Seats, i need seats!

Hello, im pretty new to this forum and the jeep for that matter. Always wanted one and now i have one. My question is, where can i find seats for a 73 cj5? Iv looked everywhere, but the only seats i can seem to find are for 76 and up.

 

Bestop offers a replacement that's a direct bolt in. Keep in mind, though, that no one makes a replacement that has the fold-n-tumble feature like the original passenger seat. If that's important to you (getting kids or others into/out of the back seat) your best bet is to have the originals recovered (~$300 range).

Or - if you don't want lowbacks, the Bestop Trailmax will fit the original frames pretty well, are priced pretty good, and are very comfortable. I have pictures if you need them.

 

Thanks!

 

I have the original seats. All cracked, and was looking at getting a replacement. Could I get these Bestop seats, but use the original mounting hardware (i.e. save the fold-n-tumble of my passenger seat)?

 

There's someone that advertises on ebay, selling seat covers for the original seats. Several here have the covers - maybe post on the early CJ-5 forum if you're interested and no one here responds.

The other possbility is to take your seats to a local upholstery shop and have them recovered. This will cost more than replacement seats, but they will look like new.

Both of these options will let you keep the fold-and-tumble feature.

 

Thanks for the quick replies, guys!

As usual, you guys rock

 

I wanted high-back seats, so I modified the besttop trailmax fixed-back seats.

I'll get pics this weekend, as well as of the seat brackets I fabbed up.