Seat question..

[fastnloud]

Will the bench seat from a 1990 silverado, be a direct fit in my 82 C10?

Thanks guys.

[bigd65]

ALMOST. I just did this today. Had to get a 2 inch piece of square tubing to run along the front of the seat where the runners mounted to raise it as well as give a mounting surface for the runners, BTW, had to cut off two inches of the front of the runners after mounting it. The rear has two mounting mounting legs on each of the runners. Bolt the outside one down and drill and bolt the inside legs. Then you have to notch the rear mounting holes where they mount to the floor, the holes will be about 1/2 inch off. Measure , measure , measure.... Your holes
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[jrblanke]

Does the 88-91 seat give you more leg room? How is the room behind the seat?

[bigd65]

yes it is actually more comforable. the foam is thinner but sturdier that the springy seat. I used a 2 inch block in front of mine so it would lean it back slightly. Im am 6'3 and weigh in at about 260 so I need the leg room. it is alot more comfortable. I had to get mine in and fitted becaue I am fixing to get my interior re-done

[zook]

any chance we could get a shot of the seat. are you staying somewhat original or a little custom? nice truck. thank you
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[Overcamber]

yes anxious to see a pic

[bigd65]

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[bigd65]

Pay no mind to the fact it's dirty, I'm fixing to get my interior redone and had to get the seat fitted

I don't know why it only posts one picture, I tried to post four, with the brace
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[zook]

looks good and comfy. hope we can see new interior shots when done. thank you for photo.
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[bigd65]

Just tried to repost the picture of the brace and it said t was a duplicate post , where are the other pics then
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[bigd65]

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Y E A , look at that professional work :-)

[wraprail]

Looks good

[fastnloud]

Looks great, thanks for the info.

Does anyone know of any seats that are a direct fit on our trucks?

[bigd65]

With our strange floor design, I think even GM figured it out after the square bodies
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[bigd65]

Don't let that picture scare you off, it's not that bad of a job and that is way under the seat, you can't even see it
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[fastnloud]

Yeah, it looks great. I just don't have cutting tools, and most likely not really the skills do to that kind of thing.

[bigd65]

Nothing to it, it's 51.5 inches long. Cut the agles 1.5 inches and diagonal bolt it down and drill the drill the holes for the new bolts, really nothing to it. I could it ALOT faster now that I have done it once, but took a couple hours to do it the first time
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[buffle]

I am planning to mate the 1987 frame to the 88-98 seat. Hope it gives me more belly room.

[JWall]

This a 93 seat in my 76 using modified 93 tracks. The seat was too high with the 93 brackets so we cut them down.
You can kind of see the where the bracket was cut down in the 2nd pic.

And dont make fun of the tweed the truck is in the process of an interior overhaul!

[LEEVON]

JWall, was the bracket cut level or angled since the front needs some rise? I've been looking for a nice red bench because my belly and the steering wheel are a little too close at times.

[dieseldawg142]

Originally Posted by LEEVON

JWall, was the bracket cut level or angled since the front needs some rise? I've been looking for a nice red bench because my belly and the steering wheel are a little too close at times.

i have later model seats in my truck, (not 88-98) & one thing that i found to really make them shine (regardless of which seats you use), is to throw a tilt column in with the seats. it's pretty much impossible to not get comfortable then

[JWall]

Originally Posted by LEEVON

JWall, was the bracket cut level or angled since the front needs some rise? I've been looking for a nice red bench because my belly and the steering wheel are a little too close at times.

I believe (it's been a long time ago) it was cut straight across because I think the bracket from the 88-98s had the rise built into them at the top & the bottom is flat for mounting them to the floor.

You can kind of see it in the below best I could find quickly.

I can get better pics over the weekend. The trucks not at my house right now.

[jrblanke]

Big D and J-wall,
Thanks for the picture of the seat. I think I am going to try to find a cloth tan or brown 88-91 seat for my 84. I am 6'3'' and could use a little bit more room. I also feel like I am all up on the steering wheel.

I will keep my eye out the next time I go to the pick n pull.

[bigd65]

Well that's the way to go. I'm 6'3 and it helped my leg room tremendously
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[74 stepside]

1st pic is a 93 seat (60/40) in my 74 truck. 2nd pic is buckets out of a 90 suburban I picked up at the junk yard cheap. 88-91 suburban seats, bench or buckets are nicer than regular truck seats in my opinion and will fit fairly easy since the floors have the same hump as the trucks. The 88-98 c/k seat like mine are nice too, but are a pain to install. I had to cut and modify the brackets just like the seats earlier in this post.