Bucket Seat Fitting

[bankz5152]

Hey,

I want to fit bucket seats into my Defender, ideally Sparco R333s.

Though was talking to a mate of mine about fitting and he said that fitting bucket seats will move the drivers position closer to the steering wheel, being 6'3 I really dont want to be any closer.

Is it true that fitting bucket seats will move my position forward? If so is there a solution to not?

Normally the solution would be a bulkhead removal bar, however my rollcage sits just behind the bulkhead so removing it wouldnt make that much of a difference if any.


Thanks for the help in advance.

Josh

 

[BarnsleyRob]

mine has buckets, snug fit, no problems at all, unless your a fatty

 

[bankz5152]

Looks good, so didnt move your position forward at all?

 

[BarnsleyRob]

they were in when i bought it, But its flush with the dog gaurd thats behind the seat and thats onto the rear bulkhead, so i reckon its far back as it goes,
Any further forward it would be a nightmare to get in and out of..

 

[Bump]

from what i've read (not got a defender) it does move the seat position forward, however, you can replace the rear bulkhead with a strengthening bar which will allow the buckets to go further back and give you a better driving position.

 

[Jongould]

from what i've read (not got a defender) it does move the seat position forward, however, you can replace the rear bulkhead with a strengthening bar which will allow the buckets to go further back and give you a better driving position.

This

I am looking into it, mine has had the bulkhead removed and rebuilt further back, I need to get a seat and try it out, see whats what

 

[666 george]

I've fitted scooby seats which sit higher & back a bit but then got a smaller steering wheel. You can't go too high or you'll have to duck to see out the side window & the centre mirror will be in the way looking out the front.

 

[Diesel Do]

It depends on the seat! Some are quite thick in the back so if you have a bulkhead then yes youll lose valuable room. some are fine. Some may give more room. It needs a lot of measuring to figure out. Or remove the bulkhead, that's what I did, I'm 6'3" also put the seat a little more towards the centre with a slightly smaller wheel. It transformed it

 

[bankz5152]

Planning on a smaller wheel too. Momo Quark.

Cant remove my bulkhead as theres a roll cage in the way! Wont really make a difference

 

[Boris113]

It depends on the seat! Some are quite thick in the back so if you have a bulkhead then yes youll lose valuable room. some are fine. Some may give more room. It needs a lot of measuring to figure out. Or remove the bulkhead, that's what I did, I'm 6'3" also put the seat a little more towards the centre with a slightly smaller wheel. It transformed it
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Bit off topic, what sort of roof do you use in conjunction with your roll cage? I'm after a cage for my soft top 90 and yours looks just the ticket

Cheers, Harry

 

[Diesel Do]

Bit off topic, what sort of roof do you use in conjunction with your roll cage? I'm after a cage for my soft top 90 and yours looks just the ticket

Cheers, Harry

It was built to be as low as possible, as it was lifted a lot, initially it had a vinyl soft top over the cage, then a shaped remove able ally sheet secured under the cage worked well with the door tops and hood sticks with a vinyl rear! No photos tho I'm afraid as it was rarely on, it was just a toy really.


DD

 

[sible88]

Mine has bucket seats and its in the exact same position as std pic to follow

 

[sible88]

 

[Diesel Do]

Nice they may even give more room cos they're really thin in the back! It's the reclining ones that tend to be fatter and need a bit more room, not all of them tho!


DD

 

[sible88]

Nice they may even give more room cos they're really thin in the back! It's the reclining ones that tend to be fatter and need a bit more room, not all of them tho!


DD

Yeah they are cobra sixonetwo.
But VERY un comfortable on long journeys hence the cousion ;-)

 

[jai_landrover]

I had some buckets/recaro type seats for my little 80 inch trialer but they were removed for defender seats because they give more room and being an 80 inch no spare room

 

[sible88]

Can't wait to see your 80 inch ;-)

 

[GINGE]

Looks good, so didnt move your position forward at all?

Yeah they are cobra sixonetwo.
But VERY un comfortable on long journeys hence the cousion ;-)

I have the exact same seats as sible and can confirm they are un-comfortable as fu*k going any further than the local supermarket, i took my mint defender seats out to put these in and i hate them now. When im back in the country one of the first things i do will be to get rid of them.

So anyone want a pair of the buckets in the above picture with defender subframes?

Can't wait to see your 80 inch ;-)

Ooh hello sailor :lesbian-lovers:

 

[Diesel Do]

Hmm that was one reason I opted for recliners!


DD

 

[jai_landrover]

Can't beat defender seats for comfort,

80 inch isn't pretty its a trialer but should do alreet!