Bucket seat truck owners help please.

[drmiller1]

I have an early 76 build Silverado w/ factory bucket seat option. I need help solving my seat belt trouble- badly cracked and torn seat belt sleeves. What are my options here? Are repo sleeves available anywhere, or do I just find another GM model to get them from? Thanks for any ideas.

[J Knight]

This is what I have in mine. I think you can get the ones out of a burb or blazer. Mine were tan and I dyed them black.

[drmiller1]

Thanks, just what I was looking for. What year did you use?

[J Knight]

I bought all the parts from a wrecked 81-82 reg cab with bucket seats but I've been told that blazer and suburban's with front buckets have the same receptacles.

[sbwillard]

seatbeltplanet.com They have them in many colors.
Billy

[gmachinz]

That dark blue is a very common color in 88-91 Suburbans....you should find them in any boneyard...bucket seat Burbans are pretty common and blue being the most common interior color as well as grey. And, there are two style-laydown and stand-up inner bucket receptacles..., but get the stand-up ones-this way, you dont have to mess with "finding" the seatbelt-it is right at seat height.

[gmachinz]

As you can see....the stand-up style inners don't bolt to the angled part of the pickup floor-they bolt down on the flat section. Once bolted down, as long as the plastic base isn't cracked-they should stand up and position themselves right at the lower seat cushion-this is a pic of my 86 K-10 with 1990 Suburban buckets, console and seatbelts installed. See how theinners just sneak right up to the seat? This makes it easy to just sit and buckle.

[rs74]

Originally Posted by gmachinz

As you can see....the stand-up style inners don't bolt to the angled part of the pickup floor-they bolt down on the flat section. Once bolted down, as long as the plastic base isn't cracked-they should stand up and position themselves right at the lower seat cushion-this is a pic of my 86 K-10 with 1990 Suburban buckets, console and seatbelts installed. See how theinners just sneak right up to the seat? This makes it easy to just sit and buckle.

Hey Gmachinz, do you have a good pic of how the inner seatbelt latch mounts. I think I must be getting the other kind that lay down verse sticking up like yours. Here is a pic of the rear mounting out of the burb I am getting seats from. Thanks.

[gmachinz]

I'll have to take a pic.....truck is inside but I'll get one tonight and post it. Been debating a TBI454 swap....lol, BB Shorty......I like the sound of it....

[rs74]

Originally Posted by gmachinz

I'll have to take a pic.....truck is inside but I'll get one tonight and post it. Been debating a TBI454 swap....lol, BB Shorty......I like the sound of it....

I just happen to have that exact engine in my possession. Came out of a 90 or 91 C30. Has somewhere around 6x,xxx original miles on it with a 400 2wd trans.