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Originally Posted by StingRay
Any seat with integrated belts requires substantial floor reinforcement. Seat belt loads will all get transferred through the seat mounting points that were never intended for such loads. Even a truck that came with stock 69-72 buckets had floor reinforcements that the bench trucks did not. Failure to re-engineer the floor could result in the front of the seat rotating downwards through the floor resulting in you impacting the column. It could even result in you and the seat being ejected from the truck. Your best option is a rust free floor and cab mounts and using the stock engineered mounting points designed by GM for exactly that purpose. The 99-06 seat is a nice seat. I have one in my 04. That's exactly where it belongs.
I guess I should qualify this. Swapping one bench for a more modern one is not a big issue. Attention to how it's mounted definitely needs to given and you generally can't just drill and bolt anywhere you like without evaluating the structure and adding gussets where necessary. The integrated belt stuff is a whole different animal.
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my seats are held down with 8 grade 8 bolts and the floor is solid and steel plates put under the floor you would go nuts if you new my 69 cab is on a 83 k5 blazer frame lol