal for the brackets you can't beat em'.
I tried for Leather but $25 is OK by me. I think the original post was talking about 5 point harness which would obviously require a racing seat. I lap belt on the trail and shoulder belt on the road.
I'm sure four points (which I want not for the trail as much as the highway) will still work
Won't they? I've never had a four point harness, I don't even wear regular belts but logic dictates that to spend a small fortune on a cage is redundant without a belt, so....
Will a four point harness work with most narrow high back buckets? Seems like they would
yeah the harnesses is the real reason to get racing seats. they have the slits and such in them but perhaps a junk yard might have some. idk i never been to one really. do you all think that the harness could fit regualr seats out of a mustang or something of that nature?
it's funny you posted this when i just started my install today. It needs more fabrication for the mounts but i used the stock sliders and will replace my 1" riser spacers with 2" spacers. Here is a pic of them in the Jeep now. They feel pretty good so we'll see how they are on the trail. Good to know someone else may try these:
yeah I think mecasa was refering to me when he said someone was looking into these. I'm not to the purchasing point as my project isnt that far along. The seats look great in the jeep hopefully you can give us more info soon!
Come to think of it, the seats are the last thing on my list, down there in the 'interior trim' section, and the way my budget's been going I'll be lucky to have enough left for a wooden bench, I'll go to Lowe's and the dude will say "Do you want oak" and I'll say
ive seen them run under neath an adjustable headrest.....but this may be what jeepskate is refering too. that would be the only way b/c you gotta have some way to keep the harness belts up, but i wouldnt be suprised if safety was an issue with that.
I was thinking about that, if you go to far back and then go around the seats the harness would have a tendency to open, go closer and higher would help that, but I'm not sure I want a bar that close to the back of my neck, then you get involved in issues of how the seat is bolted in etc. If your not careful your seat can be your worst enemy
Designing a good safe capsule inside your cage can be complicated, especially if you are also protecting against high speed crashes
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