Seat Swap Chart that makes it quick and easy to know which Ranger-->Ranger swaps are proven to be quick and easy?

[knuckledragger]

TL;DR: Really wanted a comprehensive, definitive chart for which Ranger-->Ranger seat swaps are easy-peasy. Could not find said chart. Looks like a lot of folks could find that type of chart real helpful so I started designing it. Attached a mockup/sample here, it'd be great to hear your thoughts, ideas, and feedback. It's a chart. You love charts. More info below if you like. And a chart.



Howdy folks. I've been getting an education about seats, thanks to all you folks. It's been easy to find lots of forum threads talking about this or that particular year model seat possibly going into this or that year model truck, but is there anything like a chart or list you can just look up your truck's year and be able to see right off which years' seats you can just "bolt right in"?

Does something like that already exist around here?
If so, can you post the link? If not, I'm thinking I should make one for 1983 - 2011 and populate it with what little bit of info I know, and then invite y'all folks to add your knowledge and verify that what we've got written down is correct. There's so much combined knowledge among TRS folks that I bet it wouldn't take long to get all the verified-correct info together and put it in the chart.

Is there a wiki (or something like it) around here (or elsewhere) that TRS folks typically use for this sort of thing?
If so, please point me to it and I'll construct the chart there and start adding data to it. If there's no TRS-favored wiki or similar, I can just start doing it here - that'd be significantly more clunky but it'll likely still be doable enough. If anyone's got a suggestion for something that will work better than a forum thread, please fire away.

No matter how it gets built, once it all comes together I'd think the finished chart should be submitted for entry into the Tech Library.

Here's a sample of what I'm thinking the chart would look like (go easy now, it's just a rough mockup to give you an idea and I don't swear by any of the info in it, the end product will look nicer and have only verified-accurate info in it). It'd be great to hear your feedback, thoughts and ideas.

Thanks and happy Saturday.

KD

 

[franklin2]

What happened in 1990? I would be curious about this info myself. I had a 1986 ranger, and guy at work gave me a beautiful 60/40 seat from a later ranger to get it out of his garage. I tried to put it in, the back holes would line up, but the front holes where the seat frame horns curve down were too long and would not line up. I was disappointed to say the least.

Is that what happened in 1990, and a 1989 and down seats will interchange?

 

[knuckledragger]

@franklin2 Don't take the info in that mockup chart seriously, it's just a "proof of concept", only for evaluating the design and structure of the proposed chart. The data in the mockup should be considered meaningless.

I know next to nothing about seats. But there are many forum threads about the evolution and interchangeability of seats, and tons of folks here who do have real expertise with seats. Don't take anything from me or the mocked-up chart, take a look at the forum threads and ask the actual experts here.

Btw, what do you think about the design and structure of the mockup chart? Does it work for you? Is it easy enough to understand? Any aspects of it that are lame? Any suggestions for improvements?

 

[Curious Hound]

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