88 Swap To Buckets

[baxtej44]

Well, I've been having a dilema with my subwoofer situation, want to put one in, and depths just aren't good enough, so I am definitely considering a swap to bucket seats, to be able to put the sub in between the seats so it can fit!


I know there is a tech article, but they are poor pictures in my opinion, and I don't quite understand the vocabulary and such (i've got a car IQ of about 2 lol)


so if anybody had a reliable alternative source, that'd be great. also additional pictures are welcome.


thanks in advance

 

[baxtej44]

bump?

 

[Mechanickid]

I went to the scrap yard and got a set of explorer bucket seats and console for my 88. It all bolted up. I had to change one seat track out of the explorer with one from my ranger but other than that it worked great.

 

[baxtej44]

I went to the scrap yard and got a set of explorer bucket seats and console for my 88. It all bolted up. I had to change one seat track out of the explorer with one from my ranger but other than that it worked great.

so it used the factory bolt locations? is there a tech article that will tell me what seats will bolt in with absolutely no mods?


sorry, but idk what a seat track is... the actual track that it fits into, in order to slide forward and back?

 

[flyingbrick]

Track = slider. For you to have Exploder buckets you'll have to drill the rivets holding the sliders to the exploder brackets, and you'll have to get a set of brackets/ sliders from a regular cab 60/40 bench, because you only have 2 sliders you need 4.
after your sitting there with all these brackets and seats you need to bold the soldiers from the 60/40 reg cab, to the exploder seats, then it all bolts into your truck.

Shopping list from wrecker yard.
-Exploder buckets (with or without mounting brackets)
-60/40 bench mounting brackets/sliders from a regular cab Ranger.

 

[baxtej44]

Track = slider. For you to have Exploder buckets you'll have to drill the rivets holding the sliders to the exploder brackets, and you'll have to get a set of brackets/ sliders from a regular cab 60/40 bench, because you only have 2 sliders you need 4.
after your sitting there with all these brackets and seats you need to bold the soldiers from the 60/40 reg cab, to the exploder seats, then it all bolts into your truck.

Shopping list from wrecker yard.
-Exploder buckets (with or without mounting brackets)
-60/40 bench mounting brackets/sliders from a regular cab Ranger.

so if it ends up having the mounting brackets then i end up taking them off?

 

[Roger]

I'm modifying some 87 Cherokee buckets to fit my 88 cab on a 90 Ranger...

 

[flyingbrick]

so if it ends up having the mounting brackets then i end up taking them off?

Yeah unfortunately the regular cab uses one of a kind mounts.

 

[aj23]

i put mustang gt seats in mine and just had to change the seat tracks

 

[2slow]

I put 94 ranger bucket seats in my 87 that had a 60/40 seat in it. Had to re-use the brackets from my 87. It was just four bolts in the bottom of each seat and they went right back in. Pretty simple when I got the stock seats out.

 

[Mechanickid]

I put 94 ranger bucket seats in my 87 that had a 60/40 seat in it. Had to re-use the brackets from my 87. It was just four bolts in the bottom of each seat and they went right back in. Pretty simple when I got the stock seats out.

I did just that on my 88, but it was an ex.cab. Do you have a bench seat with your standard cab? If so then I'm unsure if the floorboard mounting points are the same.

 

[Psychopete]

You can get just about any seat to fit. I have seats that came from a '60s mustang in mine. They're not stock, no idea what the original application was.

To get them to fit, all I did was made some adapter plates out of 1/8" steel and used the stock Ranger sliders. The plates attached to the sliders and to the different seats. They are stock height even. Like what was stated, the sliders come off by removing a total of 4 bolts per seat. Then it's just a matter of mounting the sliders strait on the seats. But I do have a big drill press, so drilling steel is easier done than said...

Pete

 

[baxtej44]

thanks guys, i'll be looking at your suggestions for no mod seat swaps...



so the general consensus is that i should just look around at junk yards for seats that will directly bolt in, instead of doing the swap on my stock seats?


i'm not sure how much i'd like seat covers. if i can get black or red that match, that'd be ideal. (red interior)

 

[RangerFabWorks]

You can get just about any seat to fit. I have seats that came from a '60s mustang in mine. They're not stock, no idea what the original application was.

To get them to fit, all I did was made some adapter plates out of 1/8" steel and used the stock Ranger sliders. The plates attached to the sliders and to the different seats. They are stock height even. Like what was stated, the sliders come off by removing a total of 4 bolts per seat. Then it's just a matter of mounting the sliders strait on the seats. But I do have a big drill press, so drilling steel is easier done than said...

Pete

hey pete, how do those seat fit in the ranger, and how comfy are they. i just picked up 66 stang seats for my truck.

 

[Shran]

If this helps you out at all, I went from a bench seat with single cab brackets to Eddie Bauer Bronco II buckets. I had to basically make all four seat tracks out of pieces I had laying around. I also had to raise them up about an inch because they were way too low.