Seat Swap
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What year is your truck? I'd only be worried about pretensioners working. And the gtp seats are a fair amount bulkier too. That being said can be done I'm sure but might be more fab work than what you think. I know a guy on here did the Escape seats and he was having some issues but it worked out!
#5
Nah they are slim racing type seats not bulky at all...lol the stock split-bench seat is the bulky one.
The things that worry me are the seat belt connection points, they're attached to a rear sliding arm on both seats that connect to the floorboard via TORX' bolts that go through the floor to the outside of the truck (can see the ground through the TORX hole)
No worries as this sliding arm connects to the "Slider" or seat frame not the seat itself so won't be an issue.
Pretty sure all I have to do is:
Take the sliders off of both the ranger, and GP seats. (sliders being everything from the seat down)
Put the ranger slider on the GP seat.
Put the GP seat with ranger slider into the truck.
I could either pop a 1/2" bead on each corner with a 110 flux core mig.
Or since the GP holes are only 1/2" wider on either side...drill new holes.
Real easy.
Last edited by RetroJordans; 01-19-2011 at 06:47 PM.
#6
What year is your truck? I'd only be worried about pretensioners working. And the gtp seats are a fair amount bulkier too. That being said can be done I'm sure but might be more fab work than what you think. I know a guy on here did the Escape seats and he was having some issues but it worked out!
#9
On the underside of the stock seats? I didn't touch anything under the stock seats just unbolted the slider/bracket from the seat...it's just 4 bolts.
#10
Yeah there's 4 bolts but check "under" the seat if you will...lol don't know how else to say it. There should be a cylinder with a thick cable attached to the belt receiver. And to the seat bracket itself. I want to say a 14mm bolt holds it in place...again would depend on year I think? Someone else would have to pipe in
#12
Yeah there's 4 bolts but check "under" the seat if you will...lol don't know how else to say it. There should be a cylinder with a thick cable attached to the belt receiver. And to the seat bracket itself. I want to say a 14mm bolt holds it in place...again would depend on year I think? Someone else would have to pipe in
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Mounting the Ranger sliders onto the GP seats as we speak using:
.035 Lincoln Electric flux-core MIG wire, fed through a 50$ Chicago Electric MIG welder bought on Craigslist.
1/2" bead on all 4 corners.
/e I live in an apartment btw..if I can fab these anyone can...I have a 4'x6' patio and a car-port lmao.
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