Corbeau Baja XRS Seats
Lately things have been progressing slowly with Stroverlander for many different reasons but recently was able to sell the original leather seats to fund the purchase of new, aftermarket sport seats. My two choices were both from Corbeau, the Sport Seat or newer Baja XRS and having had GTS II seats in my old '97 Safari awd, I was interested in something with less aggressive side bolster on the seat base to ease entry and exit yet still offering additional support.
In the end I went with the Baja XRS for a few reasons - comparatively, the seat base was slightly longer and the extra support is nice if you have longer legs, the memory foam sounded tempting and they are a suspension seat, if perchance I should ever require such a feature! I chose full black vinyl over cloth inserts due to ease of cleaning/care and longevity. My old GTS II seats were black cloth which faded and wore through the side bolsters over time so hopefully the vinyl holds up better.
I purchased the seats from
apexperformance.net and can't say enough about them, very helpful, pleasant to deal with and great pricing! I actually purchased my other Corbeau seats from them about ten years ago, so repeat customer too. I'll be looking to add seat heaters and maybe seat saver covers at some point so they'll get my business again for sure.
With the LT package my van came with leather seats and power driver's seat base but I wanted to ditch that and go manual so picked up another seat base at the local pick/pull yard for the driver's side that came with a bonus under seat sliding drawer I'll add to the passenger seat.
I still have the Corbeau seat brackets from my old seats but not where I am installing these seats, so couldn't use anyway and didn't want to drop another couple hundred dollars in new brackets while thinking I could make do without. I also don't like how much the Corbeau brackets raise the seat height inside the van, a little extra height goes a long way.
In the end, after receiving the seats and measuring bolt patterns, I continued with the power seat base for the driver's seat because there was enough metal to easily drill attachment points for the Corbeau mounting holes. It was very straight forward using the template I made as a guide. I had to do some minor trimming to the seat base side cover metal bracket and plastic trim so the seat would sit flat on the base. I just zip-tied the side covers to the old mounting points to keep everything in place until the seat was bolted down.
Basic template bolted to stock mounting points on power base and marked for Corbeau bolt pattern
The power seat base is shown on the passenger side for ease of test fitment here
I didn't take any photos of the passenger seat manual base install but was able to use two of the mounting holes on the Corbeau seat and drill two more while keeping it as close to centered as possible. I'll be taking the seats back out again to vacuum the carpet (metal shavings) so will add some additional photos then.
Installed, super comfortable, plenty of adjustment, very close to stock height and don't slide around anymore while driving.
While perusing the pick/pull yard, I came across a few NP233 transfer case candidates so when budget allows will pull one with wiring/tccm/switch... :088:
