I actually retired that rig about 2 1/2 years ago. I gave up on the battle with rust. Thats when I bought my 97 that I have now. I wanted a rust free rig. Rust can be prevented a lot easier than it can be stopped.

Mike

Yeah I hear that, thankfully it's not a problem here in Phoenix although the original owner of my rig bought it in Michigan and it lived there for a year or two before it moved here.

I don't have the red stripes, but I do have the red seats.



Everyone who sees my seats say they love them. But I want to change them to the blue seats that are in the blue trackers. (Same design as the orange, but blue and black instead)

The reason being is that the blue on the seats is almost identical to the blue on the calmini kit.  It would look dope if it all matched up.  

Hey I've got a front bumper just like that one too.

I'm thinking about throwing a set of CRX seats that I have in there.  For some reason the stock seats make my butt hurt (tailbone area) it's like they slope down at the front almost and put a lot of pressure there instead of distributing it evenly on the back of my legs etc.

Maybe mine are just worn out but I prefer the front of the seat cushion raised up more anyway since I'm tall and otherwise there's not any support on the back of my legs.  I was thinking about just putting something in the front to raise the existing seats, but after sitting in the CRX seats I've got, they're definitely more comfortable overall.  They also have some thigh bolsters and side bolsters too. Not that I do much hard cornering in the tracker or anything.

Just need to cut the tracker seats off the base where they're welded on and then either weld some adapter brackets on to bolt to the bottom of the Honda seats or just weld them on like the old ones were.  Think I'll do the brackets though since that seems easier and it might be more convenient down the road to have the seats bolt onto the bases anyway.  Only big problem with this is that they're light/dark blue upholstery.  It's in good shape, but it doesn't match obviously.  

Oh well guess there's always reupholstering, since the old ones are in good shape I could just pull the covers, unstich them and use the old pieces for patterns.  (Hope the wife's sewing machine is up to it but I'm sure it's fine it's only heavy fabric not leather or something).  That and some hog ring pliers and hog rings and I should be back in business pretty easily.  I've got some textile supply places here I know of that sell automotive grade fabric pretty cheap, I bet I could probably do the job for 50 bucks if even that much.

Hey Z3bra why dont you just buy a set of seat covers for $20 ,that way the original upholstery will still be mint when it comes time to sell.
just a thought

mark

SELL YOUR TRUCK              

That would be like selling you kids!!!!



Although it might be tempting.  Could your really do it???

I actually have sheepskins on there now, (they're kinda fruity but they were free so I figured what the hell).

It gets rid of the appearance but not the comfort issues.  The swap's looking more and more attractive every day when I get finished with my commute home.

If I do swap the seats I will make it a reversible modification, but as long as I reupholster them so they look decent, if I did sell that probably wouldn't affect the price anyway.  Given the fact it's now a 14 year old vehicle, the fact that I've lifted it and things like that, resale value's pretty well out the window other than to another 4x4 enthusiast that sees it for what it really is.

Kreg, I have a set of the seats you are looking for. Shipping would probabally be a bitch though. I would have to look at them but I think they are in good shape. PS I think your red ones would look good in my orange rig.   Where are you located???

Mike

Sounds tempting bud, but I think the shipping would kill me.

I'm up on Vancouver island in Canada.

It cost me around $600 to get my Calmini kit shipped up here. I couldnt imagine what the seats woud cost.  :-/

Kreg, i was in at maxwells auto wreckers a while ago and they had lots of tracker buckets take a look there. Maxwells is on the right hand side if you are going towards victoria, just past arbutus RV its worth a try

talk to ya later bud.

Kreg, i was in at maxwells auto wreckers a while ago and they had lots of tracker buckets take a look there. Maxwells is on the right hand side if you are going towards victoria, just past arbutus RV its worth a try

talk to ya later bud.

Sweet I'l have to go check them out.  Gotta pic up a mirror too.

Kreg,

Your saying it costed you $600 in shipping charges ? It only cost me $100 in shipping, and $250 in broker, and tax charges. The whole kit landed final cost in Canadian was $1750.25 which was a thousand dollars cheaper than any shop would sell it to me for taxes out.

Shipping was $175 to the island for the lift kit, and $115 for the exhaust.

I was tempted to have them shipped to Vancouver for a bit cheaper. But by the time you tally up ferrie charges and gas to go pick them up, it wasn’t worth the trouble. (Damn BC ferries! Freaken blood-sucking vampires! )

I just looked through the packing slips and I realized I was exaggerating a bit.  

All together for my Lift and exhaust, the total shipping and tax charges were just shy of $500 (but that’s still a good amount of coin if you ask me)