Need opinions on bucket seats

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Need opinions on bucket seats

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Need your input or experiance on what problems I might have. Thanks Toast
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Build some mounting brackets, bolt 'em in...no problem! :wink: There's no way they'll bolt in as-is. Bucket seats in our trucks require special brackets due to how the floorpan isn't flat...it angles down on each side, right where the outside attachment points would need to be.
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Thanks Keith,making brackets probably wouldn't be a problem. Does anybody know how hard it would be to wire them in, would you need just a hot and a ground or is it more than that? :?
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Most require a constant hot and ground. No real big deal. The Seats look great. I wanteds that type for my truck. I guess I'll end up with Explorer buckets. I'd like those built in seatbelts though.
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I found them on e-bay,it was love at first sight and they are less than an hour from my place, which I can save on shipping, if they don't skyrocket in price. I can also get rid of my old seatbelts and also have a shoulder belt. Kinda killing 2 birds with 1 stone. Thanks for the info Josh. 8)
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drytoast wrote:I found them on e-bay,it was love at first sight and they are less than an hour from my place, which I can save on shipping, if they don't skyrocket in price. I can also get rid of my old seatbelts and also have a shoulder belt. Kinda killing 2 birds with 1 stone. Thanks for the info Josh. 8)

i like the bench seat.
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here's a pic of mine, had to build new brackets to fit though.


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this is the way i built the brackets sorry i dont remember the sizes or demensions.

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