It’s nice to have predictable weather I guess it’s a trade off for the extreme heat days. As you said at least you can drive it everyday if you like. Nice!
Posts by Fullthrottle#1
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Thanks for the picture that’s the look I’m going for , but with the red stitching. Not sure what black that is with black Daytona on arms and black carbon on back and white carbon on the band and deciding on the ostrich texture.
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yea.I’m not looking to go overboard or keep up with the jones’ I’m just looking for relief. If those nice pink chairs made my back comfortable and reclined I would go with them. NOT!!! I think you catch my drift though. Everyone has there own taste as to style and looks and I respect that. I have seen a lot of nice looking rides that you all are driving, most I would have a hard time choosing which one to drive off the lot.
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Just like a high end Lincoln Navigator you can get some seats for the Slingshot that are both heated and cooled... I have a 2016 with OEM seats and my butt in them for 86,500+ miles. Lots of options. If you can put you butt in one of the seats you would like to buy before you buy. Try to make it to a local event.
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seems like most remedies seem to be tilting the seat forward with a towel on the seat portion. I will use that method for now coming from people who know what the feeling of hot really is, when 90 feels like an arctic
blast! But I still am going to go with a aftermarket seat more for comfort than looks, but with all the technology out there, there should be no reason that I can’t have both. The color choices and textures are incredible and fun to play with on the prp seat finder I just need a few more answers. One, is the ostrich texture waterproof and what pvl stands for and is that also waterproof. After reading your response funinthesun I have to agree I want to go with something that is as close to all waterproof as possible.
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As I mentioned above I keep a small towel in the compartment behind the drivers seat. When I park I lay that towel to cover the bottom cushion of the seat and then I tilt the back all of the way forward so that the sun cant hit it doing this keeps the seat from getting too hot to sit in - - my Slingshot is my daily driver and I have to do this almost every single day - - here in the desert the 90 degree days you mention are actually fairly cool - we probably wont have normal day time highs that low on a regular basis until sometime in mid to late September
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Please do if you don’t mind. Was also reading through a post started back in 2017 I believe titled aftermarket seats and seat covers. I get it about the suede and water, but does the ostrich texture have the same absorbing properties? Like i have mentioned I do like the look of the texture but can live without, if it’s of a suede type material.
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are you referring to the PRP ss seats with the gray color because I’m not sure what that material is made of, it almost looks like Suede it’s hard to tell by the picture.
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Just one small suggestion. Please consider your choice of material for the seats. If there's ANY chance you'll be riding (or parked) in the rain, do NOY go with the "cloth" insert. That stuff soaks up the water like a sponge. I got caught in a heavy rain storm only 5 miles from home. It took almost three days for the inside foam to dry out. That was AFTER I tok the cover off the seats and squeezed out about a gallon of water to each section. It didn't take me too long to order a new set of seats that were all vinyl.
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Thanks everyone, you all came up with some good solutions and some good laughs to boot.
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sorry to hear about your back it sucks I know the feeling all to well. I will paraphrase here a bit, I get the thing about after sitting on a pile of rocks then sitting on anything else would have to feel better but I’m ready to be sitting on something like a cloud.
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Bad back, Army messed it up and VA said it's bad enough for 20%.... PRP seat covers over the stock seats - small ass too so maybe that's why I like the stock seats in my 18. Did 428 miles in it last Monday and got up and rode a few hundred more the next day. Guess it helps too having sat in the worst seat for hours on hours (c130 jump seats) you look at just about everything else as a level of comfort above that
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I do like the color combination on these seats and the texture where the ss logo is. The one thing I would change is where the back and cheeks are and go with not the white but I believe they had a light gray, I think that’s what I’m looking at. I like the idea that they Velcro in place like you said you can put them in the floor boards or even just flip them over .
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I have the SS seats. Wife asked to upgrade after sitting in Bu11sh1t seats at the homecoming event. She hasn't asked for much on the sling and doesn't complain about my spending so when she said she wanted them I turned the designer over to her and had her make what she wanted. Wife wants to spend money on the sling who am I to argue?
Anyways, something to note that I didn't see mentioned as far as one of your issues. The seat bottoms velcro in. So if we're stopped somewhere the sun may be an issue we unlatch the seat bottoms and set them down in the floorboard out of the sun. When it's time to go we just attach them back real quick and they're cool to the cheeks.
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I just looked at the twist dynamics and they are very similar to the PRP ss to bad they didn’t come with more color variations. Nice looking seats I wish the seat part came in a choice or gray or lighter color. I have the 2016.5 White Pearl ss. On slingmods the pictures they have of the PRP seats on the white ss is a nice combination of colors. So far I’m leaning in that direction with maybe a different stitch pattern.
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First, I think the PRP seats are a great choice.
Second, look at the Twist Dynamics seats. I have them and have been VERY happy with them - at 1/2 the cost.
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the stock are a little to stiff for my back plus i don’t throw the half cover on if I run to a store and only gonna be there for 10 or 15 minutes and those black seats in the sun on a 90 degree day … need I say more. Speaking of, do you other guys find the after market seats getting hot as well?
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I am still running the stock 2015-16 seats in both Slings. I have not found anything that was more comfortable for my narrow a$$.
