rev seat convirsion

The Rev seat conversion you are talkin about isn`t really to difficult to do, I had done it on my sled and ran it all last year it was an 05 seat, but if you the only down fall I encountered is the bottom of the seat is wider than the top of the tunnel and makes it difficult to stand with your feel back for long periods of riding feels like you are like straddleing the seat after a day of riding made my legs really soar the next day, the rev chassis itself doesn`t have this problem I beleive cause the running boards are wider and don`t taper back like the S Chassis does,

I beleive the best Rev Seat you can install is the 06-07 type seat like the ones you see on an XRS they are narrower at bottom and taper in to the top of the seat and would be much more comfortable, I have never riddin a Rev but at the dealer I sat and stood on a 04 Rev with the wider seat and then a 07 XRS on the same day and there was a huge difference between the two in seat design.

Here is a link to my photobucket to from when I built my Rev seat, all you need is time know-how and the from frame work of the original S Chassis Seat
you just modify the front of the Rev Seat frame to mate it to the original frame section and them wrap the rev upholstery around the front of the 2 frames and re staple it together, alot of people who have done this add a piece of plastic or something to the front of the seat frames to fill in the triagly shaped gap you get from the seat to the tank, You could also search on Dootalk for (Rev Seat Conversion) and you will come up with alot of people who have done it and pics also, mostly on ZX sleds but the concept is pretty similiar.

http://s375.photobucket.com/albums/oo197/ddcard/

there is also pic of my modded original seat I made after I sold the rev seat.
the rev seat pics are a few pages in in reverse order.

Good Luck, Wildcard28

Check out my thread on dootalk Has a writeup and pics of how I mated an 05 REV seat to my S-chassis. I used ZX tank and seat base. I have since seen others use the stock S-chassis tank and seat, But I personally feel the ZX looks better because the seat tucks under the center console better.

http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=157685&hl=frankensled

biggest problem with using the zx tank is it hits the cooler tubes on the s chassis tunnel where they come out the tunnel ahead of the tank, especially the one on the RH side, doesn`t allow the tank to move far enough forward so the steering post dont line up in the hole of the dash piece, or the steering loop won`t wrap around the tank unless you re drill holes in the tunnel, I tried it with the original cooler wouldn`t work unless you install zx coolers in the tunnel the zx tank is alot of work, mine used the original tank.

Good Luck, Wildcard28

Ya, I forgot about the coolers, thx

The trick to installing a ZX tank on the S-chassis is to use a heat gun. You can soften the plastic and re-form the tank to clear the right front cooler. It is VERY important to take your time heating up the tank. It will take a little trial and error, but you will discover at what temp you can soften the plastic enough to mold it, and allow it to cool to the shape that you want. DON'T get it too hot! Once tank and console are installed, there will be a slight gap between the console and rear edge of the S hood. I made a crescent-moon shaped piece of black plastic to fill this void, pip-riveting it in place onto the front edge of console. To locate either side of the tank, I also welded on some small brackets on the steering hoop to locate the tank side-to-side. I made a bracket for the rear of the tank, to clear the heat exchangers as well.

I did this to my "Mutt" 670, and the ZX tank, console cover, and ZX seat look factory. Over four years later and no problems at all.

With a little time and effort, it WILL work!