Reviews of Rugged Ridge 13448.09 XHD Black with Gray Insert Off-Road Reclining

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I bought a Rugged Ridge XHD Reclining Seat, Gray because of pricing and that it would fit without extra parts in my '98 XJ. Right off I was disappointed. Here are a list of problems:

1. Hardware (nuts and bolts) must have been made in China to poor standards. A 13mm nut might well be a 13.5mm nut so expect to use a 14mm driver for a 13mm nut!!! Some hardware required chasing the threads and straightening. VERY POOR QUALITY.

2. Instructions were useless -toss them out it will save you the headache.

3. Fitting the XJ seat riser to the seat took 1 1/2 hrs of fiddle farting around (and scrambling to find better bolts to use etc).

4. The recliner 'knobs' suck (broke one partially trying to get the seat sit up and had to use pliers to finish the job) and stick out too far causing it to be nearly impossible to adjust the seat back in the vehicle....ya, that's right, they SUCK.

5. The seat itself seems shorter then stock and feels like there isn't enough seat for your rear and thighs....might be ok in the long run but odd first off....seems the seat was made for little people with wide butts.

On the good side, the seat feels good once installed and adjusted (see above) and I think I'll like it more or less....time will tell but I will NEVER buy another one!!!! Yes they are only $250 plus shipping but I think it would be worth spending another $100 to get a Corbeau or similar seat....the Rugged Ridge just doesn't impress me but I've got it now so I guess I'm stuck with it.

Oh yay.

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So I received this yesterday and installed it as soon as I got home. It took me about 30-40 minutes max to do the swap with this in my XJ. It came with 3 types of mounting hardware for XJ, TJ/LJ. The instruction wasn't that much of help because you have to try to figure out how the orientation of the brackets using small black and white pix. That took about half the time trying to figure out the directions but everything else went well.

The seat is wide and tall but the sitting area was tight at first. I'm 5'9", 165 lbs. and a size 32 waist. But after using it the first time today going to work and back (5 hours both ways in traffic), it was more comfortable than my 2001 OE seat that it replaced. For more detailed review and pix, head on over to the XJ forum Naxja dot org. My full review is there under Non-Tech/Off Topic section.

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i ordered a drivers seat for my jeep and i held my breath when it arrived and hoped that it fit. as we installed it my installer cautioned that they never fit and all the work to get it to fit. hello, it fit like a grove and it is great fitting . amazon and the folks that test to see that things fir do a great job and i love the service from amazon. keep up the good work.