Pa 12 Seat into a PA 14 - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

bosco · 04-29-2013, 08:07 PM

Heard Hobie may be coming up with a bracket to put a PA 12 seat into a PA 14 or redesigning a new seat for the PA 14. Anybody? bosco

oneyedeer · 04-29-2013, 08:35 PM

Think the 2013 pa14 already have the vintage seat. If you want to do conversion on the older models might be far fetched cause the seat by itself is 700bucks

Raskal311 · 04-29-2013, 10:22 PM

$700? !I don't see the big deal with those seats, they aren't that comfortable.

oneyedeer · 04-30-2013, 06:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Raskal311

$700? !I don't see the big deal with those seats, they aren't that comfortable.

thats what i said lol you would think a 700 seat would keep your beer cold, massage, and flush

Baja_Traveler · 04-30-2013, 07:02 AM

This topic was heavily discussed on the Hobie Forums - conclusion was that if you have the older PA design, refitting the new seat is near impossible without cutting up the deck and rewelding pieces in.

I do agree that the price of that seat is a rip off, but disagree on the comfort. Hopefully you guys never have to deal with a bad lower back, I can stay on the water as long as I want with the Vantage seat, where before 3-4 hours was all I could handle.

Dannowar · 04-30-2013, 11:52 AM

I've done 12 hours in the old seat. No biggie.

04-29-2013, 08:07 PM	#1
bosco Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Santa Barbara Posts: 59	Pa 12 Seat into a PA 14 Heard Hobie may be coming up with a bracket to put a PA 12 seat into a PA 14 or redesigning a new seat for the PA 14. Anybody? bosco

04-29-2013, 10:22 PM	#3
Raskal311 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Santa Ana/Westminster Posts: 1,256	$700? !I don't see the big deal with those seats, they aren't that comfortable. __________________ Kevin Yellow PA12 Last edited by Raskal311; 04-29-2013 at 10:32 PM.

04-30-2013, 11:52 AM	#6
Dannowar Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 1,823	I've done 12 hours in the old seat. No biggie. __________________ "Beware the lollipop of mediocrity; lick it once and you’ll suck forever." — Brian Wilson

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04-29-2013, 08:35 PM	#2
oneyedeer Senior Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Orange County, ca Posts: 684	Think the 2013 pa14 already have the vintage seat. If you want to do conversion on the older models might be far fetched cause the seat by itself is 700bucks

04-30-2013, 07:02 AM	#5
Baja_Traveler Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Table 17, Bay Park Fish Co. Posts: 943	This topic was heavily discussed on the Hobie Forums - conclusion was that if you have the older PA design, refitting the new seat is near impossible without cutting up the deck and rewelding pieces in. I do agree that the price of that seat is a rip off, but disagree on the comfort. Hopefully you guys never have to deal with a bad lower back, I can stay on the water as long as I want with the Vantage seat, where before 3-4 hours was all I could handle.