Making a shorty seat out of stock M sofa.

[arctic2009]

Looks good got anymore pics and mind explaning how you went about it.

I don't have any better pics at the moment. We got the idea from a seat we picked up at haydays a few years ago. Its an 05 m seat cut about in half. With a piece of plastic riveted to the seat base. I CNC cut the black brackets in the back so I could mount the seat to the tunnel. Then we had a different seat cover made. Pretty simple.. were working on a taller seat right now.. we will see if its done in time for when we head to Yellowstone in march to test it out.

 

[ak-dmk]

How are you attaching the new shortened seat to the sled? Isn't the hold down point at the rear of the factory seat? I'd love to do this...

 

[arctic2009]

How are you attaching the new shortened seat to the sled? Isn't the hold down point at the rear of the factory seat? I'd love to do this...

Yes, the guys above are still using the factory back which is a good idea. I made the black brackets out of aluminum just for a custom look. The are L shaped on both sides with holes in them to attach the brackets to the seat and to the tunnel. We just use 3/16th rivets to attach to the tunnel. Haven't had any problems and that seat has been on two different sleds so far ha ha

 

[BradM8]

Not sure if this post is dead or not. I'm in the midst of chopping one and am wondering if you guys have had any problems with busting the back of the plastic frame since it isn't really meant to hold any weight and doesn't look that structurally tough.

 

[m8magicandmystery]

dang...great work guys...thanx for the effort doing the thread bushy...awesome..

 

[AKGUY]

I've put 1,000 miles on my shortened seat and it's just fine - nothing broken. It seems to work just fine.

 

[arctic2009]

any of you guys interested in a custom shorty seat ive got one already finished. PM me if you're interested. Heres a picture of it.