Best Aftermarket Seats for Your UTV
Add Some Comfort and Capability to Your UTV with a New Aftermarket Seat
“Why would I ever need to upgrade my UTV seats?” you might wonder. “Aren’t the factory seats in my vehicle perfectly good?”
It’s a fair question, but as the only part of the vehicle that your body is in constant contact with whether you’re driving or riding shotgun, your seats play a more crucial role than you may realize. Having the right UTV seats is of the utmost importance for performance driving, where maintaining proper posture makes all the difference in your ability to hammer on the pedals and chuck it into every corner, and having a seat that can hold you in place under hard cornering is critical. Of course, even if you’re not thrashing your UTV at every opportunity, seat upholstery wears over time, and cushions break down. Give it a few years and those factory UTV seats will start showing their age, with all the tears and sags that come with it.
And then, there are those UTV owners who are still perfectly happy with their factory seats, but who might want to add a spot or two for the occasional extra passenger. For them, UTV rumble seats, which sit in the bed and face out toward the rear of the vehicle, might prove a prudent purchase.
But a machine always has room for improvement. That’s especially so when it comes to a component you are constantly in contact with when using said machine, and even more so when it impacts comfort, safety, and the ability to get the most performance out of the machine in question. UTV seats are often overlooked but are a crucial part of the side-by-side experience, and upgrading (or simply replacing) an existing unit is a great way to enhance the fun and/or functionality further. Here are some of our choices for aftermarket UTV seat options in 2025.
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1. Pro Armor Front & Rear Suspension Seat
Pro Armor has been in the UTV game for a while now. They offer a broad spectrum of upgrades and accessories for side-by-sides, and one of those options is a seat that can be fitted to either the front or rear of a UTV. It’s a suspension-type unit with “military-spec para cord” used as the suspension device. It’s powder-coated black to prevent corrosion and covered in a marine-grade vinyl to stand up to the elements. This Pro Armor unit features no-drill installation and works with a wide array of Polaris RZR XP and Can-Am Maverick and Maverick X3 models.
2. BS Sand Extreme Seat
While its name denotes a sand use case, the BS Sand Extreme works in more applications than its moniker suggests. This suspension seat boasts an “integrated rear vented section, allowing water, sand, and dirt to pass through easily,” which sounds great for those summer rides when you’ll happily take any fresh air you can get. It also has marine-grade vinyl seats and can be used in both the front and the rear of a vehicle. Applications cover the Arctic Cat Wildcat, Can-Am Maverick X3, and Yamaha YXZ1000R.
3. Apex Suspension Seats Bucket Seats
In case you haven’t noticed, there’s a recurring theme here in the form of suspension seats. Not just an advertising catchphrase, this means the seats have an internal structure designed to absorb shock and not just keep you in place. Apex’s kit uses this, plus a removable cushion and a five-point harness opening, to work as a great upgrade for select Polaris RZR models. Plus, they look super plush and in some cases can be mounted front and rear.
4. Great Day Deluxe Rumble Seat
Those who have aspirations of riding in the Subaru Brat’s bed-mounted, rear-facing jump seats can live out their fantasies with Great Day’s Deluxe Rumble Seat. This modular setup can be added to effectively any UTV with enough space in the cargo box to hold it-- Polaris, Kawasaki, Yamaha, Kubota, Club Car, Arctic Cat, Cub Cadet, Bad Boy MTV, and more. While not the most luxurious accommodation on the market, it’s a relatively inexpensive way to add seating to a machine that only sees low-speed passenger hauling use.
5. PRP GT/S.E. Extra Wide Front Suspension Seat
There’s a reason that PRP has the reputation it does, and that’s because the brand pumps out excellent seats for UTVs, Jeeps, and other full-size rigs, racing applications, and so on. Their GT/S.E. unit for the hugely popular 2015-2021 Polaris RZR doesn’t come particularly cheap, but it does give a little extra width between the bolsters, and it bolts right in for extra-easy installation. It can be had trimmed with red, black, blue, or grey piping for added style.
6. UTV Mountain Accessories Rear Bench Seat with 4-Point Harness
Need to swap in a rear bench seat for a Can-Am Maverick X3? UTV Mountain Accessories has just the ticket. There’s no two-for-one price break here, but it’s still an improvement over the stock seats, and installation is relatively straightforward. This setup brings not just a way of differentiating stylistically versus a stock machine, but there’s the benefit of added safety that comes with the aftermarket unit.
7. Simpson Racing Aggressor UTV Seat
Another brand known for its road and race car products, Simpson Racing is one of the go-to names in the aftermarket seat world. The brand’s Aggressor 110-204 170 UTV seat looks like something you’d find at a drag strip but is intended for use in side-by-sides, helping even to open up legroom and steering wheel clearance, in turn improving ingress and egress from the vehicle. It’s coated in marine-grade vinyl and is made in the USA to boot.
Which UTV Seats Are Most Comfortable?
Which UTV seats are going to be more comfortable in your vehicle depends on a lot of different factors. Generally speaking, most replacement driver and front passenger UTV seats are designed and built for better containment – that is, to better hold you in place with their big, steep side bolsters – under hard cornering, and not necessarily for more cushiness.
That said, all seat cushion foams break down over time, the material compacting and losing some of its “spring” as the void areas are squeezed out. If your seats are well-worn, any replacement – even a firm, supportive performance-oriented seat – might be a comfort upgrade.
If you’re looking for the most comfortable UTV seats of all those listed here, we might recommend the Pro Armor LE – a full-suspension seat with built-in lumbar support. The bolsters are tall enough to contain you in the seat under cornering, but not so steep or constrictive as to be uncomfortable.
How Do You Replace A UTV Seat?
Replacing any UTV seat should be a fairly straightforward un-bolt, bolt-on affair, although unless the seat you’ve purchased was made specifically for your UTV model, some extra mounting brackets will be required. These brackets are usually sold separately and typically cover only one or several different model lines.
The exact procedure necessary to remove the factory UTV seats will vary depending on the model. For model lines such as the Polaris RZR, a quick-release tab between the seat back and bottom can be pulled to release the seat from the floor for removal. After the factory seat is out, replacement is as simple as unbolting the base from the seat by loosening a few fasteners and mounting the base to the new seat using the appropriate mounting brackets.
For models such as the Can-Am X3, removal of the factory UTV seats are a bit more involved, as there’s no quick release. Instead, you must unbolt the mounts directly from the floor, lift up the bottom seat cushion to gain access to the rear bolts, and slide the seat forward to gain access to the safety harness retaining bolts. With the seat and harness out of the vehicle, the harness and seat mounting bracket can then be transferred to the new replacement seat.
If I'm replacing my stock seats with one of these aftermarket pieces, do I need to purchase anything else?
If you're going to replace your stock seats with some aftermarket ones, we'd recommend replacing your stock seat belts with some 4 or 5-point safety harnesses at the same time. The new seats you're putting in likely won't allow the stock seat belts to work properly and aftermarket harnesses just increase the safety factor by offering better restraint in the cockpit of your UTV. Additionally, if you're replacing the harnesses you might be required to purchase some special jumper plugs to bypass the seat belt alert system in many modern UTVs. These will limit the performance of the UTV if the driver's seat belt isn't properly secured. If you're removing the OEM seat belts to replace them with some kind of safety harness, you'll need this plug.
Can I install a jump seat into a Polaris RZR or Can-Am X3?
It's not something that we'd recommend. Aside from not really having enough space to install a jump seat, these seats weren't designed for the high-performance UTV market. These seats are best suited for larger UTVs like the Polaris RANGER or Can-Am Defender, which have larger bed boxes with intended use on large properties for work or hunting to carry extra passengers at lower speeds. If you do install a jump seat into one of those machines, be sure that you also install seat belts to hold those passengers in.
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Ross hosts The Hooniverse Podcast. He has been in the off-road world since he was a kid riding in the back of his dad’s YJ Wrangler. He works in marketing by day and in his free time contributes to Hooniverse, AutoGuide, and ATV.com, and in the past has contributed to UTV Driver, ATV Rider, and Everyday Driver. Ross drives a 2018 Lexus GX460 that is an ongoing build project featured on multiple websites and the podcast.
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