[mouzer1]

Big Boy Needs More Room

OK, I have searched and searched for help with this question, but can't find an answer. I am a pretty big guy and am looking to swap out my stock buckets with some seats that will give me more leg room. Although I could stand to lose a few pounds, I am still pretty tall. Anyone have a suggestion on seats that I could swap for that would go further back? I don't usually have passengers and I am not worried about the leg room in the back. Any help would be appreciated... As a side note, I owned a couple F150's in the past (2000 and 2005) and they both previded pretty good room... Should I look at those types of seats as an option?

mouzer1
1989 Bronco XLT
351W

 

[msm3c]

Just wanted to add some info to this. Here is the LMC kit on the rear seat from my 82. It is a fairly easy install and pretty descent quality a little loose fitting but not bad. I will update with the front seat pics when I get those done.

 

[j. r. Nice]

i got some seats from an explorer limited,withe all the bells and whistles........ the driverside i removed the slider bracket from the rail and remved them to make the template for the new brackets the seat has all the other functions and of corse ran a powerwire for that too,bout 4hrs of fabwork, (maybe 2 without beer breaks-LOL) looks great and rides nice-Captain out!

Got any pics? I am trying to understand what part of the slider you took apart.and what bracket you made. I am in the process of mounting '99 seats.

 

[AfricanSnowOwl]

Sorry to bring up an old thread, but I thought someone might find this useful. I have a 93 BroncoXLT, and found these 2010 F150 10way adjustable seats at the junkyard for super cheap. They took about 3-4 hours to bolt in and wire up. The passenger side only needed a power and a ground to get everything working. The drivers side has a control module that had to be bypassed. I wired the switches to the motors and supplied a power and ground to the connector and that works fine now. This is definitely my favorite upgrade so far.

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[Bennelton]

Mastercraft Baja RS's

 

[j. r. Nice]

1998 Explorer reupholstered to match 89 interior.

 

[69SCJ]

$100 junkyard Expedition seats in my 89. I drilled the welds on the plates under the frame of the seats, moved them around, and welded in place so they would fit on the the original frames so I could retain the flip forwrd feature.

I had to cut a V out of the frame, bend closed, and weld to make it where the seats could flip forward far enough since they came from a four door vehicle.

I just scored a perfect matching back seat for $50. Probably gonna put it in over the fourth.

 

[AussieF100]

Mastercraft Baja RS's ...

Did you have to fab anything, or was there a kit for it? Thanks

 

[Bennelton]

im using the stock sliders on mine. all I had to do was drill a hole on the rear part of the seat frame to get them to bolt up. All in all I'd still call it a good bolt in application.

 

[tbrooks]

I have an '86 with blue cloth seats. The reinforcing bar in the foam cushion on my drivers seat, has broken and worn a hole in the cloth. I do not want new seats, I just want to properly repair the one I have. Does anyone know where to get OEM cloth to use in the repair?

Try SMS Auto Fabrics in Canby, OR.

Call 503-263-3535 or http://www.smsautofabrics.com/

TB

 

[scott79]

$100 junkyard Expedition seats in my 89. I drilled the welds on the plates under the frame of the seats, moved them around, and welded in place so they would fit on the the original frames so I could retain the flip forwrd feature... I had to cut a V out of the frame, bend closed, and weld to make it where the seats could flip forward far enough since they came from a four door vehicle. ... I just scored a perfect matching back seat for $50. Probably gonna put it in over the fourth.

Man the upgrade seats look very nice but I would want them to have the armrest's on them...but that's JMO...cool tho and getta love the price...

 

[69SCJ]

I was glad to have them gone, but my wife definitely misses the armrest. What bothers me is the difference in color which she cares nothing about.

 

[JScatt]

I was glad to have them gone, but my wife definitely misses the armrest. What bothers me is the difference in color which she cares nothing about.

I scored a really nice set of 6 way electric seats out of an explorer..but was also bummed out about not having arm rests.
My next score was a jump seat out of a pickup, bolted right in and the back of it folds forward and has a storage compartment, cup holders and armrests.

 

[BikerPepe`]

Not BRONCO but could apply, easily...

The following is a simple show-n-tell on how I retro-fit a 2008 F250 Super Duty seat to fit in my 1973 F250 Plow Beast. This was a simple upgrade and maintained stock functionality. The reason I put this up is a simple guideline for merging a new seat and an old seat and this basic outline can apply to just about any basic bench seat, or even bucket seat setup.

Here's the new (to me) 2008 SuperDuty plain-jane seat... scored off Craigslist.

Tools: Drill & Bits, Washers and Nuts/Bolts, Neighbors Welder, Saws-all, Narrow conduit pipe for seat adj. bar sleeve, disk cutter, scissors.

skinny yellow arrows: floor mounting bracket from original '73 seat and washers.
* I drilled the original floor mount bracket free from the '73 bench seat where it was riveted to the old slider. Once it was free, I enlarged the original front bolt hole for the larger '08 slider/mounting bolt. Drilled the rear hole on the track and remounted with as many washers as I could fit and still get the nut reinstalled firmly. I added the washers to make up for the height difference of the older floor bracket and the beefier '08 bracket I removed/replaced. Once fit I removed these brackets to keep them out of the way, until the new sliders were remounted and ready.

red arrows: original mounting holes for the '08 seat brackets.
green arrows: "adjusted" location to match the bracket placement on the original '73 bench seat and floor.
* I measured out the width between the brackets on the original '73 seat, compared to the '08's stock bolt locations, split the difference and moved each side in accordingly (ie: if '73 was 4 1/2" narrower than the '08, move brackets in 2 1/4" ea. side) along the seat frame. Marked the spots I wanted to relocate the frame holes to and the area the slider brackets would sit over the seat wrapping. I used the disk cutter and a pair of scissors to cleanly remove the seat cloth and frame wrap plastic from the brackets new locations and then drilled the holes cleanly. 4 nuts/bolts from the original seat slider brackets were used to re-secure the '08 brackets in the new, narrower location on the frame.
At this point I was able to remount the original '73 floor brackets onto the relocated '08 sliders. I test fit the seat to the floor of the '73 F250 single cab and my "measure twice, cut once", O.C.D. habits paid off. It bolted right into the original threaded floor holes. WoooHoo! Took it for a test run and spun some dirt-doughnuts to celebrate!

Not done yet though... gotta have that seat slide forward, just in-case the ol' lady needs to run the beast to the grocery store. :whip :goodfinge
More likely... bring the beast to pull the Yota out of a ditch or something. :toothless

Blue Arrows: Each location the lever bar was cut/sleeved and re-welded.
* Removed the seat. Got the sliders, lever release bar and removed the same amount of difference from the bar as I had to move the seat brackets in, total. Because of the way the bar is contoured, I had to cut the bar in 3 strategic places to maintain the way the bar moved up, into the seats frame recess and over the center cab hump. Each cut was marked first with a solid line to maintain the bars angle and prevent twisting. This same line was drawn on the conduit pipe that was used to sleeve the bracket bar. As long as those original marks all lined up, the bar will maintain it's original shape and could not twist around, causing havoc and a piss-poor fit/function. Once all sleeves are in place and the bracket alignment is verified by a temp install back on the seat, I welded the sleeves to the bar, locking it all back together. Ground and filed the welds some (I'm out of practice) and painted the exposed handle area on the bar. Remounted and it fit like butter. The bar can afford a little give here, so if you blow an inch or less, you can probably still make it work easily enough.

So there you have it. The 2008 F250/350 Super Duty bench seat now drops right into place in my '73 F250 single cab... even with the in-cab gas-tank. It slides forward to accommodate the little lady and fits me perfectly in the cab. 2008 comfort in my 1973 Plow Beast!

(Once I get the floor pans replaced and the floor rhino'd, I'll re-install the seat and get a pic up here of it all mounted and purdy in the cab.) :toothless


WARNING: I am a fairly small dude. If your a big fella (as most of you seem to be) you may want to make sure a similar install will work for you before jumping in. The new seat I installed is 2 inches wider than the original bench and probably thicker as well.

 

[The_Green_Goblin]

I converted mine to a bunch seat, no special brackets or anything were needed, I just redrilled holes andwelded up the old holes. My buddy Oscor and I came up with the design for the upholstry. I hope you all like it. Rear Bench is the same except the emblem is in the middle...

dude awesome seat, i got my 50/50 split bench seat out of a 93 junkyard bronco. cost of 50 dollars plus a cold brew:beer. I replaced the factory captains seats that were busted up good with this bench. It was a simple install the holes are already there they just have rubber plugs in them. My truck has a five speed trans and no interfearance with the seat all the way forward, and the low back look is awesome:rockon

 

[mad-dog]

I have a 94 XLT, with cloth seats. The arm rest busted off the other day. Looks like a metal bracket thats holds it to the seat busted off. How do I end up re-attaching the armrest?

 

[BikerPepe`]

can't recall exactly... but isn't there a bolt there that holds that armrest on?

 

[cwbrider3]

what are the best seat covers to get?


Thanks, Eric

 

[jowens1126]

Man it sure seems like you could remove the covers from those excursion seats and get an armrest from your old bronco seat and weld it in there somehow. Gotta be a way. You might have to find a similar colored junk seat and steal some of the cover off of it to recover the armrest so it would match.

 

[Drbalazo]

does anybody have a picture of all black interior?