Boat Seats

[lucasm01]

Who has replaced/upgraded/updated their fish n ski boat seats? Mine are starting to get a little crusty, rip, and crack. I am looking to replace them but want to stay on a budget. The seat package for my boat is around $850! Hard to justify for a 2004 boat. I have a 2004 Nitro 188 sport.

Can I use generic seats for the captain's chairs and the back seats to save some money as long as the bolt patterns match? I dont mind modifying the seats a bit if needed. I was at Cabelas yesterday and they had generic boat seats for $50 each that I was going to put in the back 3 seat/bench area. Take the bracket off the original seat and put it on the new seats.

Any experience would be helpful! I would like to try and get it done for around $500-$600 if possible.

Or would it be cheaper to just get my seats reupholstered? Has anyone had that done?

Thanks guys!

[MasterCASTER!]

I took mine to an amish guy around here - he actually did a custom boat cover for me and his brother in law redid my seats. I think the seats were around $400 total. That's for the 2 front ones and the center middle rear seat and both sit down fishing seats - on my old nitro 288 sport.

[lucasm01]

Thanks! I'll try reaching out to a few guys.

[Snowedin3]

Did you look at bassboatseats.com? they have pretty good packages.

[lucasm01]

I did, i just dont know how the quality compares to having someone local do it with some middle grade vinyl. I dont need anything fancy, but want it to last a few years.

Can find a bunch of different captain chairs and regular flip seats, but need to make sure which ones will fit the bracket and overall size.

Has anyone used bassboatseats stuff??

[MasterCASTER!]

I bought the center step/storage from bassboatseats.com and absolutely love it.

[lucasm01]

mastercaster, can you shoot me a few pics of that center step you put in?

[12many]

I got a pair of sea doo seats from great lakes skipper ..like 300$
.gonna tear embroidery off and add nitro decals.

rear seats gonna fabric spray dye to match seadoo color.

i also replaced rear seats with wood and carpet
. and drilled holes for seat bases so with seats out it's a flat step carpeted. PM me phone # if u want any pics

[MasterCASTER!]

mastercaster, can you shoot me a few pics of that center step you put in?

I would - but I sold that boat 2 years ago.......got a Triton now.

I'll see if I can find a couple though.......hang tight.

[MasterCASTER!]

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This is the best I've got. What I did was make a cardboard template, then used (2) 3/4 birch plywood that I had laying around. I sealed it with waterproofing and carpeted it. It was just pressure fit in there, but I could still lift the compartments with no problem and it never moved or blew out or anything. it was awesome - really made a difference when fishing the front deck. Added so much more room - even though it wasn't that big. Plus I could store my tackle bag underneath it.

[MasterCASTER!]

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Here's another - you can see it held me just fine and with the (2) layers of 3/4" plywood ended up being flush with the rest of the deck.