Need some advice on replacing seats

[Cecil75]

After months of deliberating I have pretty much decided to order some seats from the BoatSeatStore. After pricing Ranger's factory buckets at $318 each and a couple of quotes for recovering which ranged from $500-$600 I think this is the way to go with two buckets for less than $400.

My dilemna is which color combo I should go with so I thought I would get some other opinions. I have attached a pic of my seats now and the two color combos I've narrowed it down to. I was thinking the charcoal and blue but after seeing racefan's boat I am kinda leaning towards the charcoal and grey. My carpet is blue-gray but I am planning to recarpet in the near future and was thinking of going with a lighter color like ash. This could have some bearing on my seat color choice. Let me know what ya'll think.

[shawnjohn]

Go with the Darker one.

[totalbeverage]

I like the top ones

[racefan]

Go grey with red inserts like you have the red now and on console and on motor.

Here are the puddy and charcoal seats in a boat

[hurley]

I just installed the same seats that racefan has. My boat is a white ranger with the red stripes down the side, grey carpet. It originally had all red seats. I was going to go with the char/red but I was really worried about the red not matching up with the outside. Red is a hard color to match. I was also a little worried about if the red faded and got orangey or pinkish. So I chickened out. And bought char/grey. I love the way they came out. And I have no regrets about the way the look.

If I was you. I would prolly go with the char/blue seats. Those look pretty sweet. But personally I dont think you can go wrong.

[adamsj13]

How comfortable are they compaired to the original Ranger seats?

[hurley]

I would say they are very comparable. They are thicker in padding. Which makes them very comfortable. The dissavantage is that you are closer to the console. It gets a little tight. I shouldnt have a problem once I get used to it. I am 5'11' 200lbs. I still give these seats high marks!

[Branson]

What color is the side of the boat????

I agree with what everyone else is saying. Keep the red inserts, or something like the lt grey inserts would look good. Either way I think they will turn out looking great.

[Cecil75]

That's what makes me undecided at this point - the side of my boat is grey gelcoat with metal flake Ranger stripes. If it were all blue metal flake like the top cap it would be a no brainer - I'd go with the charcoal and blue. My main concern is the charcoal being too dark for the grey gelcoat. Don't want it to create too much of a contrast. Here is a side view:

[racefan]

charcoal red or blue either would look nice. They are pretty comfy seats. I jave not sat in a set of ranger seats like you have but a friend had them and liked mine better last year and those seats were harder than the new style of sets

[Cecil75]

Thanks for all the advice guys

[tcar]

What r u planning in doing with ur old seats? Would be interested in them.

[Trent_in_BG]

If I were you I would go with the lightest color that matches. The dark colors get REALLY hot in the sun.

[hog power]

replaced my seats with same seats from boatseatstore , very comfortable but they are thicker and you will set higher and closer to the wheel

[lousyfisher]

I just received my seats from the boatstore. But didn't get directions on how to install them. The hardware I got were hinges and screws. I have two large flip up compartments with lids that the seats will sit on. Any help would be appreciated.