I really wanted to get the Oregon Aero seats for my -8A, but the cost was prohibitive...

So then,  I was going to be making my own seats using ConforFoam from Wicks, but the cost of the foam was too much for me.  I had heard good things about the seats that Becki Orndorff makes, and had decided on getting those.  Then I was looking on their website one day and found that they will sell you the uncovered seat foams for $150 so you could cover them yourself...  So that's what I got, but I had them covered by a local custom shop...  These pictures make them look better than they really are.  The foams were GREAT!, but I am not very happy with the upholstery work.  I should have just gotten Becki to cover them in the first place...

Here's some pix of the finished [and I use that word loosely] seats...

Below you can see some other things I tried, as well as the drawings I had made for my own version of the Oregon Aero Seats...

	I am using plain 'ol insulation foam I got from Home Depot for the seat bases front and rear...  it's real easy to work with, but just about all types of glues melt it.  I found if you do it all real fast it will work though...
	I used the seat from Ray Lynn's RV-8 to get an idea of how I wanted the seat to be as far as height and angle go...  I am working on some drawings of the seats themselves and will post them here as soon as I have them done...
	Here you can see the temporary front seat I made...  I used the drawings below to make the foams, but I used regular foam instead of ConforFoam...  The covering was made from an old curtain...  It's actually pretty comfortable...
I was messing around last night trying to decide how I was going to do my seats and came up with these drawings...  I still have to come up with a materials list, but I will post that as soon as I have it...  The colors directly represent the ConforFoam densities...  I think I will forgo the firm stuff, and add a layer of extra soft on the outer most portions of the seats...

FRONT SEAT

REAR SEAR

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Here is an e-mail and some pix of the Oregon Aero seats Chris Santschi is putting in his -8...

I Just bought Oregon Aero seats for my 8 after much thought and research.   They are pricey to say the least, but if you have visited there web site, or have their catalog I'm sure you have read about" painless seating", and how they use  x-rays to illustrate how the seats make your spine curvature in a more natural posture.   Being a Registered nurse for more than 10 years and having worked in orthopedics I agree with them.

 

   I found the people at Oregon Aero very easy to work with, the seats are very comfortable, the foam is firm when cold but softens as it warms to your body heat.   Contrary to what was said on the list, they are made up of lots of wedges of foam.   FYI when I was having mine covered, it has been about 2 weeks now,  Dick & Jerry VanGrunsven were at Oregon Aero,  Jerry for interior for his 9, and Dick for the 7.
 

Chris Santschi   RV8  80881, Festus, MO