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- 1999
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My trusty 1999 standard cab's drivers seat finally succumbed to the years of sun and the upholstery split open. Time for some repairs. My fist thought was to "swap in some seats", but the more I dug, the more contradictory things got.
I use my truck every day, so whatever I did it had to be done quickly. There were a couple of things I wanted to accomplish. One was to get rid of the 60/40seat, and do buckets so I can install/fab/buy a nice roomy center console.
Here is what I have done, and where I am going. I bought a used passenger seat. (My truck has standard no frills, no airbag seats, which are other than the failing upholstery perfect for me).
The used passenger seat has different brackets on the back, and will not bolt up due to elevation changes in the floor pan. I didn't want to hack this job, I want a "factory" fit, factory safe job.
I took the stock mounts off the seat. This left the seat back, and seat pan separate. The seat backs appear to be the same, and the seat pan has all the cutouts, etc to be used for either side. The stock passenger mounts went into the recycle bin.
I bought a ragged out driver's seat for cheap, and took the mounts out out and saved the hardware, tilt handle, and seatbelt receiver. The right mount has a bracket that helped support the seat pan extension that is not needed, so I cut it off.
Now the seat mounts bolt in place, and I have a "new" Driver's side bucket seat.
I am getting them professionally upholstered, and they will fit and operate like "factory".
Some tips (no pics yet): when you disassemble the passenger seat, After you remove them, tilt them all the way forward. This gives you ready access to the torx bolt for the set pivot, and the small torx bolt for the tilt mechanism. Take those four bolts out and the seat comes apart. Set the back out of the way.
The driver's seat, you need to remove the center console (two torx bolts), unbolt the console mount from underneath (three bolts) and shove the mount out of the way to get to the pivot and tilt mechanism bolts. Save the seatbelt receiver. Save the tilt handle (it has a spring lock in the handle that pops right out).
Remove the five bolts that hold the tracks to the seat base. Pry the speed nuts off the seat adjuster bar on both sides. Remove the bar carefully (save the little O-rings), then the tracks come right out. they will still be hooked together by the tilt cable so don't kill it.
Cut of the extra bracket that supported the seat base extension, clean the parts and paint them and install in the newly upholstered seat pans, put the back of the seat back on, install and enjoy.
I will take the passenger seat out of the truck, and send it, and the "new" seat to the upholsterer, and drive with one seat, then when the seats are done, I will swap them in, and salvage the tracks and small pats in case someone else wants to do this mod.
If anyone is interested, I can take some pics, or maybe add this to the tech section.
I use my truck every day, so whatever I did it had to be done quickly. There were a couple of things I wanted to accomplish. One was to get rid of the 60/40seat, and do buckets so I can install/fab/buy a nice roomy center console.
Here is what I have done, and where I am going. I bought a used passenger seat. (My truck has standard no frills, no airbag seats, which are other than the failing upholstery perfect for me).
The used passenger seat has different brackets on the back, and will not bolt up due to elevation changes in the floor pan. I didn't want to hack this job, I want a "factory" fit, factory safe job.
I took the stock mounts off the seat. This left the seat back, and seat pan separate. The seat backs appear to be the same, and the seat pan has all the cutouts, etc to be used for either side. The stock passenger mounts went into the recycle bin.
I bought a ragged out driver's seat for cheap, and took the mounts out out and saved the hardware, tilt handle, and seatbelt receiver. The right mount has a bracket that helped support the seat pan extension that is not needed, so I cut it off.
Now the seat mounts bolt in place, and I have a "new" Driver's side bucket seat.
I am getting them professionally upholstered, and they will fit and operate like "factory".
Some tips (no pics yet): when you disassemble the passenger seat, After you remove them, tilt them all the way forward. This gives you ready access to the torx bolt for the set pivot, and the small torx bolt for the tilt mechanism. Take those four bolts out and the seat comes apart. Set the back out of the way.
The driver's seat, you need to remove the center console (two torx bolts), unbolt the console mount from underneath (three bolts) and shove the mount out of the way to get to the pivot and tilt mechanism bolts. Save the seatbelt receiver. Save the tilt handle (it has a spring lock in the handle that pops right out).
Remove the five bolts that hold the tracks to the seat base. Pry the speed nuts off the seat adjuster bar on both sides. Remove the bar carefully (save the little O-rings), then the tracks come right out. they will still be hooked together by the tilt cable so don't kill it.
Cut of the extra bracket that supported the seat base extension, clean the parts and paint them and install in the newly upholstered seat pans, put the back of the seat back on, install and enjoy.
I will take the passenger seat out of the truck, and send it, and the "new" seat to the upholsterer, and drive with one seat, then when the seats are done, I will swap them in, and salvage the tracks and small pats in case someone else wants to do this mod.
If anyone is interested, I can take some pics, or maybe add this to the tech section.
