3rd row seat install in a 3rd gen 4runner
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3rd row seat install in a 3rd gen 4runner
So, I need a 3rd row seat pretty soon in the 4runner. I figured that I would look into Jeep seats. So, I ended up ordering a Jeep YJ rear seat from bestop. Its a fold and tumble seat that includes the brackets for install it. Drill six holes, and bolt it in. Works like a champ.
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FWIW, I got the seat from JCwhitney with a 20% off coupon and Free Shipping. $248 shipped to my shop.
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FWIW, I got the seat from JCwhitney with a 20% off coupon and Free Shipping. $248 shipped to my shop.
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Hey Scotty,
Resurrecting this old thread for a moment.
Now that we have had our 99 3rd gen for awhile and sold our 89 suburban and the family has grown to 3 kids w/ 2 in car seats I have been wrestling with my options.
I come back to this idea of yours and the other project you did on the FJ60 http://toyotaholics.com/support/topi...52&whichpage=2
If you could bear with my questions:
1)Will this seat fold up and pull out like a 3rd row in a old suburban?
2)Now that you have run this setup for awhile how do you like it compared to fabbing in the FJ jump seats?
The JCwhitney seats install is more my level of fabrication but I do like how the FJ jumpseats turned out.
Really struggling with the amount of room for everyone in the 4runner. I find myself looking at the 80's and the Sequoias a lot lately.
As much as I want to keep my 4runner and finally build it up the fact is that a fam o 5, gear, and 2 shepherd dogs won't fit.
So I have been kicking the 3rd row fab idea around and then some sort of rocket box cargo carrier on top for gear with a trailer on long adventures. Just haven't figured out where to put the dogs lol.
Resurrecting this old thread for a moment.
Now that we have had our 99 3rd gen for awhile and sold our 89 suburban and the family has grown to 3 kids w/ 2 in car seats I have been wrestling with my options.
I come back to this idea of yours and the other project you did on the FJ60 http://toyotaholics.com/support/topi...52&whichpage=2
If you could bear with my questions:
1)Will this seat fold up and pull out like a 3rd row in a old suburban?
2)Now that you have run this setup for awhile how do you like it compared to fabbing in the FJ jump seats?
The JCwhitney seats install is more my level of fabrication but I do like how the FJ jumpseats turned out.
Really struggling with the amount of room for everyone in the 4runner. I find myself looking at the 80's and the Sequoias a lot lately.
As much as I want to keep my 4runner and finally build it up the fact is that a fam o 5, gear, and 2 shepherd dogs won't fit.
So I have been kicking the 3rd row fab idea around and then some sort of rocket box cargo carrier on top for gear with a trailer on long adventures. Just haven't figured out where to put the dogs lol.
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Hey Scotty,
Resurrecting this old thread for a moment.
Now that we have had our 99 3rd gen for awhile and sold our 89 suburban and the family has grown to 3 kids w/ 2 in car seats I have been wrestling with my options.
I come back to this idea of yours and the other project you did on the FJ60 http://toyotaholics.com/support/topi...52&whichpage=2
If you could bear with my questions:
1)Will this seat fold up and pull out like a 3rd row in a old suburban?
2)Now that you have run this setup for awhile how do you like it compared to fabbing in the FJ jump seats?
The JCwhitney seats install is more my level of fabrication but I do like how the FJ jumpseats turned out.
Really struggling with the amount of room for everyone in the 4runner. I find myself looking at the 80's and the Sequoias a lot lately.
As much as I want to keep my 4runner and finally build it up the fact is that a fam o 5, gear, and 2 shepherd dogs won't fit.
So I have been kicking the 3rd row fab idea around and then some sort of rocket box cargo carrier on top for gear with a trailer on long adventures. Just haven't figured out where to put the dogs lol.
Resurrecting this old thread for a moment.
Now that we have had our 99 3rd gen for awhile and sold our 89 suburban and the family has grown to 3 kids w/ 2 in car seats I have been wrestling with my options.
I come back to this idea of yours and the other project you did on the FJ60 http://toyotaholics.com/support/topi...52&whichpage=2
If you could bear with my questions:
1)Will this seat fold up and pull out like a 3rd row in a old suburban?
2)Now that you have run this setup for awhile how do you like it compared to fabbing in the FJ jump seats?
The JCwhitney seats install is more my level of fabrication but I do like how the FJ jumpseats turned out.
Really struggling with the amount of room for everyone in the 4runner. I find myself looking at the 80's and the Sequoias a lot lately.
As much as I want to keep my 4runner and finally build it up the fact is that a fam o 5, gear, and 2 shepherd dogs won't fit.
So I have been kicking the 3rd row fab idea around and then some sort of rocket box cargo carrier on top for gear with a trailer on long adventures. Just haven't figured out where to put the dogs lol.
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You mentioned on your yotaholics post about considering something like a 1st gen rollbar deal to possibly mount a shoulder harness belt? You think that would fit in the right location for the fold and tumble?
Obviously you can accomplish anything with enough money. This fold and tumble was a great idea and cost effective as well.
Doesn't LandRover Disco's use a type of fold away jump seat? You think they would have the same issue regarding the wheel well?
Obviously you can accomplish anything with enough money. This fold and tumble was a great idea and cost effective as well.
Doesn't LandRover Disco's use a type of fold away jump seat? You think they would have the same issue regarding the wheel well?
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You mentioned on your yotaholics post about considering something like a 1st gen rollbar deal to possibly mount a shoulder harness belt? You think that would fit in the right location for the fold and tumble?
Obviously you can accomplish anything with enough money. This fold and tumble was a great idea and cost effective as well.
Doesn't LandRover Disco's use a type of fold away jump seat? You think they would have the same issue regarding the wheel well?
Obviously you can accomplish anything with enough money. This fold and tumble was a great idea and cost effective as well.
Doesn't LandRover Disco's use a type of fold away jump seat? You think they would have the same issue regarding the wheel well?
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Thanks Scotty. That is what I was thinking. I looked at the jeep seats and think that is still the way to go. Now too bad they don't have a split bench with headrests. I found split bench fold and tumbles but no headrests. So looks like the fold and tumble will be it (if) I go this route.
What did you end up using for the lap belts?
Any chance we could get some pics of how you mounted that all up?
What did you end up using for the lap belts?
Any chance we could get some pics of how you mounted that all up?
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what is the seat bolted to? the sheet metal in the cargo area? i've seen options where the seats were turn-buckled to the D-rings. don't know if that's secure though.
i'm not too optimistic the roll bar i installed in the back (with 1/8" mounting plates on either side of the sheet metal) would withstand any harsh abuse (ie rollover, side/rear impact), but i'm also not trusting lives to the install.
with one or two bodies (~125lbs?) belted to those seats, would they stay put or rip out of the floor in a rollover? that would have me worried.
i'm not too optimistic the roll bar i installed in the back (with 1/8" mounting plates on either side of the sheet metal) would withstand any harsh abuse (ie rollover, side/rear impact), but i'm also not trusting lives to the install.
with one or two bodies (~125lbs?) belted to those seats, would they stay put or rip out of the floor in a rollover? that would have me worried.
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what is the seat bolted to? the sheet metal in the cargo area? i've seen options where the seats were turn-buckled to the D-rings. don't know if that's secure though.
i'm not too optimistic the roll bar i installed in the back (with 1/8" mounting plates on either side of the sheet metal) would withstand any harsh abuse (ie rollover, side/rear impact), but i'm also not trusting lives to the install.
with one or two bodies (~125lbs?) belted to those seats, would they stay put or rip out of the floor in a rollover? that would have me worried.
i'm not too optimistic the roll bar i installed in the back (with 1/8" mounting plates on either side of the sheet metal) would withstand any harsh abuse (ie rollover, side/rear impact), but i'm also not trusting lives to the install.
with one or two bodies (~125lbs?) belted to those seats, would they stay put or rip out of the floor in a rollover? that would have me worried.
I do use large fender washers for the seat belts as well.
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3rd row seat
I have a 2002 4Runner and we have a "little passenger" 3rd row install and we love it. My daughter is five and she and her friend can seat in it comfortably. It has seat belts. Install is easy. We bought it off of craiglist list about 2-3 years for about 350. Good luck.
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