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blazer buckets??
how hard would it be it throw in a set of blazer bucket seats from a k5? or are there any easier routes? i really want to put in a center console that extends all the way back so i can put my subwoofers in there. at would also look cool too. thnaks for your help
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should be real easy, the blazer brackets/floor are completely flat. All you would need is a riser and you'd be done.
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Maybe Joe (ElGracho) can post a pic of the brackets he has, then maybe you could fabricate your own. Just a thought.
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will Suburban brackets fit? They have the humps in the floor like a pickup. The buckets have an armrest and recline as well.
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So does this mean that the suburban buckets will fit in the trucks without any modification?
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They do have the humps, but not sure why. There is nothing under there.
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Blazers have a "tilting" passenger seat (whole seat pivots forward on the front of the riser) up to I believe '87 or '88. After that the seat itself folds foward and you are closer I guess. Your truck will probably have a riser beneath the seat that a Blazer or Suburban won't. This is different than the tranny "hump". All Chev trucks 73-87 have the "hump" (I think). Like it was said above, if you can find a set of truck buckets you may be able to swap the risers from truck buckets to Blazer buckets, but this is only maybe.... I had a set of buckets out of a Suburban that was a "conversion" (read lots of foo-foo stuff including butt-ugly graphics) but they would not bolt to my Blazer risers. I fabbed a mounting plate to make them work temporarily.
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Ive got blazer seats in mine but i bought it like that so i dont know how it was done they both fold in half but theyres not much room behind them
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Like Jeff said, I've wrestled with this too. I can post pictures of the Gentleman Jim buckets I have, they are original for regular cab pickups. On pickups, the passenger seat is fixed to the floor and doesn't move with four little riser brackets. The drivers seat has tracks to allow it to move but they are unique to the regular cab pickups.
The crew cab and the suburbans have the same floor stamping for the front seats as was mentioned above so their seat tracks are a direct swap. The back seat of a crew cab is the same as a regular cab pickup. The blazer floor is flat and completely different than any other of these trucks so it has unique seat tracks. Note: I keep saying tracks, the seats themselves are all interchangeable (they have made buckets for our trucks with either no armrests, an inner armrest or two armrests on each seat). If you find a set of pickup buckets, no matter what shape they are in, get them and you can use the tracks, they are by far more valuable than even nice factory seats!
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buckets are no fun Your honey / wife / girlfriend / wanna be girlfriend can't sit next to you and cuddle See, i would have buckets in ol red already, but i'm holding out for the girl.........
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Well put Ken.
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I was able to get my aftermarket seats in my truck to fit. They came out of a burb and I just tweaked the brackets a little bit to make it fit.
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Anyone have the GM part numbers for the truck buckets? can they be ordered?
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Guess I'll try to muddy the waters. :p I am trying to install Blazer buckets in a p/u using Suburban brackets and mounts.
I have discovered that the Sub mounts don't bolt directly to the Blazer buckets. They are close enough I can prolly use some flatstock to make the connection. I haven't looked at how the Suburban floor brackets fit the p/u floor yet. |
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I only found those and it doesnt specify for the APC buckets or the APC bucket bench
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Looking at the APC sight, my guess the brackets are for the Racing Truck bench seats. That sight is pretty close to worthless though. When you click on the application link it only show a photograph.
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Try PN 14023889 and 14023890 for the bucket seat tracks. They may or may not be good numbers. Another thing I was wondering about is the console. My 73 had a big dip between the humps in the floor. How do you mount a console and have it match the seat height? Are the bucket seat tracks lower, and you could make a blazer/burb console work?
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here's an Idea
Can you use two sets of bench seat brackets to put in the bucket seats?
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