Halestorm wrote:flyingzebra wrote:When rebuilding 206 seats we ditched the springs and used Ceconite. It was way lighter and much more comfortable but a weird unexpected side effect was that you sat significantly higher. We actually had to shift the whole radio stack down in order to see it all and not have it blocked by the glare shield.
I'm also curious if it's possible to switch the old round back seats for square backs? I've got a '54 Wagon and want to switch. Any idea if that's doable?
Carry on and keep the pics coming!!
Ceconite itself should put you lower if anything over the springs, sounds like the foam they built up on the Ceconite was tall. Foam can be built up to any thickness desired, if you don't have an articulating seat perhaps building up some different sample thicknesses is in order to avoid having to move ones radios around.
It's so satisfying throwing away those old seat springs, just threw some away the other day, good times!
Sam
The springs give, allowing you to sink into (through) the frame, whereas the fabric, well shrunk, doesn't allow you to sink in at all, or at least very little. I replaced the springs on my Cub's seat back with fabric, and it moved me significantly forward, and I had to move the seat aft to accomodate.
As to articulating seats, bear in mind that they are maintenance hogs (mostly because dumb ass passengers grab the tops to yard themselves up out of the rear seats, and because dumb ass pilots get in their seat, then push against the seat back to re-arrange their undies, thus breaking the roll pins) AND, they are HEAVY mothers.
At one point, we were trying to lighten up a 206 amphib, and removed the articulating seats and replaced with the fixed seats. I forget what the weight savings was, but it was substantial.
I'd stick with the fixed seats.
MTV
