After a recent road trip (5800 miles in six day's) I have concluded the seats have got to go. Not sure if this will involve some rework to the oem's or entire replacement. Would also be nice to have a full recline. Has anyone else come to this conclusion?

what is different on the 05 seats? I have the 04 buckets, 6 way power, leather. I hate that they don't recline all the way too.

I like my seats. They don't recline all the way but it's not a big deal to me.

The "upgraded cloth" seats seem worse than my 03' Duramax's were. They are a far cry from the cloth units our Tahoe's have come with. I'm only 140lbs and they flat out are unbearable after a couple hours. Our new truck also has very little padding on the console cover which I use as a arm rest, the 03' was better padded and tolerable. I'm sure I would be laughed at if I tried to make a warranty issue out of this, but I'm quite dissapointed.

Do you have the 8-way power/heated seat? IMO thet're the best seats of any full size rig and a big reason I bought a GMC. If you have the base seats, I understand, my old work truck had those and they suck!

Here's some better ones

2005
Seat, Front
GMC Truck Sierra 1500
4DR,PUP,GREY,BEN,LEA * TH,SLE
*
CS1663
$750
Dillon Auto Parts-Caldwell USA-ID(Caldwell) E-mail 1-800-777-0482

2005
Seat, Front
GMC Truck Yukon
SR,POW,HTD LEA,PAIR,NONBAG,W-241
*
50006K
$650
Spalding Auto Parts USA-WA(Spokane) E-mail 1-800-366-2070

I have the optional leather seats in my 03 CC LS, they don't have the bells and whistles of the LT seats, but the are very comfortable, even w/o any lumber adjustment. Wow, yet another example of GM cutting costs and quality at the same time!

Ochster, if you have the 6-8 way power adjusting seat, I would suggest you sit in it and play with it awhile, the seat that is. :lol: The seat comes, I would assume, very generically positioned. It took alot of adjusting of my seat controls to get it comfortable. Mainly lowering the back/raising the front for comfort.

i dont know what youre expecting, but this is the most comfortable seat of any vehicle i have ever ridden in! normally, my back is killing me after driving for a couple hours (happens in my wifes old celica, new accord, my old truck and my parent tahoe) but not in this truck! i have the cloth 6 way power seat and its great. ive driven 400 miles without stopping and never even thought about being uncomfortable. the seats and interior are the #1 reason i chose my truck.

just a thought ... are u guys sitting on your wallet wile on these trips cuz i sat on my wallet on a 6 hour trip for about 3 hours and couldnt figure out why my back hurt. Then i realazed i had my wallet in my back pocket and had been sitting on it for 3 hours straight. So i leened over and pulled it out of my back pocket and the second i sat back down it felt like my spine realined and the pain was gone. I later found out that sitting on your wallet for long periods of time will cause back problems because it throse everything out of wack in your back. Just a thought, anyone else had this happen?

I cant stand the seats either. My biggest complaint is the length of the bottom section. I am by no means tall (5' 9") and i hate having no support under my legs. Then my knee rubbing on center console...ugh I wont go there.

While on road trips, I find the seat starting to become uncomfortable, I just move it to a different position. makes a world of difference. Move it around a bit if you can and see how you like it.

just a thought ... are u guys sitting on your wallet wile on these trips cuz i sat on my wallet on a 6 hour trip for about 3 hours and couldnt figure out why my back hurt. Then i realazed i had my wallet in my back pocket and had been sitting on it for 3 hours straight. So i leened over and pulled it out of my back pocket and the second i sat back down it felt like my spine realined and the pain was gone. I later found out that sitting on your wallet for long periods of time will cause back problems because it throse everything out of wack in your back. Just a thought, anyone else had this happen?
Yep! I usually put it in that small compartment at the front of the door tray but when I forget, I do get that painful reminder...

Do what I did.........

Have a custom contoured piece of memry foam made to fit your back. Put it on the seat and cover the whole danged thing with a black sheepskin. Now Im riding in heaven.

How to remove head rest so can put the sheep skins on?

These seats seem to fit some people well, and other people not so well. I don't like the driver's seat at all. I have an Audi that I'm totally comfortable in, but I have a hard time going far in the truck without a hurting back. On the other hand, my wife thinks they're great, as do many others.

I've found three things that help: (1) A 1" piece of foam behind my back. (2) The lumbar support bugs me, and my natural reaction is to retract it all the way. But I found over time that pushing it out some helps a lot for longer trips. When it's pushed out, it feels a little uncomfortable, but it saves the major back pain coming on later down the line. (3) I took the seat out and adjusted the jackscrew that lifts the seat bottom at the front so I can get the front higher and have a steeper tilt.

An unrelated but contributing factor is that I pulled the center console and put in a center seat. The seat's builtin armrest squeezed my body too much to be comfortable.