Bucket seats in rear of Defender 130 cab?

[VladTepes]

Has anyone replaced the OEM 60/40 split seats with bucket seats in rear of a Defender 130 cab?

If so, what seats did you use?
How did you mount them?
Did you need to get the change engineered?

Pictures would be very ,much appreciated too.

Cheers

[VladTepes]

I would have thought a fair few people might have done this over the years?
Evidently not.

I watched a video on YT where someone fitted some late model Defender seats to the back of a County era hardtop and it was absolutely terrifying how weak their brackets / anchors were. Very dangerous...

[dazzler]

I would have thought a fair few people might have done this over the years?
Evidently not.

I watched a video on YT where someone fitted some late model Defender seats to the back of a County era hardtop and it was absolutely terrifying how weak their brackets / anchors were. Very dangerous...


I am thinking about it, basically replace the 60+40 with two front seats along with cubby. I reckon you will have to fashion a mount/adopter that will bolt to the existing mount points. I am even day dreaming of a watertank(removing the existing floor and drop a custom tank) that the seats can bolt onto :P

[Lewy110]

I did it in my 110. Used rhs and mounted Defender buckets. Didn't get engineered or anything. It was far better mounted than the standard back seat.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2017/08/1055.jpg

[VladTepes]

I am thinking about it, basically replace the 60+40 with two front seats along with cubby. I reckon you will have to fashion a mount/adopter that will bolt to the existing mount points. I am even day dreaming of a watertank(removing the existing floor and drop a custom tank) that the seats can bolt onto :P

I have a poly water tank which is custom built to fit in the underseat tool box in my 130. A few of us on AULRO got them years ago. I never got around to fitting mine before I sold my previous 130...or since I've had the current one... It's therefore as new.

I've decided to go a different way so its just sitting in my shed....

[dazzler]

I have a poly water tank which is custom built to fit in the underseat tool box in my 130. A few of us on AULRO got them years ago. I never got around to fitting mine before I sold my previous 130...or since I've had the current one... It's therefore as new.

I've decided to go a different way so its just sitting in my shed....


I got a 110 :)

[Handy Harry]

I have a poly water tank which is custom built to fit in the underseat tool box in my 130. A few of us on AULRO got them years ago. I never got around to fitting mine before I sold my previous 130...or since I've had the current one... It's therefore as new.

I've decided to go a different way so its just sitting in my shed....


Do you still have the tank for sale? If so, how much will you sell it for.

I will be near Bracken Ridge on Saturday 2nd September so could have a look.

I have a 2011 130 dual cab.

Phone 0429 377 961

[VladTepes]

Yeah mate I can do that, I'll flick you a PM rather than derail the thread.

[Moragg]

I found this really neat job

DEFENDER2.NET - View topic - 130 Four seater? => done! (http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic22936.html)

[dazzler]

Exactly what I am thinking, looks Like with both seats down one can use that as a bed base for the kids also

[VladTepes]

Moragg - I like that, thanks.

I have no doubt it's better and safer than the factory arrangement....

I'm certain though that something like that would have to be engineered to be legal (which obviously being a passenger seat is something insurance would require).

Does anyone know what that process would be ?

[weeds]

Moragg - I like that, thanks.

I have no doubt it's better and safer than the factory arrangement....

I'm certain though that something like that would have to be engineered to be legal (which obviously being a passenger seat is something insurance would require).

Does anyone know what that process would be ?

Question would be how often will you have people in the rear seats for long drives where comfort will be an issue....

lots of expense to have to engineered for little use.

[XSiV]

I saw a red 130 for sale not too long ago that had bucket seats in the rear. I never saw it in person so couldn't say how it was done. Vlad did you sell that tank you were talking about? If not I'd be keen to perhaps take it off your hands.

I have a feeling engineering might involve crash testing the vehicle to see if the seats hold in place. Which would kind of wreck your car. I heard this somewhere. Don't take it as gospel though.

[ThorneGator]

I am getting ready to....

I will post pictures as we do over the next month or so. I am planning to move the front seats back to second row with my fridge as the centre console.
Next question is what to replace front seats with, Exmoor Standard or Exmoor Modular seats? I personally don't mind the existing seats, so don't have a need to go with a high $$$$ option.



Has anyone replaced the OEM 60/40 split seats with bucket seats in rear of a Defender 130 cab?

If so, what seats did you use?
How did you mount them?
Did you need to get the change engineered?

Pictures would be very ,much appreciated too.

Cheers

[VladTepes]

Awesome ! Will definitely be interested! I suggest you start a new thread and link it here so we can see/find it. Cheers :)


XSiV (https://www.aulro.com/afvb/members/14020.html) - yep. I do. PM me if you like.

[VladTepes]

Would Disco (D1/D2) front seats fit in a Defender HCPU 130 rear seat row.?

(with room for 40l Engel in between)

[ThorneGator]

Would Disco (D1/D2) front seats fit in a Defender HCPU 130 rear seat row.?

(with room for 40l Engel in between)

My defender front seats did not fit in back with the same fridge (40l Engel), so I went another option. I would imagine that the Disco seats would be even wider.
130750

[dazzler]

My defender front seats did not fit in back with the same fridge (40l Engel), so I went another option. I would imagine that the Disco seats would be even wider.
130750


I have ordered the same/similar(black rack) along with matching premium upgrade heated trim for the front. ...compliance and seat mount engineering (@1500~2000) coupled with second hand seat costs (1500 pair) makes it uneconomical.

[lebanon]

I am interested in fitting three high back seats to my 110, the fact of having my kids ride in the back without headrests is frightening, any idea on how to do that? which seats to use. I have access to Disco I front seats is it possible to fit three in the back?

[86mud]

Have you actually ever sat in the back seat of a 130 for an extended period? I returned from Birdsville recently with 4 adults in the 130 (i have added headrests to the original 1998 rear bench seat). We did 8 hours straight the first day (5 hours on dirt and 3 on bitumen) and 12 hours the next, only stopping for pee stops and lunch/food/fuel. There were no real complains about comfort from the rear passengers. (maybe I just couldn't hear them over the gearbox whine, tyre noise and wind howl [biggrin]).

When travelling any great distance with my 2 sons, my 9 year old always manages to fall asleep in the back seat.

Trying to add aftermarket, or alternative landrover model seats will require a fabricated seat base frame...and engineering. I went down this path a while back, but I have water tanks under the seat and on the floor and I would have had to lose or seriously modify these to fit in a fabricated seat base frame.

Also remember that the rear seat base on a 110 is different to a 130

[Michael2]

I've seen Range Rover Classic 60/40 seats fitted to a 130DC. Put the arm rest down and they virtually become 2 buckets.

A high back bucket seat might not have enough room to lean back on the ute body.

I bought a RRC Rear seat to see if it would fit in a 110, but it didn't. I fitted 3 Exmoor Trim bucket seats in the 2nd row of the 110, they're not as comfortable as the original bench seat, they obscure rear vision, and they don't fold down into the floor. The kids preffered the old seat.

I'd say you're best off leaving it alone and spending the money and time on a trip.