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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Glendale, AZ
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Seat Upgrade! What did you use?
We have a 72 K-10 project and are looking for ideas for seats. Our donor truck is a 2003 Silverado SS and the seats are comfortable with lots of features. However, they are also quite bulky and take up a lot of room!!! I wanted to use them, as they are in good condition, but they do not fit. ANy ideas of other seats that are less bulky?
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Re: Seat Upgrade! What did you use?
Why did they not fit? Seems to me people have been putting a lot of newer chevy seats in to our old trucks? Or are you just looking for something smaller for more cab room?
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Re: Seat Upgrade! What did you use?
The seats fit in the cab but the brake pedal sticks out so far that it is not really reasonable to put the seat that close to it. The back of the seat is so thick and bolstered, whereas some others are much thinner, so it sits much further forward in the cab. Does anyone have pics of those seats installed in the truck?
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Re: Seat Upgrade! What did you use?
Glide Engineering makes a good seat. Kind of pricey, but we enjoy ours.
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Re: Seat Upgrade! What did you use?
I've got a 91 chevy truck 60/40 bench in my truck. It fits pretty good ,and they're usually not too hard to find.
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Re: Seat Upgrade! What did you use?
I`ve had my seats upgraded with 1" foam.It makes the base truck seat feel 10x better.
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Re: Seat Upgrade! What did you use?
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+1 I had my seat done and it feels perfect and for $150.00 total including new upholstery great money spent...
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Re: Seat Upgrade! What did you use?
These have been in my 71 since about 1990. They stil look great. 1989 60-40 seat. I installed the seat belts and shoulder harness also.
They both slide & fold forward also.
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Re: Seat Upgrade! What did you use?
Has anyone else had issues with the brake pedal sticking out too far? What other seat options are there? Please post pics of seat installs.
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Re: Seat Upgrade! What did you use?
1997 Pontiac Bonneville Buckets. Left one is power.
Kerry
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Re: Seat Upgrade! What did you use?
Its a bad pic but this is the leg room i have in my 71..My bench is out of a 95 silverado...pretty easy install used some wood as spacers and double washer'ed the floor with some some grade 8 bolts
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Re: Seat Upgrade! What did you use?
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Re: Seat Upgrade! What did you use?
67-68 Buddy buckets covered in Ultra-leather:
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Re: Seat Upgrade! What did you use?
I used 2005 navigator seat now just need to fine a console.
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Re: Seat Upgrade! What did you use?
Factory buckets for a 70.
Ron
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Re: Seat Upgrade! What did you use?
I will be using 98 Dodge truck seats... I got them free and brand new seat covers for $20
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Re: Seat Upgrade! What did you use?
2004 ford seats
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Re: Seat Upgrade! What did you use?
Seat upgrade or seat change?A good upholstery shop can upgrade your seat to anything you want.I`ve seen contoured seating made from factory seats.
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Re: Seat Upgrade! What did you use?
That's the way to do it!
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Re: Seat Upgrade! What did you use?
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Re: Seat Upgrade! What did you use?
2nd-row Tahoe seat, from a '98. It doesn't slide, but it has tilting seat backs and room for storage under the passenger seat.
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Re: Seat Upgrade! What did you use?
I'm running 07' Dodge Ram seats
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Re: Seat Upgrade! What did you use?
azsmokey,
i am using a '92 "work truck" full bench seat that i got from a salvage yard. i had to redrill the front 2 holes but other than that it was a r & r job. i will have the seat redone when i get to the interior point.... good luck!! |
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