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Old 03-23-2009, 10:05 PM   #1
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Seats for tall guys

i was wondering if any guys on here 6'5 and over had any suggestions on which seats work on 6o trucks .if you have pics
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Old 03-24-2009, 12:17 AM   #2
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What happened to your other thread on this?

Bump for ya.....
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Old 03-24-2009, 09:22 AM   #3
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Re: Seats for tall guys

Before I blew my truck apart, it had a 70 something bench that worked well for me. I want to run a seat out of an '03 but I just don't see it happening. I may end up using a 96-97 style bench in mine. Haven't gotten nearly that far yet...
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Old 03-24-2009, 10:53 AM   #4
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I'm 6'3" and I got a stock seat in mine. I just sloutch in mine cause it's hard work lookin this dam cool.
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Old 03-24-2009, 11:19 AM   #5
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Before I blew my truck apart, it had a 70 something bench that worked well for me. I want to run a seat out of an '03 but I just don't see it happening. I may end up using a 96-97 style bench in mine. Haven't gotten nearly that far yet...

so a bench seat will give more room
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Old 03-24-2009, 11:50 AM   #6
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Old 03-24-2009, 05:37 PM   #7
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I'm 6'3" and I got a stock seat in mine. I just sloutch in mine cause it's hard work lookin this dam cool.
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Old 03-24-2009, 06:01 PM   #8
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so a bench seat will give more room
Not necessarily. It depends on the track height, seat bottom thickness(both add more height to the seat overall, reducing headroom) and seat back thickness(this causes the seat to effectively be further from the back of the cab creating less leg room). These are the items that need to be investigated to make a proper seat selection for your height.

Generally speaking, a car seat will sit lower than a truck seat because of the track setup. The later model truck seats are thicker(base and back) so there will be less leg and headroom.

I personally want to run a bench for the extra seating room. I'll leave the buckets/console to my Z28.

Hopefully someone else will chime in with their personal experiences on this.

I just remembered, Woogeroo has a site that has links to common seat installation/fit that might help you out. Try searching for his user name and go to his website.
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I'm 6'3" and I got a stock seat in mine. I just sloutch in mine cause it's hard work lookin this dam cool.


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