Baja Bug Build (Ep. 35): Buying Sport Seats instead of Suspension Seats (BRAUM ORUE-S Series)

[@VWJawbreaker]

Man those do look nice and high quality. Thanks for the shout out as well!

[@thebinderbuilder]

Thanks Gary. Yeah, they kinda made me think of the 2017 S560 seats that I wanted to put in.... Mmmmmm...soooo comfy.

[@robertosantinni9656]

Seats are very critical. Comfort is a necessity. 👍

[@thebinderbuilder]

AMEN! Seriously, if my wife doesn't enjoy driving in it, that will naturally lessen thr time I have in it. The goal is for both of us to enjoy it, then maybe I can be a cool like @VWJawbreaker and have a camping get-up to pull around for extended weekends!

[@robertosantinni9656]

Oh, did I tell you my High School colors are Orange and Black, yeah they are. 👍😁

[@thebinderbuilder]

Very cool!

[@timswitzer792]

Keep'em coming Damian!

[@thebinderbuilder]

Will do

[@timswitzer792]

I like the orange in your color scheme!! Im going orange and white

[@thebinderbuilder]

@@timswitzer792 can't wait to see what you do!

[@garyjones2582]

Very nice looking seats D... Do you happen to mention the price of these seats, if you did I missed it.. I like the fact that they don't kick your head forward.. Can't wait to see the rest of the interior.. thx for bringing us along...Take care and God Bless....

[@thebinderbuilder]

In the end, these were less than standard PRP suspension seats, about equal with Corbeau seats, and saved me a few hundred over the nice PRP seats. Retail is just under $1k. But I found them cheaper from one of their dealers. You can also get even better deals during sales events (i.e. Black Friday, etc) Full disclosure: BRAUM gave me a partial sponsorship, which saved me a couple hundred. Still more than the China/eBay/Amazon cheapo seats, but definitely worth it. Honestly I was planning to buy these seats either way.

[@XLFreddie]

Bro got that honeycomb

[@thebinderbuilder]

@@XLFreddie yessir!

[@Brian_in_Vegas]

I picked up some 2021 Toyota Matrix seats for $100… My budget is almost non-exsistant 😮

[@thebinderbuilder]

Ohh... I bet those seats are great seats. Especially since they are 2021 seats...the seat technology has really taken off as of late. I'll be honest, I wanted Mercedes seats from a 2017 S550. Those would have been EPIC!

[@MiahsBug]

Please store those in the house, too pretty to be in the fab shop!

[@thebinderbuilder]

For sure! There's back in the plastic bag and in my attic for safe keeping!

[@robertosantinni9656]

Holy smoke, was that the individual price or the price for 2? BTW, I’m a “snug” 40 but wear 42. Hey, I’m 70 years old. Get over it. 😉

[@thebinderbuilder]

Price is for both seats and included double-locking sliders, hardware, shipping and tax. The braum website price is MSRP, but BRAUM dealers have deals/special sales, so you can get a PAIR of these seats for less than that. Also, all seats come with sliders, shipping and probably tax. Expensive? Actually no. MSRP is on par with entry level PRP (which are sold 'per seat'). And are about the same as the nice Corbeaus (iirc, Corbeau doesn't come with sliders). If your looking for similar seats from PRP, these will save you a few hundred over the higher end PRPs (PRP Podiums, etc)

[@ratherbeflyen1]

Skipped most of this video as I don't care much for unboxing and product review videos from a builder channel. More building, less product placement please.

[@thebinderbuilder]

That's exactly why I put the seat coverage up front and did the verbiage on the back end. I did try to rush through the unboxing with time-lapse...but still. Good to know. The good news, next week's video is back to the fab work!