Corbeau seats

[Mastiff]

I posted in the interior section, but I don't think many people go there. Does anyone have pics of Baja SS installed with factory style brackets (not custom on a cage or something). I'm wondering if the Corbeau brackets are really a bolt-in affair for my 83, whether the factory belts will work, and whether the tilt forward feature on the passenger side is maintained. Any other recommendations welcome.

 

[skunked]

There was a member on here that had problems with those brackets. He had a build thread, you should be able to search corbeau and find the build.

 

[skunked]

Here ya go

https://ck5.com/forums/threads/79-k5-h-bomb-build.321096/page-2#post-3535065

 

[Mastiff]

Sounds like the brackets didn't work out in his case. His bracket is the older model year range though, maybe the 81-86 is better... those are nice looking seats, but they aren't the Baja SS. Not sure which model they are exactly.

 

[Hacksaw54]

I put a set of Baja RS in my 89 and used my factory brackets/ slides. I just used some washers to space the slider because of the curve of the slide. It did raise the seat a little, The seats do have two bolt patterns.
No good pics

 

[Mastiff]

Nobody else running non-factory seats?

 

[blazinzuk]

Nope. Wish I was though

 

[skunked]

I've been eyeballing the Corbeau seats and will likely run them but I like the Ultra model better than the SS.

 

[Mastiff]

I'm largely interested in whether the brackets line up right, and whether they maintain all the factory slide/tumble functionality. Plus whether they look right in the K5 in general - no big gaps to the center console, not high or low, etc.

 

[Mastiff]

I'll answer some of my own questions. The Corbeau brackets do not retain the tilt forward passenger seat, so if you want to be able to access the back, you need tilting seats. Baja RS ones seem nice, though not cheap at $600 a pair, plus at least $200 for brackets (they have single and double lock sliders). Here's a pic in a Blazer (http://www.fourwheeler.com/project-...epairing-our-bashed-14-day-1989-chevy-blazer/):

Still don't know if they are fully bolt in, but the Fourwheeler article didn't mention any troubles.