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| Bruce Henderson (Oonrahnjay)
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I'm ready to install new seating up front in my bus. I'd like recommendtions for driver's seat (to be fitted to existing pedestal) and a copilot's seat (to go on the floor). I'd particularly like to hear specific likes (or dislikes) about seats (manufacturer name and part number or type) and where you bought yours. Thanks, Bruce Henderson, Wallace NC USA | ||
| Gary Stadler (Boogiethecat)
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Fred Hobe's suggestion to use electric leather seats out of a late 80's chrysler NewYorker was one of the BEST suggestions I ever took! A beatuiful pair, complete with all internal electrics, amazing choice of leather colors, and without a doubt the most comfortable seats I've EVER driven in (and the wife reminds me of that every time we go out, with another compliment) ....all for $70 per PAIR at the local pick-a-part auto junkyard. (YES, that's $35 each plus tax...!!!) It's worth considering, strongly. I can't tell you how wonderful it is to do a 12-straight hour drive and feel good at the end because of the super amazing comfy seats...!!! http://www.heartmagic.com/00busseat.jpg | ||
| J.B.Phillips (Jbp)
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I went with GRAMAG air seats,these are seats that are used on 18 wheelers. adjustable arm rests and internal head rest. All air suspension and air adjustable back relief with a memory. I can't drink all day, drive 12 hours and party like I used too anymore. J.B. | ||
| TWODOGS (Twodogs)
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I got a 5.00 bucket seat from a junkyard...for co-pilot....mounted it on floor,feet hang in stairwell | ||
| James Maxwell (Jmaxwell)
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Problem w/ most automotive seats is you need a base pedestal for them and they don't have dual arm-rest(generally, although the Cadillac Escalade and some Lincoln Navigators do. Another is they are restricted in width unless you get them from a bigger luxury car. Many of the newer hiway truck seats are very nice, offering spacious seating, memory positioning, heating, air lumbar and neck support. With a smart-base (air) they are extremely comfortable. Problem is, they get very pricey, real quick. You can find them at truck salvage yards for about 1/3-1/2 of new. I found a set of take-outs from a Monaco Signature and attached them to the Ricarro air bases that came w/my bus, which was a charter tour bus (the tour guide seat was on an air base. The seats were narrow and wife wanted full recliner and wider(the dogs have to have room: can't expect fido to ride on the floor). They were 500 for the pr., like new. | ||
| John that newguy Rating: N/A |
After giving away the seats from our MC9, I tossed in the driver's seat as well. Actually, I swapped it with the charter operator for a low back driver's seat out of one of his MCI transits. The driver's seats were made to accommodate the drivers of these buses for miles and miles, and do it comfortably. Why not use what the manufacturer used? As far as the "co pilot"? Why not a normal recliner that goes with the decor you're designing? With one on each side, your "co pilot" can have a change. No seat gets too uncomfortable, when you stop every couple hours and get out of it. Hell, I never took a group more than 2 hours of driving, without stopping for a 1/4 hour "p" break. It breaks up the trip (makes it seem shorter), keeps you alert, and a whole ton less fatigued. | ||
| BrianMCI Rating: N/A |
I just couldn't see driving my coach with it's original drivers seat... Besides the fact that it was cloth and was kinda crispy, I figure if I'm going to drive this coach any distance it's going to be on leather, I bought a pair of 6 way double-wide leather seats fron Ron the Busnut and installed the passenger seat onto an air ride pedestal, I also installed sub-woofers for the sound system that attach to the underside of the seat cushions... Brian | ||
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I must say though... I do like the "...fine Corinthian leather" idea. Inexpensive, too. Brian | ||
| FAST FRED Rating: N/A |
If your coach has a slushpump any old car seats will do. BUT if you have a stick , the car stuff is frequently too deep to operate the clutch easily. FAST FRED | ||
| John that newguy Rating: N/A |
Installed woofers under the seat? A can of beans would have been cheaper. | ||
| Jim Stewart (H3jim)
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I confess, I spent the big $ on a pair of new Flexsteel seats. Got the ultra leather too. Very nice and very comfortable (but not more comfy for the long haul than the buttugly original seat). They did not bolt on to the Isis air ride pedestal I already have (as was promised), but a few modifications and I was back in business. The old ugly bus seat was very comfortable on the long haul, in part I think because of the seating position. The long bones of my upper leg were horizontal or slightly tilted down toward the knee as opposed to many seats (including most cars I sit in) where the knee is higher than my hip. Since the new seat sinks lower than the original seat, I am going to raise the drivers seat a little from where it is now. The seats look and sit very nicely. I got two different styles for the driver and copilot. The drivers seemed to just fit me well, and that makes for comfort, the copilot seat had dimensions that were just a little smaller for my diminutative other. I bought from Custom RV interiors (360-576-1036)at the Rickreal bus gathering july 04. No shipping or sales tax. Driver seat A443 $919 co-pilots seat A591 $1259 tilt, swival, two adjustable arms each, no heat. I also bought a European rocking leather recliner for $800, that everyone who sits in it exclaims how comfortable it is. My SO would like me to change it for the co-pilots seat, but it wouldn't work well for that. I will be buying one or two for the house next trip. I was torn between this and getting the Chrysler seats, but these do look great, are made well, have the two arms, and I got the ultraleather in the color I wanted. Its only $, and I keep falling down that well of "but I am going to keep this for a long long time, and am going to be using it a lot, so I might as well have really good quality stuff and have it be just what I want" - very dangerous to a budget - not sure I even have a budget anymore. | ||
| BrianMCI Rating: N/A |
Actually John, the beans would be more expensive, since the woofers came out of the seats of a 300zx turbo I was donating to the Technical College. But the beans would be more fragrant, so perhaps worth the extra expense... that is, if you like that sort of thing. Brian | ||
| John that newguy Rating: N/A |
We once speculated how much flatulence each of the bus seats might have held during their lifetime in the bus. It boggles the mind, to think of the small, the big; the young and the old; the weak and the strong; the common man and the elite.. Bus riders of all types and backgrounds, of all classes and religions.. All flatulent fragrances of all natures, being absorbed for eternity inside those bus seat cushions. It's got all the makings of a great movie: "Gascapades" "Fartgo" "Smellville" "The Gastrix" "Flatulator III" "Gasablanca" "The Lord of The Rings - The Fellowship of The Smell" "The Godfarta" "Gone with the Wind" Nawww..... they all stink. | ||
| R.C.Bishop
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Per Fred Hobe....out of a '91 Chrysler New Yorker....BOTH front seats... a grand total of, as I recall ....$48. Local small wrecking yard. The cat's pajamas. UP, down, front, rear, tilt,electric, recline....what more could one want... and real leather too. Thanx much, Fred!!! A recent 7,000 mile trip confirmed it all. Ummmmm good!  RCB '64 Crown Supercoach (HWC) |