Do you know what one of the most waited for seats for the
truck, Jeep and off road community was?
Yep, that’s right – the Baja XRS seat that is made by Corbeau. This seat is in all actuality the result of
an advertising campaign where Corbeau asked for input on what it would take to
make the best suspension seat that has a reclining feature. When Corbeau started that campaign, they got
loads of responses. Those responses were
taken and analyzed until in 2008 the rules of the game when it comes to
suspension seats that recline were changed forever with the introduction of the
Baja RS. This seat was one of the very
first reclining suspension seats in the world.
Three years after that Corbeau realized that what they
had still wasn’t the ultimate in terms of suspension seats that recline and
they were not ready to settle. That is
when they came up with the Baja XRS suspension seat.
Suspension seats are made for off road driving but
Corbeau waned those who don’t have any desire to leave the highway to be able
to enjoy the comfort of a suspension seat too.
They also wanted to have a seat that satisfied the needs of their off
road clients. The result is the Baja
XRS.
The whole point of a suspension seat is to absorb the
energy from impacts so that the person sitting in the seat doesn’t absorb that
energy with their back and legs. With
suspension seats made by other companies, there is cut foam used in the
seats. The problem with this is that
over time the cut foam can and will start to wear and break down. This leads to more stress on the user’s back
and legs. With the Corbeau Baja XRS seat
they use memory foam that has been injection molded. This type of foam will hold up better for
longer than plain old cut foam. Corbeau pairs this memory foam with their
unmatched proprietary suspension system to give you the ultimate in suspension
seat comfort.
This seat is a direct fit part for all of the Jeep CJ 7s
and Jeep YJs. It is also compatible with
most of the Jeep CJ 5s. Don’t despair if
you don’t have one of these vehicles though.
With the addition of the custom made brackets made by Corbeau, this seat
will fit in nearly any vehicle.
The Baja XRS seat comes to you in black cloth and black
vinyl and can accommodate people with a waist size of up to 42 inches.
Please
Note
If you are putting this seat in the Jeep TJ, expect the
reclining mechanism to hit your roll bar while attempting to slide your seat
fully back. This will cause you to lose
up to 2 inches of slide. While most of
the time, this doesn’t pose a problem, if you happen to be very tall you might
want to take this into consideration.