New Ranger; source for new seats?

[crankyjew2d2]

hey all,

a month or so ago I rolled my 94 Splash. Country road, hit some ice and slush, various spinning across the road ensued, hit a muddy ditch going sideways. my rear leaves broke, and suddenly I was upside down. Things could have been worse, nobody got hurt.

Now I've got a 2002 xlt off-road. this picture is it at the dealer's lot.

It's real nice, there's just been a few minor things here and there i've had to do, like some blown dash lights and adjusting the doors to get the door ajar light to go away.

I'm running some black stock steelies off of CL with the silver center caps, with Cooper Discoverer M+S. I work night shift and much of driving is at 4-5am when the roads are shittiest up here in Buffalo, so some good snow's for winter were justified.

There's not too many plans for the truck- my off-roading is frequent, but not too extreme. I plan to crank the t-bars in the spring. Also in the spring the stock Alcoa's are going back on, with some Cooper Discoverer A/T3.

Mostly right now I'm wanting to ditch the bucket seats. I'm the kind of guy that thinks trucks need bench seats. What is the best source for a 60/40 bench for 2001+ trucks in the black with grey insert? Buffalo CL isn't the greatest for things like that.

-zt

 

[adsm08]

Junk yard.

 

[crankyjew2d2]

yup, working on that. we've only got two u-pull-its around here. one usually only has around ten rangers at any given time, and NEVER anything newer than 2000. mostly cars. the other has better stock, but their hours and my work hours frequently don't line up. are there any online sources for OEM ranger seats?

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

A solid bench will probably most likely be found in standard cabs and 2wd... probably suplimenting a white paint job with some companies name on the door.

60/40 split bench is as probably as close as you are going to get in the colors you want.

 

[adsm08]

With the bracket differences, he will almost be stuck with a split bench if he doesn't want to do some fab work to get it attached.

 

[crankyjew2d2]

Yeah i figure much the same. 60/40 is my preference anyway. anything but the buckets and that crappy creaky plastic center console.

 

[EMB1230]

The last year of the FULL bench seat in a Ranger was 1997, and unfortunately, they ONLY came in vinyl.

 

[crankyjew2d2]

one of the local yards got in a silver 2004 ex-cab with the black and grey 60/40 today, lucky! they'll give them to me for $100, i'll try to get them to come down a bit. grabbed the radio out that truck today too.