Corbeau seat write up
TroyaCantrell
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- 1966 CJ 6, Buick V6 Dauntless,
Dana 44 rear, Dana 27 front
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First Gear ....... 7.05
Second Gear ... 3.57
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1970 Glass dune buggy. Short pan 1600
2008 Chevy HHR SS
So I installed the new Corbeau's and posted in the what did you do today thread and IO asked if I would do a write up on them which I thought was a great idea. When I was looking around it was difficult to find good user experiences with the different seats.
FITMENT:
So these are Corbeau XRS Reclining seats in all black. They are installed in a '66 CJ6 on stock mounts with sliders, the passenger side required a simple mod adding a flat piece of stock 3/16th by 1.5" wide and 12" long from front to back to mount the sliders on because the holes on the seat that matched the sliders holes were too wide for the passenger, flip up style, seat mount. The flip up feature of the passenger seat causes the headrest to hit the soft top when trying to access the under seat storage so this could be an issue. The seat frame has 4 sets of different mounting holes, only one lined up with my sliders. I installed the driver seat temporarily without the slides so i could move it out of the garage to install the roll bar in and to fit the stock mounts and fit me in the driver seat.
SIZE:
For reference the door jam entrance is 32" off the ground, getting in is reasonably easy, although the bolsters on the seat mean you have to get your butt up over them. Corbeau does not recommend you slide over them. For additional reference I am 5'9" and 170lbs so I am pretty nimble but not super small. From the ground to the top of the bolster, what you have to get you butt over, is 44" off the ground bolster is about 3" tall. From the floor board to the seat surface is 19" so this leaves plenty of leg room. Sitting in the passenger seat I had about 3" of head room, it didn't feel small but someone with height might find it cramped.
Driver side is 2" lower than the passenger side due to the stock mount and the slider adds an inch to both so if you need that extra height and not the slide there you go, ditch the slide. Sitting in the driver seat with the slider all the way back, which was a bit far for my frame there was 8" from the steering wheel to me. About 3" from wheel to me slid all the way up, again too close for my frame. So 5" of travel in the slider. There is 3" of vertical clearance from the bottom of the wheel to top of my leg. The steering wheel was also replaced with OEM style 17.25" wheel. Stock steering column, still has Ross manual steering. With the driver seat empty there was 12" to 17" from steering wheel to the back of the seat depending on the slide position. This is with the seat pretty straight up so reclined even a bit would get you more room.
The seat is 22.5 wide at the widest, 34" tall, and 23" deep (front to back) complete spec in an image below. The back is 29" tall from the seat bottom to the top of the head rest.
COMFORT:
I will have to update this once I have some more seat time, or any set time on the road, but sitting in them is very comfortable. The side bolsters hold you in a bit, the bottom is plenty soft but not mushy. They are definitely wife booty approved. I don't see a problem sitting in them for a nice long trail ride. Considering it had hard plastic race buckets there was no where to go but up in the comfort zone.
The reclining feature works great in my rig, but remember I have 20" extra length behind the seats over the CJ5 . My roll bar is also further back then a 5 or 7 so again plenty of room, the recline also allows it to flip forward for access to the back. It could run into your roll bar or wheel wheel before you get full recline. I also did not and may not put the back seat in. I have a pretty big dog and she needs her room.
The seats:
http://www.corbeau.com/products/reclining_seats/baja_xrs/
Seat specs
Passenger bottom view
Passenger side head Clarence, with my mug in one
Rear view
Driver seat folded up
View from the seat at the wheel
New seat belts too
Old seats
The pooch guarding the house, she is 135lbs and 31" at the shoulders.
So I hope this helps someone looking at new seats. Glad to post specific pictures, just ask. I will post a comfort update once I get some road time in them.
FITMENT:
So these are Corbeau XRS Reclining seats in all black. They are installed in a '66 CJ6 on stock mounts with sliders, the passenger side required a simple mod adding a flat piece of stock 3/16th by 1.5" wide and 12" long from front to back to mount the sliders on because the holes on the seat that matched the sliders holes were too wide for the passenger, flip up style, seat mount. The flip up feature of the passenger seat causes the headrest to hit the soft top when trying to access the under seat storage so this could be an issue. The seat frame has 4 sets of different mounting holes, only one lined up with my sliders. I installed the driver seat temporarily without the slides so i could move it out of the garage to install the roll bar in and to fit the stock mounts and fit me in the driver seat.
SIZE:
For reference the door jam entrance is 32" off the ground, getting in is reasonably easy, although the bolsters on the seat mean you have to get your butt up over them. Corbeau does not recommend you slide over them. For additional reference I am 5'9" and 170lbs so I am pretty nimble but not super small. From the ground to the top of the bolster, what you have to get you butt over, is 44" off the ground bolster is about 3" tall. From the floor board to the seat surface is 19" so this leaves plenty of leg room. Sitting in the passenger seat I had about 3" of head room, it didn't feel small but someone with height might find it cramped.
Driver side is 2" lower than the passenger side due to the stock mount and the slider adds an inch to both so if you need that extra height and not the slide there you go, ditch the slide. Sitting in the driver seat with the slider all the way back, which was a bit far for my frame there was 8" from the steering wheel to me. About 3" from wheel to me slid all the way up, again too close for my frame. So 5" of travel in the slider. There is 3" of vertical clearance from the bottom of the wheel to top of my leg. The steering wheel was also replaced with OEM style 17.25" wheel. Stock steering column, still has Ross manual steering. With the driver seat empty there was 12" to 17" from steering wheel to the back of the seat depending on the slide position. This is with the seat pretty straight up so reclined even a bit would get you more room.
The seat is 22.5 wide at the widest, 34" tall, and 23" deep (front to back) complete spec in an image below. The back is 29" tall from the seat bottom to the top of the head rest.
COMFORT:
I will have to update this once I have some more seat time, or any set time on the road, but sitting in them is very comfortable. The side bolsters hold you in a bit, the bottom is plenty soft but not mushy. They are definitely wife booty approved. I don't see a problem sitting in them for a nice long trail ride. Considering it had hard plastic race buckets there was no where to go but up in the comfort zone.
The reclining feature works great in my rig, but remember I have 20" extra length behind the seats over the CJ5 . My roll bar is also further back then a 5 or 7 so again plenty of room, the recline also allows it to flip forward for access to the back. It could run into your roll bar or wheel wheel before you get full recline. I also did not and may not put the back seat in. I have a pretty big dog and she needs her room.
The seats:
http://www.corbeau.com/products/reclining_seats/baja_xrs/
Seat specs
Passenger bottom view
Passenger side head Clarence, with my mug in one
Rear view
Driver seat folded up
View from the seat at the wheel
New seat belts too
Old seats
The pooch guarding the house, she is 135lbs and 31" at the shoulders.
So I hope this helps someone looking at new seats. Glad to post specific pictures, just ask. I will post a comfort update once I get some road time in them.
