FJ45 base for buckets

[Radd Cruisers]

Its under my project in International, I just started to build a base tonight and hope to finish it tomorrow. My customer wants buckets, so we picked up a set of Honda Preludes which have low profile bases and backs.

I will post the finished product tomorrow.

 

[Jetboy]

That's interesting. I have prelude buckets in my 74 Fj40. They look very similar, mine ore out of a 94 and black, but very similar. I kept the original sliders on them and welded the brackets to the original under seat framework. I had to add some brackets to the back to bolt them into the stock seat mounts. Mine work well and they slide to give me full function. I think the problem you will find as I did when I tried to mount them on a second frame work is that they will be too tall. The gas tank screwed me all up. I am also 6'3" so I may be taller than your customers, but with the frame I originaly built I was looking strait at the top of the WS frame. I like the frame idea and it looks very similar to mine but you should fit it in and see how high the seats are before welding in up. (hopefully you tacked it together before fitting it like I wish I would have....and hour behind a cutoff disk is no fun)

 

[Radd Cruisers]

My employee is 6.2 and seems to like it OK.

We kept the frame as low as possible, I may alter the design the next time and have the drivers seat sit a little lower.

My digi cam is taking poor quality pic.

 

[65swb45]

That looks way too roomy to be a 45 pickup!

I get it. The fuzzy photo is how you hide the photoshop editing!

Nice work.

The buckets in my 45 barely clear the gas tank, and don't look anywhere near as roomy. I may be calling you!

 

[Jetboy]

Looks sweet, I think the interior is a bit different from a 40. Looks like a sweet 45!!
BTW do I see three shifters? PTO? I want three!

 

[Radd Cruisers]

That looks way too roomy to be a 45 pickup!

I get it. The fuzzy photo is how you hide the photoshop editing!

Nice work.

The buckets in my 45 barely clear the gas tank, and don't look anywhere near as roomy. I may be calling you!

Thanks Mark, I spent hours at the wreckers looking for a import seat with a shallow base and back and kept coming back too the Honda Accord and Prelude.

This is my first base and I would make some small improvements and ask the drivers height for the next base, most likely make a drop on the drivers base for people over 6 feet.

 

[largenfirm]

Keep in mind, for a comfortable seating arrangement, it's the inseam measurement that counts most. I'm 6'0", but my inseam is only 29", so most of my height is in the torso.

The standard seats in the later FJ-40 fits me pretty well, though they could be moved back another inch or two for the best fit.

My dad was 6'2", with a 27" inseam, and they fit him fine, no complaints.

OTOH, my daughter is 5'6", with a 34" inseam, and the seat simply doesn't fit her, and needs to be moved back about 4 inches.

Kirk

 

[Radd Cruisers]

Keep in mind, for a comfortable seating arrangement, it's the inseam measurement that counts most. I'm 6'0", but my inseam is only 29", so most of my height is in the torso.

The standard seats in the later FJ-40 fits me pretty well, though they could be moved back another inch or two for the best fit.



Kirk

In a 45 you have no adjustment for leg length unless raising the seat helps, in any case the 45 seat will be back against the cab for even the very shortest of people.


Still tight between the steering wheel and seat, I would either drop the next base or install a smaller steering wheel.

Rob

 

[65swb45]

I'm 6'3 with a 34 inseam [long torso], so the seat is high for the legs, and all the way back already. I can't see how anyone larger than me could EVER fit in a 45. I think you are on to something with the low-base Hondas tho. I'll keep that in mind. They look like a high back tho, and I would think that the high back would require moving the base forward in order to get any kind of anble out of the seat. My low-back buckets are at the back of the cab.

Interestingly enough, the stock bench seats, which I recently installed for kicks, have a little more leg room than the buckets. I think that is also because the lower back of the bench type seats lets you move the seats even further back.

I miss my center console a lot, and will prolly put the buckets back in.