Rear seats (ditch them?)

[78Suburban]

How many of you think I should ditch the moldy rear seat of my suburban for weight reduction? I don't think I will haul more than 3 people very often.

 

[coptezr]

keep'em for the ladies

 

[RustBuket]

Reupholster them all and install heating in each one with leather....that'll get the ladies!

 

[stallion85]

I ditched the rear seats in the K5 for weight reduction and it is a dedicated trail vehicle. But if they are moldy and nasty then no one would want to sit in them anyways

 

[jekbrown]

i only have 1 seat in my K5... works for me. I don't think any "ladies" I know would want to sit on a "moldy" seat anyway...

j

 

[mikey_d05]

Ditch 'em, my family has two SUV's and a crew cab pickup and the back seats are rarely, if ever used.

 

[mrhoes]

I turned mine into a couch for my room

 

[wicked87_k5]

Ditch'em I did the same thing with my back seat..it's my new garage couch

 

[cbbr]

Ditch'em I did the same thing with my back seat..it's my new garage couch

Same here. It's not about weight with me, the thing was always in the way and no one ever used it anyway.

 

[Leper]

A 78 Burb and you are worried about the weight of a seat?!?! Whats next? End of the line for fuzzy dice?!?

 

[clancy84]

I would say yank it but hold onto it, its not a huge commitement to pull it out or put it back in, especially if you could use it.

Its like 3 bolts and 15 minutes to pull out on my truck. For big trips I yank it out for the space, but I have put it back in more than once when ladies were involved.

I also got a cheap seat cover for it because its vinyl, sitting back there on a hot sunny days with the top off has brought tears to the eyes of even the toughest men. I would think a cheap seat cover would also do the trick for covering up the mold.

 

[78Suburban]

where did you get the cheap seat cover?

 

[gambit420s]

ditch it for the ladies, have you ever tried to get busy in one of those? the floor is better any way..

 

[MarcS]

Ditch it for the ladies, and put in a air mattress.

 

[OffRoad]

i like the way air mattress guy thinks.

ditch the seat and put in a non-moldy one (if you put in anything).

 

[78Suburban]

actually I am definitely going to put in a memory foam matress in it for camping, but I am going to try my best to resist getting busy, 'cause I'm too young for bubba jr.,,,, that would be the quickest way to loose my 4x4 I could think of.

 

[clancy84]

where did you get the cheap seat cover?

I think K-mart... i think any cheapo chain store that has an "automotive" section will have one. for under 20 bucks.


Using the rear seat is for when more than person is going for a ride, not much of an oppertunity to get "busy" anyway. but take her and her friend(s) that dont like you, and you get yourself brownie points for later.

I use a twin sized air matress for my k5, fits pretty snug between the wheel wells. make sure you don't have the rear seat in, and you may want to bring a small box or something to put in the rear footwell, otherwise the drop will get anoying pretty quick.

--Scott

 

[Jishory]

i try to keep my backseat in just incase somebodys rig dies on the trail and we have to leave it the people can have a ride back