My FIL just inherited a really nice 66k mile '91 Ranger from his BIL (who inherited it from his father who bought it new)
He decided he wanted to put bucket seats in it so he offered me the split bench as he had no plans for it, so I says sure. The bench seat kinda sucks for long distance driving.
Surgery time:
I have tried Explorer highbacks and Eddie Bauer BII buckets both of which failed due to hitting the back of the cab... so I stuck the DS in with just the two outside bolts to get a feel for it. It was deemed good enough to proceed.
And because I had replaced the floorpan I had to pull the sill plate and rear speaker on the DS so I could drill a new hole in the floor for the front inside mount.
Mounting tracks on for the PS and of course this little cheesy wire breaks that works the latch on the tracks. Great, it is going to be a PITA to mount that in without being able to slide the seat around.
But wait, from the shadows the savior of the farm appears...
Not like we are trying to hold hogs but that should work.
Done!
Man them XLT guys don't know how good they have it, it is like driving around while sitting on a couch. Armrest is nice... I am a happy camper. Also it is easier on the rear window if a guy can whack his head against the headrest rather than the back window in an accident.
I need to figure out what to do about the color, new covers are $100+. IIRC the upholstery guy said figure $150/seat to recover a bucket... we have a car club meeting tomorrow night and I am going to bug him about it.
And of course my neat cupholder which worked so perfect pinched between the bench seat and the floor is flopping in the wind now because the center of the split bench is a inch or better off the floor.