Lund Pro Ride Seats

[TrevorW]

So the boat I purchased a very lightly used 2003 Lund Explorer that has the upgraded Pro Ride seats, and well... these things sit straight up! Question, is there any tricks to get them to lay back a little bit? Do the standard seats have more of a 'relaxed' feel to them in comparison?

Also, the boat has the pro track system and a bimini top. The top hits the top of the outboard when tried to store flat. Are you supposed to trailer with the top folded up but not folded flat?

[T Mac]

Originally Posted by TrevorW

So the boat I purchased a very lightly used 2003 Lund Explorer that has the upgraded Pro Ride seats, and well... these things sit straight up! Question, is there any tricks to get them to lay back a little bit? Do the standard seats have more of a 'relaxed' feel to them in comparison?

Also, the boat has the pro track system and a bimini top. The top hits the top of the outboard when tried to store flat. Are you supposed to trailer with the top folded up but not folded flat?

Sounds like the seats were installed backwards.
If you look at the bracket on the bottom of the seat..it has a slope to it. It also has "front' stamped on the higher (thicker) side.
It is attached to the bottom of the seat by 4 bolts.

Take a look and see if that's the deal. I have seen it many times.
Easy to fix if it is the issue. Just unscrew, turn seat 180 and re-attach. Thick side is front.

As for the top....detach and lay it down inside (below gunwhales) for towing

[TrevorW]

I will check it out, Thanks.

[REW]

Trevor,
I had the same issue with the same seats and they were installed correctly on the base.

The solution that I found was to sell the seats and buy different seats for the base.

The new seats have the right tilt to the back and are very comfortable.

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When I looked at the seats carefully, I decided that the only way to really change the tilt would be to use a torch to heat up the plastic back support, and melt it enough so that it could be bent back. I decided not to do that, hence the sale of the current seats and the purchase of different seats.

I didn't want to change the tilt of the seat itself, which was fine. I only wanted to change the tilt of the back with respect to the seat bottom.


REW

[rwl]

Try to put some shims between the base and the seat in the front. A few shims, maybe a few longer bolts is much cheaper than buying new seats. A 1/4" 3/8" shim in the front will give you a few degrees "lean" to the back of the seat and make a big difference.

But I'm guessing they are installed wrong.

Also another thing to check is the plastic "cup" insert in the bottom of the seat base. They are thicker on the front on some seats like my 2000 Lund, and I once popped one out and re-installed it backwards and it gave the seat an uncomfortable feeling lean or stright up feeling to the front of the seat.

[T Mac]

Originally Posted by rwl

Try to put some shims between the base and the seat in the front. A few shims, maybe a few longer bolts is much cheaper than buying new seats. A 1/4" 3/8" shim in the front will give you a few degrees "lean" to the back of the seat and make a big difference.

But I'm guessing they are installed wrong.

Also another thing to check is the plastic "cup" insert in the bottom of the seat base. They are thicker on the front on some seats like my 2000 Lund, and I once popped one out and re-installed it backwards and it gave the seat an uncomfortable feeling lean or stright up feeling to the front of the seat.

YEP that, too.... Thanks rwl!

Trevor, Click on this link to see photos of how the seats should be setting. Notice they do slant back.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2011-Lund-Pr...053294&vxp=mtr

[TrevorW]

Well they're all installed properly, I guess they're just not that comfortable. I'm assuming the lund seats with the metal back brackets are a little more laid back in the backrest area...

[T Mac]

Originally Posted by TrevorW

Well they're all installed properly, I guess they're just not that comfortable. I'm assuming the lund seats with the metal back brackets are a little more laid back in the backrest area...

You can shim them like rwl, said...?
(The Pro-Rides do have a lumbar support ..so.. they do feel different at first)

[TrevorW]

Originally Posted by T Mac

You can shim them like rwl, said...?
(The Pro-Rides do have a lumbar support ..so.. they do feel different at first)

Yea I may try a little shim on the front. I have some plastic plumbing shims that should work well, I'm not ready to give up on them yet

[T Mac]

Originally Posted by TrevorW

Yea I may try a little shim on the front. I have some plastic plumbing shims that should work well, I'm not ready to give up on them yet

Just a few regular flat washers should get 'er.
It won't take much.