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Re: Other: Redfish Seats *LINK* *Pic*
By:Scott Fitzgerrell
Date: 8/30/2009, 2:51 am
In Response To: Re: Other: Redfish Seats (Howard H)

I bought a Joe Greenley seat for my Shooting Star, and basically copied it for my wife's Storm SLT, using one of Joe's presculpted seat bottoms. I made the back more than twice as high as the small back of the SS seat, molding the seat-back strips around a 33-gallon plastic trash barrel, then glassing them, and adding minicell to the front. (The seam in the foam back you see is due only to my being unable to get a larger piece of foam at the time.) The rear view shows the strips and some pads I added to keep the seat back from rubbing on the coaming riser. The support on the seat back needs to be thicker (Joe's is about 6 inches thick and quite inflexible), and I plan to add another layer of foam to it, once my local dealer gets some stock. Hope this helps. It's quite a simple project, and both seats are super-comfy.

--S

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Other: Redfish Seats
Kudzu -- 11/1/2008, 10:49 pm
Re: Other: Redfish Seats *Pic*
Etienne Muller -- 11/3/2008, 11:35 am
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george jung -- 8/29/2009, 3:41 pm
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Rob Macks -- 11/3/2008, 4:13 pm
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Scott Fitzgerrell -- 11/2/2008, 5:16 pm
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Howard H -- 8/29/2009, 2:12 pm
Re: Other: Redfish Seats *LINK* *Pic*
Scott Fitzgerrell -- 8/30/2009, 2:51 am
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george jung -- 8/30/2009, 10:57 pm
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Scott Fitzgerrell -- 8/31/2009, 11:04 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/29/2009, 7:00 pm
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Bob Brownie -- 11/2/2008, 4:39 pm
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Kudzu -- 11/2/2008, 5:20 pm
Seats: making your own
Paul G. Jacobson -- 11/5/2008, 12:44 pm
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charlie r -- 11/2/2008, 7:49 pm
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BobKayes -- 11/2/2008, 6:39 am
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Roy Morford -- 11/2/2008, 11:47 am
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David Sunshine -- 11/2/2008, 12:01 pm
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Reg Lake -- 11/2/2008, 2:11 am
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Dennis -- 11/1/2008, 11:30 pm
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Randy Ricchi -- 11/1/2008, 11:26 pm