New Seat Swap for the old K5 - Acadia 2nd Row

['68OrangeSunshine]

Originally Posted by notoriousnsb

CStanley - I'm looking to upgrade my original seats to something more modern. Originally I was going to use the 2007-2014 Tahoe/Yukon second rows, but after seeing your pictures, I'm now considering the Acadia seats instead as I really like the way yours turned out with the slider option.

-Did you end up staying with these seats for the past four years and are you still pleased with function and usage of them?

-Are you happy with the height in regards to comfort since you intentionally kept them a bit lower than our factory ones?

-When mounted in the same position as you did, do they slide farther back than the factory driver seat in regards to legroom? I'm fairly tall so more legroom would be ideal.

-Did you have to cut the Acadia slider rails off in the back as I looked at a pair recently and it appears that the inner rail is longer than the outer rail for the seats. Looks like maybe its just a second piece that can be removed on the longer side, but not sure? Does that 'extension piece just unbolt from the rail? See attached picture for details on that.

-How did the Acadia seat slider rail bolt holes line up with our factory seat holes? Did you have to drill out new holes in our floor or were you able to modify the slider rails enough to avoid that? Since our driver and passenger side bolt holes are in different locations in the rear I'm just trying to decide how this install could be done without drilling new holes in the my floor.

-Is your passenger side 90 degree angle iron bolted in to the original floor pan two "centered" holes that held the seat flip up latch release? What is the left rail of passenger seat bolted to in the rear?

-Did your Acadia seats come with seat heaters, and if so were you able to wire them in without a computer controller?

I have roll bar mounted three point seat belts so that is one area I don't have to consider for this install.

Any other gotchas that I should know?

Thanks in advance!

Subscribing. As my '71 Jimmy needs seats badly.