no more boss seats.

mmsports · Apr 18, 2013

Hello BOSS Dealers!

We are writing today to announce the retirement of the BOSS Seats division.* BOSS will no longer be producing snowmobile seats.* There is a limited amount of inventory left that is still available.* These seats are all black with either white or silver logos, and will be sold on a first come, first serve basis.* If you have any customers that have been considering a BOSS seat, let them know that now is the time to order.* These seats are in mid-production status now, and will all be finished by the end of May, 2013, at which time BOSS Seats will formally retire. Here is a list of the remaining seats (listed by part numbers) with their available quantities:

email I just revived from boss.

ACMtnCat · Apr 18, 2013

This is awesome news! Boss has held 4-5 patents have been making the sled mfg. make awful crappy seats.

Now the stock sleds will come from the factory with much better seats!:cheer2:

RACINSTATION · Apr 18, 2013

I would almost bet that they sold those patents to one or more of the manufacturers. I hear the zipper patents is still up for grabs!

Ryanlilly · Apr 18, 2013

Will they continue to do repairs?

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mmsports · Apr 19, 2013

???

Ryanlilly said:
Will they continue to do repairs?

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if you retire you still going to go into work?

it sounded like they are closing shop.

izzni · Apr 19, 2013

Huh, so you have to make **** products for 5 years before you can no longer sell them. Good to know.

backcountryislife · Apr 19, 2013

funny that they couldn't figure out the obvious though.

When they made a solid product, it was always in demand, they sold well, and for good money... then they let quality go to SH**, and it all fell apart.

Seems like the math isn't that complicated.

Shame to see them go, rather than simply start making a good solid product again.

Buckett · Apr 19, 2013

backcountryislife said:
funny that they couldn't figure out the obvious though.

When they made a solid product, it was always in demand, they sold well, and for good money... then they let quality go to SH**, and it all fell apart.

Seems like the math isn't that complicated.

Shame to see them go, rather than simply start making a good solid product again.

R u saying the new seats they're making suck? Whats so bad about them? I'm lookin for a smaller seat during the off season, not sure if cats new seat/tank is the way to go

backcountryislife · Apr 19, 2013

Buckwheat said:
R u saying the new seats they're making suck? Whats so bad about them? I'm lookin for a smaller seat during the off season, not sure if cats new seat/tank is the way to go

I can't say anything about the proclimb seats, as I haven't seen one, but the M seats have been terrible over the last few years. I'd say since 09 their quality has been HORRIBLE. Year before last they said they were getting back to quality being job #1, but the seats we saw after that were no different.

Maybe the PC seats were quality again, and they just did too little too late, not sure.

boondocker97 · Apr 19, 2013

I saw a newer boss seat on the snowest project proclimb at the expo in west yellowstone and it looked way nicer than the ones on my m-series sleds. I definitely would have considered buying one if I was in the market. Probably like backcountryislife said, must have just been too little too late. The only issue I personally had with my boss seats was one seam that started to pull apart a little and I sent it in and they fixed it and shipped it back. I was always careful with the zippers though.

deanross · Apr 19, 2013

Tough crowd! I love my 10 m8 seat. It seems to be very well made. No issues whatsoever. Maybe some were good some bad?

backcountryislife · Apr 19, 2013

deanross said:
Tough crowd! I love my 10 m8 seat. It seems to be very well made. No issues whatsoever. Maybe some were good some bad?

Wow... that must be the case. I know a couple guys who got them in 10, and one in 11, and they've all fallen apart badly. The zippers mostly, but also heavy fading, and poor sewing.

It's just suck a shame... they were the friggin gold standard for years!

I remember paying $400 for a seat that was 3 or so years old, then selling it a year later for the same amount. They made a great product!

Anylizer · Apr 19, 2013

They "used" to make good seat. in the last few years the quality was terrible. As a dealer for them for over 13 years,and selling over 500 seats, their service was the worst in the industry!

I'm not going to miss them!

Buckett · Apr 19, 2013

BCIL, your talkin boss-made seats, not cat-made, right?

What are some good quality seat mfg's out there?

rmk800ak · Apr 19, 2013

WRP makes good seats

DWT · Apr 19, 2013

Boss offered a poor quality product and backed it with even worse customer service. It's no wonder they couldn't get anybody to buy their seats.

sledneck_03 · Apr 19, 2013

Rasmussen had a pro model boss seat, guess it had issues or took forever. He contacted wrp and they made him one and boom he has one for every make.

backcountryislife · Apr 19, 2013

Buckwheat said:
BCIL, your talkin boss-made seats, not cat-made, right?

What are some good quality seat mfg's out there?

They only worked with cat in 09 that I know of... the 2010 & 2011 cat seat was MUCH better than the boss 09 seat.

summ8rmk · Apr 21, 2013

09 cat/boss seat

Yup, dem some paper clips. Been there since 2008. Had to sew the zipper back on a couple times.

The tears r not the seam but a 1/4" beside the seam. ???

New 2012/13 seat.

The New seat foam is much better than the 09. The quality looks and feels much better, back to the original quality. But time will tell.
Even though the 09 seat quality was down I still wouldn't trade it for a stock seat.

Ryanlilly · Apr 21, 2013

mmsports said:
if you retire you still going to go into work?

it sounded like they are closing shop.

So what your saying is you don't know... Alright thanks!

no more boss seats.

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