98'explorer seats in a 03' ranger
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yea they will bolt right in.....and NO you don't have to enlarge some holes in the seat.....speaking from experience.....i didnt enlarge holes on my Explorer seats and they bolted in fine....
only problem you will have is the Explorer lower seatbelt bracket is shorter than the Rangers.....on the driver side, you can swap the Explorer for the Ranger's and it will work....on the passanger side, you will have to make a bracket extention......
only problem you will have is the Explorer lower seatbelt bracket is shorter than the Rangers.....on the driver side, you can swap the Explorer for the Ranger's and it will work....on the passanger side, you will have to make a bracket extention......
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Originally Posted by lifted97ranger
yea they will bolt right in.....and NO you don't have to enlarge some holes in the seat.....speaking from experience.....i didnt enlarge holes on my Explorer seats and they bolted in fine....
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I have '01 Explorer seats in my '03 Ranger and I did have to enlarge the front mounting holes just a little. Other than that, they drop right in. Wiring is easy....just a hot and ground and some nice wire routing/hiding, and swapping the seat belt mounts and you are good to go. I had to open up the seat belt mounting holes on the Explorer seat frames to accept a nice large Grade 8 stainless bolt and nylon lock nut. A little extra cost here is worth it because you are dealing with your own safety if you get into a wreck. While you have them out of the truck you may want to buy some new foam for them to give them a factory fresh feel. Over the years the foam breaks down and the seats get flat. Fortunately for me, my Ranger came with factory bucket seats and a center console that I like so I didn't have to swap one in and the female end of the seat belts worked just fine without any extensions. In any event, you must find some way to keep the Ranger female seat belt sections with the wire harness or else you will have airbag and seatbelt light issues. Heres pics of mine the first day I put them in. I replaced all the seat foam in both seats soon after and the leather looks nice and tight now and not so "loose" especially on the drivers seat that someones fat butt had often been. I plan to get some new black/tan leather for them later this year to more closely match the OEM color scheme of the interior. I got lucky to find some that weren't all cracked and worn really bad but I did spend alot of time cleaning and treating them before I put them in. I treat them about once monthly to keep the leather clean and supple.
Last edited by klc317; 09-03-2007 at 03:45 PM.
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I would like to come up with some black leather seats for mine. What models would be the best to look for and be the easiest to swap in?
(edit, have been up since yesterday at noon)
so black leather did come in explorers? I want to do a black and grey 2 tone.
(edit, have been up since yesterday at noon)
so black leather did come in explorers? I want to do a black and grey 2 tone.
Last edited by mfp4073; 09-10-2007 at 03:46 AM.
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Originally Posted by mfp4073
I would like to come up with some black leather seats for mine. What models would be the best to look for and be the easiest to swap in?
(edit, have been up since yesterday at noon)
so black leather did come in explorers? I want to do a black and grey 2 tone.
(edit, have been up since yesterday at noon)
so black leather did come in explorers? I want to do a black and grey 2 tone.
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Is it possible to get the gray or tan and use black leather conditioner to make it work? I don't have power seats, but would like them. Is there an easy solution to that? Or just get the manual seats? I have blue cloth interior, but would like to switch to a blue/black arrangement sometime in the next 6-8 months...
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Best bet would be to get them recovered with new stuff from Katskin or somwhere although you're going to pay alot, upwards of $500 just for 2 seats but it is high quality and you can get any color combination that you want. I've never tried leather dying and I wouldn't trust my abilities anyway. Also, most of the used Explorer seats you will find will have some wear and tear on the leather at best (some are really cracked and dried out) and would need the leather replaced anyway if you want them in excellent shape. I got lucky and found a really nice set but I did replace the foam in them because the drivers seat especially was kind of flat feeling from someones fat butt sitting in them over the years.
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