Steel Horse Seats

Steel Horse Seats

Member Since 1999

There are a number of reasons one would purchase new seats for a vehicle and most are purely for aesthetics. Our mission to replace the seats in Project Bleak Jeep was one of safety.

The original factory seats were so clapped out it had become dangerous to drive because you were holding onto the steering wheel in an effort to keep yourself upright. This had gotten to the point of a ballet of sorts, holding yourself up while driving and if by chance you decided a lane change was in order this became even more of a challenge. I decide two things, number one, this could definitely be an Olympic sport and number two it was time to call Steel Horse.

Steel Horse is a name synonymous with high quality automotive seating and if your thinking Jeep, Steel Horse is tops on the list.

Feel free to look over our shoulder and see just what it takes to rid yourself of the buckboards and slip onto something more comfortable.

Brown boxes delivered from a brown van.

Here my somewhat able bodied assistant John pretends to read the directions, thus looking smart for the camera.

There is no mistaking it, these seats have no future.

Although if you sit in just the right place you can be assured of never having kids again.

Notice how far the seat lays back, these are not recliners!

There are four bolts holding the seats to the frame, feel free to remove them. Keep the hardware!

The hook is pretty banged up, remember PBJ was rescued from heading directly to the scrap heap without passing go or collecting 200 bucks!

Ah Yes, John at work. This just proves this job so simple anyone can do it.

And two on the other side.

Jeez, it looks better already.

The Steel Horse seats have a noticeable rise for the side bolsters which make for pleasant driving.

Our Wrangler is an 88 model, there's no telling how much ass it's seen in its life.

The Steel Horse are put together quite nicely and have a feel of quality to them. It looks as though someone took their time building these seats.

The stockers have collapsed and sunk so far you can no longer see the springs! The padding was nothing but dust which disintegrated when touched.

After the hardware is swapped out the new seat is bolted into place!

Onward to the passenger side.

We used the Steel Horse boxes to rest the seats on while transferring the hardware.

You will need a 5/16 socket to remove the sliding tracks.

be careful not to round these off while trying to remove them, 13 years of being in the same place for the same time tends to make one grumpy.

Once you have the front bolts out, hold down the bar and slide the tracks forward so you can remove the rear bolts.

Pay attention how they go together, as the tracks will separate from the adjuster bar.

Now is also a good time to clean and lube the tracks, we found stuff in our tracks that made us call the CDC.

See how much cleaner they look now, and lubed too. Ooohh baby!

The seats are a universal fit and allow for mounting the seat as a driver or passenger. Steel Horse includes the hardware for the adjuster knob, you pick which side to mount it to.

The aforementioned hardware.

The rear seat install is just as easy. The only thing is you have to make two small incisions in the material to mount the included hardware to.

That's exactly what I was thinking, cut the new seats! Yeah, get over it its easy if you take your time.

This is the rear latch for the rear seat to lock into. It bolts to the floor under a stock Torx bolt

Unbolt the stock Torx in both corners of the Jeep and bolt the seatbelts in.

The instructions from Steel Horse are really simple.

Ready to bolt in.

The feet that are provided by Steel Horse bolt into the stock location.

Ok, ready go out and try the freeways?

The interior is so much cleaner now that the new Steel Horse seats are in place and far less dangerous.

For more information on Steel Horse click on the company's logo at the top of the page and you will be whisked to their website.

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