Troopy Front Seat replacement

I used commodore calais seats from a wreckers in my last troopy $100 a piece and mounting meant either welding on the old seat slides to the new seat base or drilling some new holes in the floor. I went for the latter as I dont know how to weld. Put plates under the floor pan to reinforce the mounts and that was it.

I understand you may need an engineers cert to approve new or modified seat mounts (apparently the expensive replacement seats come with a cert already signed for your vehicle).

I had the original seats restuffed to make the passenger side more like a bucket seat, and had cloth inserts put in, to allow extra material to cover the bolster stuffing, was when our 2000 model 78 series troopy was new, total cost $350.

Thanks Ben and ATS...

I did'nt know about the cert' signed & included in price.

Rebuild might be the simple cost friendly option.

Andy

G'day Wisey, when we bought our first GQ Nissan a few years back we had a little money for those extras that are usually out of the question. Replacement seats were discussed and because I'd been involved in an accident ( broke my back, legs ribs, pelvis....the list goes on), my wife decided that I should get a Paratus Rally seat made and contoured to my (out of) shape. That was some 2,1/2 years ago, we've travelled extensively since then and I have no complaints, yes I still wear my back support but compared to the standard seat ...there is no comparison. As for the price ...what price for comfort........... since then we have bought another GQ and i just swapped seats.

If it's a Troop carrier some Cruiser GXL seats should just bolt in.

Hi Andy
We had similar problem with our 80 series cruiser.
After mutch searching and with time running out before trip start, we ended up at The Foam Place and purchased some foam rubber for $10 and made a nice cusion for the passenger seat.
Travelled many thousands of Kms and not one complaint of a sore bot

G'day Andy, I had the same issue when I bought my 79 series trayback, did some looking around, finished up with a pair of Range Rover, full leather, all electric and most important, with adjustable arm rests. Cost about $600 the pair plus $250 for fitting new slider frame and $100 engineers cert.
Got the seats fromm a RR wrecker.
I have got a photo if you are interested.

Thanks everyone for your info and suggestions. It has all been passed on via email so I will let you know if and when it happens.

Regards
Andy

On the 79series, I bought a pair of second hand Recaros from the wreckers for $650. Then got a seating company here in Adelaide to make up some bases and fit them which they happily did. The passengers side seat belt mounts were the main hassle - needed a new mount put in.

I'm very happy with the seats - they have a lever each side to tilt them forward without altering the recline. Main downside is you have to climb over the side support as you get in.

Cheers
Phil