were to get cheap bucket seats
07-31-2008, 11:18 AM
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were to get cheap bucket seats
i have 91 toyota with a bench seat and i want to put in 2 buckets.what kind and were should i look for bucket seats? i also was wondering what kind of adapters i would need to install bucket.
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07-31-2008, 11:30 AM
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Something I found is that I should have switched the seats to the other side. I didn't have sliders and getting in and out my pants got caught on the lever for the seat back. I need to swap them around to put the lever to the inside of the truck.
Pick-A-Part is where I have got some.
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Pick-A-Part is where I have got some.
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07-31-2008, 02:42 PM
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Well now I'm not going to pretend to know what I'm talking about, everything I know about this I learned from this site (and you can too if you search)
, but it seems like you've got to know how many bolt holes you've got and how far they are apart. You take those measurements to the junkyard and hopefully you find yourself a seat that's pretty darn close or exactly those distances. I know that once my truck is running and I go looking for bucket seats, I'll almost definitely have to drill more holes.
There's a good chance that if you don't need to drill holes you will at least need some kind of bracket because the holes won't line up quite perfectly so it's that or drill. Do some searches here and you should find some photos and ideas from what other people did. Or just buy some seats and get creative, you'll be able to figure out what it needs.
My knowledge is just of the '79-83s, but a lot of people use Acura seats for those. But a truck of your similar year range '89-94? with buckets should work, or a Toyota car with buckets from the same year range. May still have to drill, though, I know with my bench seats there are just 4 bolt holes, two on each end of the cab, and with buckets, you'll obviously have 4 holes for each seat, I would think, anyways, so...
, but it seems like you've got to know how many bolt holes you've got and how far they are apart. You take those measurements to the junkyard and hopefully you find yourself a seat that's pretty darn close or exactly those distances. I know that once my truck is running and I go looking for bucket seats, I'll almost definitely have to drill more holes. There's a good chance that if you don't need to drill holes you will at least need some kind of bracket because the holes won't line up quite perfectly so it's that or drill. Do some searches here and you should find some photos and ideas from what other people did. Or just buy some seats and get creative, you'll be able to figure out what it needs.
My knowledge is just of the '79-83s, but a lot of people use Acura seats for those. But a truck of your similar year range '89-94? with buckets should work, or a Toyota car with buckets from the same year range. May still have to drill, though, I know with my bench seats there are just 4 bolt holes, two on each end of the cab, and with buckets, you'll obviously have 4 holes for each seat, I would think, anyways, so...
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07-31-2008, 02:57 PM
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Since you are out in Yamhill county you should be able to hit a U Pull it, I found these at the SHerwood U pull it (off 99W)
$50 for the pair, '93-94 Acura Integra seats .... this mini write up was for the install in my '81 but it should be close for your '91
there is a second hole about 1.25" over from the stock front outside mounting hole that lined up just about right, enlarged it just a hair and was able to use the inside front stock mount:
just had to cut off about the lower .25" or so of the stock bracket to allow it to sit flat on the floor.
I think that being able to use the stock front holes makes the install much more stable and install went very fast...
outside rear mount came up with something similar to WSUWeston's brackets:
The rear inside mount is flat, so ended up using the old stack of washers install method
. Used grade 8 fender washers on the underside so that should help spread the load.
I made my bracket using a vise and a BFH, but you could do it with a wood block or curb and a SFH
$50 for the pair, '93-94 Acura Integra seats .... this mini write up was for the install in my '81 but it should be close for your '91
there is a second hole about 1.25" over from the stock front outside mounting hole that lined up just about right, enlarged it just a hair and was able to use the inside front stock mount:
just had to cut off about the lower .25" or so of the stock bracket to allow it to sit flat on the floor.
I think that being able to use the stock front holes makes the install much more stable and install went very fast...
outside rear mount came up with something similar to WSUWeston's brackets:
The rear inside mount is flat, so ended up using the old stack of washers install method
. Used grade 8 fender washers on the underside so that should help spread the load.I made my bracket using a vise and a BFH, but you could do it with a wood block or curb and a SFH
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