Why do the seats have to be so tall is it a ease of production? One seat design fits all ? I'm just asking. Seems to me the sit very tall. The seats in the earlier models look good and don't have such a tall back and they did what they needed to do. Yes, I believe the new seats are a great design if you are in a race car leaning all the way back. But I don't see a lot of bass boat drivers leaning back while driving a Bass Boat. I Love the boats for function of a tool and Nitro has a Great fishing platform to fish , sit's flat doesn't sunfish high in the front Great performance, Good storage, just good function . Just can't get passed the seats on a Z18 or Z19. Can a person oppt. out with a dealer to get the seats in the Z17 ?