Other types of seats..

[Ferroequinologist]

To all those swapping seats- I'll take your old box seats and spring rides off your hands.

I got a coach seat from Gimp (thanks dude!) but haven't installed it yet.

 

[zout]

PM sent Adam

 

[o1dakota440]

Dakota, do your seat make you feel more cramped than stocked? I am not very tall and I already feel cramped. Also, did you mount the driver side to the spring platform?
Thanks, Dave

yes, the drivers seat was a little higher at first. so i used a oxy/acetylene torch to heat up the bottom 2-3 coils of the spring. i had my brother sit in the seat while did the heating, it lowered the seat about 4 inches. and it still has plenty of travel to take care of the bumps in the road.

 

[Nogueremuseum]

Put MRAP Seats in my M35A3

I'm finishing an installation of MRAP seats purchased from Daniel at the classified Ads here a month ago. He sent a pair of very nice, incredibly tough 2006 production MRAP seats. These are thicker on both the back and bottom and than my original drivers seat. This necessited going to a 2" smaller diameter NOS 5 Ton steering wheel (which I wanted anyway) from Memphis Equipment. Marty Charnes in the Parts Dept. there is very helpfull. Also, the rear upper framework of the cab was cut back about 1 1/2" to allow these thicker seats to be set slightly further back, thus keeping the original legroom. Marty also provided a spring pedestal for the passenger side. There was a bunch of drilling to make it all work, but fairly straightforward. These seats have a built in 5 point harness, but I left the original passenger seat belt in case a passenger finds that easier or more comfortable. At some point I'll build a locking center console.
Cheers! Dr. No

 

[baxter]

Lets see some pics of those MRAP's.

 

[ranchand]

I second that motion!

 

[998Junkie]

Lets see some pics of those MRAP's.

I know this was directed to Nogueremuseum but I also bought some mrap seats (4) and I originally was going to put them in my 5 ton. Here are some shots.

The seat is mounted to a mount that I fabbed to replace the old seat rails and would sit at about the same height if I had used the rails as part of the mount. When I sat in the truck the wheel was a few inches from my belt and felt a little strange and I also noticed I'd want to drop the seat down a few inches, I thought about cutting the springs but I saw two clips which prevent the seat from over extending, I was going to remount them so I have the correct distance. I didn't think about a smaller wheel but that might make the difference. I took the seat out for now and I'm going to mount the stocker to see how much different it feels. A different shorter base, smaller wheel and it might be good to go, I think I’d be unwilling to make changes to the cab frame.

 

[998Junkie]

Forgot one more...and also a stock shot for reference.

 

[ken326@yahoo.com]

what about drivers seat from an a3 mine is pretty comfy?

 

[baxter]

998junkie nice pics keep us informed on what the end result is.

 

[Nogueremuseum]

Hey Guys,
I´m finishing up a trip in Brazil (it´s work, somebody has to do it!), so it will be a little while till I can get some photos out. Does anyone know who was selling surplus 24 v. to 12 v. inverters on the Classified Ads a month ago?
Cheers, Dr. No