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will different seats work?

If I was to swtich seats in my truck could I put any in that I want or do they
have to match up with my truck?
 
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not all seats will fit... did you have any particular seats in mind? You may need to swap seat tracks or fab up your own brackets for the seats or something.

Any seats COULD be put in... it's a matter of how much time/effort/money you want to put into it.
 
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I was just wondering. I was going to do the bucket seat mod where you cut off the arm rest but thought it would be easier and look better to put totally different seats in.
 
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Well if you find some seats you like let us know and we'll try to help you out.
 
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yeah it dpends hugely on the seat type. rangers and maybe explorers in your generation would fit each other, but aside from that, Its gonna be custom fabbed. It wouldnt be hard at all though, all you need is to weld decently and come up with a simple design that you could impliment.

I'll show you in about a week
 
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I have personally installed leather buckets out of a Sportrac into my 02. All i had to do was wire them up and then round out the bolt holes on the seat tracks a little bit. Worked out great for me!
 
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thats awesome to hear. Well Im going to the junkyard in a bit to look for some and also am checking ebay. So I let you all know what I find and go from there. SuperGildo let me know when you get pics of what your doing up.
 
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If you are tall and want to sit a little lower in your truck, you could ditch the seat tracks all together and put in Escort GT seats, like I did, and just bolt them to the floor.
 
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When i get some money comin in...i'm gonna go buy the explorer leather seats...from what i've heard..there a direct fit
 
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i like the floor bolting idea and the explorer leather so I am going to search for some I like and then go from there.
 
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