removing lounge seats???

[RTW5150]

I have an '83 Bayliner Capri, I wanted to remove the 2 fold down lounge chairs and replace them with 2 swivel fishing chairs. My question is how do you remove the old seats?? I stripped the carpeting and the seat cushions but I don't see any bolt holes or mounting brackets. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[crab bait]

Re: removing lounge seats???

if they're screwed from underneath , BOY ARE YOU IN A WORLD OF poop !! better look again !!

 

[jvolpe28]

Re: removing lounge seats???

rtw.....your lounge seats should be bolted inside the box, extend the lonnge seat into a bed, then lift the end of the seat and look inside the box, should be 1 bolt in each corner. hope that helps

 

[12Footer]

Re: removing lounge seats???

And the boxes these seats are mounted on, are usually fiberglassed-in. You may opt to leave them in,and making a thick hatch or cover for them, and mount the swivel seats to this hatch. That would require a strong, reliable latching mechanism tho,as you wouldn't want it unlatching at the top of a wave,with you and seat both airborne <br /><br />I have a slightly newer Bliner capri with lounge seats in it. I needed to replace them,and gave a lot of thought to doing what I just sugjested you do...Too much werk for me. I just bought new ones, and installed them...All done,comfy,and back to fishin.

 

[RTW5150]

Re: removing lounge seats???

I'm planning on replacing the decking at the same time so if they're glassed in it shouldn't be that bad. Could the bolts be under the glass? I thought of mounting the new seats to the boxes but I want the room behind there so I can mount a cooler and live well back there. I guess I should have started this a little earlier in the year.

 

[Cali_fisher]

Re: removing lounge seats???

I have a 1988 Bayliner Capri with the fold down lounge chairs. I want to remove them and add captains chairs.
Today I pulled up the carpet around the riser boxes the seats are mounted on and these boxes are 100% fiberglassed in with the floor.
Can I just take a sawzall and cut at the base of these boxes to remove them?
I am NOT doing any other floor repairs other than the seats I cut out.

Thanks for your feedback.

 

[smokeonthewater]

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Hello and welcome to IBOATS..... In the future please don't resurrect old dead threads.... start a new one....

I suspect that yes you could easily do that.... I suggest cutting 1/4" above the floor and using a 40 grit flap disc on a 4" angle grinder to finish... make sure you wear goggles and a mask when cutting and grinding fiberglass