Anyone built custom backseat for your boat?HELP

justincasey57 · 11-05-2009, 08:34 PM

Anyone ever built a backseat for your boat? or have any ideas or thoughts on what I want my back seats to look like. any help would be greatly appreciated.
Heres what my back seat looks like... and I want to built a totally different seat like the other pic(26 redline) but with 4 seats in the back.Let me know what yall think?(I will have someone do the upholstery of course) easy, hard, dont do it, or what to do.thanks.

89Mach1 · 11-05-2009, 08:54 PM

That's my project for this winter too! I'm not exactly sure what I'm going to be doing or how just yet, but I'll figure something out! I'll check back from time to time and see what you're up to.

justincasey57 · 11-05-2009, 09:11 PM

I have a few ideas rolling through my head of what i'm going to try an do but I'd like to get a few peoples ideas and advice before I jump into this.

bustedbrick · 11-05-2009, 09:32 PM

I'm facing the same project but it will be far simpler than what you're looking at.

I've sketched out a few designs but they are all based on a TIG welded, open aluminum tube base with cushions that are easily removable. They also all have a step on the wraparound sides for easier entry and a step in the middle of the back seat to step up to the engine compartment (step will have a pair of cupholders).

What are you planning for the structure of the seat?

justincasey57 · 11-05-2009, 11:11 PM

Not 100% I really dont want to use ply wood I want to use somethng lightweight and durable.my dad has a 4x12 sheet of this fiberglass type material that is extremely light weight that they use for air plane flooring(he got it from delta before he retired)

bustedbrick · 11-06-2009, 06:18 PM

Honeycomb material? Boeing surplus store in Seattle used to sell this great FG honeycomb, super strong and light, in 4x8 and 4x12 sheets. Neat stuff.

justincasey57 · 11-06-2009, 11:39 PM

yes thats it. it honeycomb alum with fiberglass on both sides. VERY durable and my dad said they used it for the floor in the airplanes. I'm getting a 4x12 sheet but ithink i'm going to built my new engine hatch with it. any ideas on what to use to build the frame for my bench seat out of??(id like to use this material but I wont have enough)

justincasey57 · 11-08-2009, 11:31 AM

anyone else have some ideas I'll be done with installing my new fuel tanks and fiberglassing my floor back in so this is my next step. thanks

getrdunn · 11-10-2009, 06:52 PM

Has anyone ever used stand up or sit down front bolsters for the rear seats. I found a great deal on some new ones that I am going to purchase for the front however wondered if this might not be a bad idea to install 2 in the rear with a small custom bench between the two. Just not sure how this would look. I even considered installing three for across the back however I thought there might be a lot of wasted space with the sides being butted up against each other.

Thanks and sorry for getting off the subject a bit.

John

justincasey57 · 11-10-2009, 07:55 PM

no thats ok. Me and the wife were out in the shop last night looking I think I'm going to built 4 bucket seats like the 2 front and put them across the back 3 would leave a gap and the wife says no to 3 that she wants 4.But the issue with 4 is that I'n only working with 81" and 4 of these seat are 88" so I'll have to modify them a little. bolsters would be pretty neat... never seen any in a boat done like that.