RRXJeeper71

Im very curious about a seat swap myself

I ama big guy and have a fat wide bottom(***)
Im worried all those race style seats have too narrow a seat.
Im thinking maybe a ZJ seat is flat and wide

if anyone has the ZJ seats, please post up pics

glitchinq

i have a fat wide bottom my self and i have sat in my friends racing seat and it was a little snug but i think i could get use to it. im looking at the Rugged Ridge 13447.09 Sport Front Seat and no where can i find measurements for the seat. if anybody has them please post

studmuffin

They're good for smaller guys if your heavy set or tall like 6'5 tall they probably won't be a good fit. There's a YouTube review on these somebody had them on a TJ and theyre made nicely but it's a compact seat.

glitchinq

I'm about 160 at 5'6". I go to the gym alot so I've got wider legs. As long as its as wide as my friends bucket seat or wider I should be fine.

SeriousOffroad

There are numerous threads covering ZJ seat swaps.
No need to add ZJ seats to an AFTERMARKET SEAT thread.

glitchinq

your site sells the Rugged Ridge 13447.09 Sport Front Seat correct? do you have the dimensions of the seat?

SeriousOffroad

No, but there's an 800 number at the bottom of the following.pdf.
The tech support folks can provide you with the info you're after.
http://www.omix-ada.com/instructions/13447.09.pdf

DBMETALWORX

I really like the Polaris Ranger seats.. Mine were from renegade. They're now out of business though. Beard, Mastercraft, BS Sand, and a few others should offer something comparable. I got them because of the lower side than a suspension seat, making them easier to get in & out of. Yet still very comfortable. They still have high enough sides to keep you in them too (along with seatbelt of course).. I did have to fab mounts off of the cage though.

xjmarc

If you are worried about width look at Corbeau, PRP, Mastercraft etc, they all make wide versions. I have about an inch and a half between my seat and console and 2" between the seat and door so the wide seats would be tight but doable. Again I wouldn't recommend the Rugged Ridge but only because I've sat in other brands.

andrewmp6

Yeah if your a big guy like me some companies make a wider seat for us.

ss427ci

The Mastercraft Baja RS seats are on my list of things to buy.

NOT my XJ, but a good picture none the less.

chrome700

Just watched this: ...and as I'm 6'7" it seems those seats are not a good idea.

Pulled my stock driver seat out my rig this AM and one of the welds in the seat is well and truly FUBAR'd. I guess my 240 lb self sitting on it for the last 10 years finally did a number on it.

Looking at the Corbeaus now.

Edit: Just found a review on the Corbeaus installed in a '91 XJ that says the bracket makes the seat about 3 inches higher than stock. Grrrrrr.....

chrome700

Had a good conversation with someone from Corbeau a few minutes ago, and he did state that an adaptor bracket to use the stock slider would raise the seat, in his words, an inch and a half.

Or, buy a Corbeau slider for $105 to maintain stock height.

Anyone have any comment on these? There's some reviews on Amazon that they don't fit the stock XJ slider.

glitchinq

I saw on corbeaus site they don't have a bracket that fits an 89 xj. Plus I'm short so raising it 3 inches wont really matter to me.

chrome700

So I put in a Rugged Ridge 13445 into my XJ, and let me just save you all the trouble and say don't buy it, especially if you're over 6' or so.

First, forget about adjusting the seat back while driving, or even sitting still. The mechanism takes a lot of force and tends to bind if you have any weight on it.

The seat itself actually sits a little in the right of where the stock seat sits and you can't move it forward too much without hitting the center console.

It's a lot thinner and harder than the stock seat, and pretty uncomfortable on my wide butt, and the seat bottom does sit a little higher than stock so I have to leave the seat back a little farther to fit, meaning I have to move the seat forward to more comfortably reach the controls.

In short, I just need to find a welder who can fix my old one (struck out at the junkyard the other day) and send this uncomfortable seat back ASAP.

Anyone know any good welders in the Knoxville area?