there is a tool(s) for these hog rings. i've seen it on "gears".


good write up and documentation. thanks for all the pics phil.

 

Hog rings, and Hog ring pliers can be bought from JC Whitney for less than $30

 

Excellent addition to an already worthy bit of info, thanks Phil. Credit where credit is due to NorCalBorn-Shane for putting this stuff out there so we can save money for other stuff rather than spend $400+ on a pair of seats.

FWIW I just watched Shane do what he described (lowers first) but different from what you did he then bolted the seat back in to remove the upper fabric. He just reclined the seat a couple of knocks after popping the lower lap joint loose and pulled off the hog rings at that point. No messing around with a seat that wants to walk away on you.

 

Great info in this tread! Thanks.

I recently acquired an '87 4Runner. 191k on the clock, 50k on papered engine rebuild. Needs shocks & driver seat.

What model years can I use seats from?

I've been driving the same '88 Xtra cab DLX 4x4 since 4/88 but I'm new to 4Runners.

Thanks!

 

Tnx for sharing, Sir!

 

I did the same thing on my '84 xtra cab, except I did it with mid-90s Celica seats. I bought a driver's side and passenger. I noticed that the foam padding in the passenger seat was in better condition than the driver's so I switched them just like you did. When I was done I had a seat that felt like new.

If you have a grey interior Celica seats are a sweet upgrade w/adjustable lumbar and seat bottom angle.

I don't drive my '84 any more but I have the seats and I'm gonna put them in my '89 4runner if I can figure out how to retain the sliding seat base from the 4runner passenger side.

These seats are getting harder to find in good condition. I'm still gonna keep an eye out for another one or two though.

 

Hi i am looking to change driver seat in 99 4 Runner sr5 . I am 6.1 and recently bought this truck. I absolutely love the vehicle except for the seating position. I am getting backache and want to do something about it .. any pointers would be very helpful..
Can i put a seat from lexus or something like that... ?

 

Big enough hammer you can fit anything!

You don't say which seat you have currently, from the back ache I'd guess a full bench seat. Really really hated mine. But I've no clue what was in the 99 4runner, probably buckets huh

To figure out what you need you first want to ID what is causing the problem with what you have.

Knees in the dash, shorter seat brackets, thinner seat cushion, different seat bottom angle.
Sore bottom, softer springs and foam.
Lumbar ache, arch support, varied seat back angle, varied seat bottom angle, softer springs and foam.
Shoulder ache, seat width, bolsters.

The 5way sr5 seat is very adjustable, unless you have wide hips and/or shoulders you really should be able to find something that works.

Anyways yeah find something you like and you'll find away to fit it. Might need to peal the covers off and do some fabbing, it doesn't always require a welder bolts nuts and some flat stock or angle iron will get you pretty far

 

Mine are bucket seats :-( and they are terrible for a person of my height (6'1")and wide shoulders. So here is one question .. I am getting front seats for a 150$ but they are from 93 4runner does anyone know if they fit into 99 4runner .. I can get some upholstery work done on them and not modify the stock seats ...Please help ..

Thanks
Pavan

 

This is a great write up. I have a stock 85 pickup SR5 and it did not come with the SR5 adjustable seats. I bought some Vertigo seats off a 4Runner and wanted to swap the cushions onto the stock 85 pasenger pickup brackets.

I found out I could not do this since there was only one bolt on one side of the back support (in contrast to two bolts on each side with the bucket seat style).

I had to end up looking for a passenger pickup SR5 bucket seat bracket that had two bolts on the back support for each side.

The cushion swap is easy and looks great.. just make sure the brackets are swapped from SR5 to SR5. The SR5 cushions cannot be swapped into the entry level seats that only have one bolt (on one side) on the back support.

 

thank you so much for this!

 

"Thank You" for the excellent write up Philbert, RIP!

 

[QUOTE=hydrabyte;52350230]resurrecting the "old". Thanks Philbert!!!
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Philbert did some great write ups. Unfortunately he died in 2014 at a young age. https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f5/r...-young-279040/