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03-08-2019, 09:37 PM | #1 |
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Bucket seat swap questions (SUV vs. Truck)
Need to deal with the power leather buckets and folding rear bench in my 3-door '98 Sierra SLT (beige/med neutral interior, code 52).
I have a 2-owner truck, zero rust, super low-mile (88k) but ... POs always parked in the GA sun, ignored interior water leaks. Inside is rough, mildew on seat belts, sunbleached plastics,giant dash holes, leather seats all split/cracked/discolored. Tackling seats now... Figure I'd ask y'all, no doubt someone can answer some of these Q's?:
My favorite yards always seem to have front seats pulled before they even get the vehicles, so I'm having a tough time answering my own question IRL.
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03-11-2019, 07:12 AM | #2 |
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Re: Bucket seat swap questions (SUV vs. Truck)
Pretty sure the fronts are the same. Rears are different, crew cabs rear bench is the same as a front bench....
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03-11-2019, 06:34 PM | #3 | |
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Re: Bucket seat swap questions (SUV vs. Truck)
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For anyone reading this later wanting to swap over to buckets from a split bench, also found a 60/40 to bucket seat conversion thread. In reading around and hitting searches on the big truck forums for 3-4 hours on Saturday, here's what I could answer for (at least) the '97-'98 trucks: Same year Yukon/Tahoe/Burb buckets will use the same floor bolt pattern as truck buckets. Unfortunately, the control panels (and maybe some risers?) aren't always the same. For the SUVs with heat there are 2 extra wires, they use a different molex plug, so it's not direct plug-and-play on those. Passenger side seat foams can be swapped to the driver side. So can the seat cover, but seats with controls will have the cover cut in that spot. Truck seat bases/risers are the same between the SUVs and trucks. You can unbolt the seat from its riser on a number of GM vehicles of the same year range (Bonneville seems to be popular choice) and bolt it to the truck riser. EDIT: More details about this two replies down from here. Still no clue if the rear seat is all-vinyl in leather-optioned trucks or if the material used is bonded to the foams or not (my material seems separated from bottom foam where it's ripped, I need a replacement rear seat I guess, but yeah ... is it leather at all? Dunno). Appears as if the driver and passenger seat riser/frames are also the same parts can can be swapped. I suspected this, the GM parts catalog only shows one base/frame from what I could tell. I did find pple on other forums claiming some seats "felt like" they favor tilting in one direction or the other. I suspect worn foams there. I can't find any trucks with anyone but single power control on passenger side, no 4-way passenger. But for the 4-way control driver seats, apparently you can mate the driver side 4-way power controls onto the passenger side riser but the plug apparently isn't the same for passenger seat which only have the lumbar adjustment (I think I thought that was something other than lumbar, maybe it actually is working...) So now I'm mulling over what to do next. Do I keep hunting for that elusive tan leather garage queen truck with mint interior & drop up to a grand on the seats .... or go junkyard my way to a truck where the back seat stayed folded down most its life, buy that for hundred or two, and spend $800 re-skinning my seats with the only "true" OEM covers out there (@The Seat Shop)? Either way I guess I'm looking at a $800-1000 for DIY.
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03-11-2019, 06:36 PM | #4 | |
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Re: Bucket seat swap questions (SUV vs. Truck)
Oh, and I found some disassembly info on another forum:
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03-11-2019, 06:38 PM | #5 | |
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Re: Bucket seat swap questions (SUV vs. Truck)
Oh and if anyone is interested in what seats you can direct-swap from other cars onto the stock GMT400 bases/risers, I found this:
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