seat replacement question

[joecool]

I've got a 98 with the cheap Cheyenne bench, thinking of going to a bucket set from a Tahoe or Suburban. I assume they bolt in easily? How much leg room do you lose on a standard cab pickup, I'm 6'5" so I can't give up too much.
When the pickups were sold with buckets were they the same as the Tahoes ECT?
It looks like from my U-Pull_It trips that the inside door panels come off and all the power window ,locks ect, come with it. How much trouble is it to remove the wiring from the donor vehicle to hook up the windows and locks?
Thanks

[joecool]

Wow, I never thought that someone hadn't been thru this before. Time to put on my coveralls and get a tape measure and go to U-pull-it.

[95 S_Trucker]

All the bucket seats from 95-00(GMT400) will be interchangeable

You will not see a difference in leg room

There will not be any holes for the inside tracks to bolt to. There will be dimples on the floor where the holes need to be drilled.

You may need to remove a heat shield on the pass side under the cab to gain access to the bottom of the floor pan.

Use heavy duty 2" washers or make some steel plates to reinforce the floor where the inner tracks mount.


You will need to completely remove the dash and take apart the wiring harness to get all the factory power window/mirror/lock wiring. It would be easier to get some diagrams and make your own harness.

[joecool]

Thanks, now just need the weather to co-operate. Thanks again

[hugger6933]

That door wiring is in the dash wiring and it goes all the way across the dash from the junction block to the pass side door. I build late model wrecks and have since 1987, and it is a pretty rare case to change one over to power that didn't have all of that stuff because of all the extra work involved to make it right.