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10-06-2018, 07:51 AM
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Aftermarket Seats
I"m looking to replace the seats in my 99 Ranger XLT Standard cab. Does anyone have an idea as to what would be the most comfortable? I"ve seen "Racing Seats" advertised on both Ebay and Amazon, but am leery of the low price. I"d rather pay a little more for a quality comfortable seat.
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10-07-2018, 07:02 AM
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Re: Aftermarket Seats
When the drivers seat got uncomfortable in my 2000 XLT Ranger, I found several sets in junk yards, but not electric versions. Good luck,
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10-08-2018, 01:22 AM
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Re: Aftermarket Seats
Unless you're looking for a race type seat, they'll hold you in great but def not comfortable for long periods of time, if you of any substantial size, over 6ft even less. If you CCW or Open carry they def arent comfy at all.
You would be better to find Mustang GT seats, Escort pr Escort GT seats, XR4Ti, or dabble in the Explorer/Sport Trak/mountaneer avenues for closer to stock fit but with some upgrades..
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01-14-2019, 04:15 PM
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Re: Aftermarket Seats
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Originally Posted by Undrstm8ed
Unless you're looking for a race type seat, they'll hold you in great but def not comfortable for long periods of time, if you of any substantial size, over 6ft even less. If you CCW or Open carry they def arent comfy at all.
You would be better to find Mustang GT seats, Escort pr Escort GT seats, XR4Ti, or dabble in the Explorer/Sport Trak/mountaneer avenues for closer to stock fit but with some upgrades..
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I'm fairly sure Explorer seats are a direct bolt-in replacement. Might be kinda cool to find some leather seats that are powered. Those would be comfy... (and easy to wire up - they would just require power).
Yup, just found this:
http://www.rangerforum.com/threads/s...ur-ranger.781/
I just did a quick online search of salvage yards in California and it looks like the going rate for a set of leather seats in "A" condition is $250 or so.
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03-06-2019, 05:42 PM
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Re: Aftermarket Seats
I am also looking for replacement seats for our 1998 Standard Cab Ranger. Some one told us the Extend Cab Ranger Seats are not compatible with standard cab seats. I have been to six or more junk yards, and all the seats there, are always worn out on driver side left rear corner, were a steel rod has worn it way out of the fabric.
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03-06-2019, 06:03 PM
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Re: Aftermarket Seats
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Originally Posted by jkelley1001
I"m looking to replace the seats in my 99 Ranger XLT Standard cab. Does anyone have an idea as to what would be the most comfortable? I"ve seen "Racing Seats" advertised on both Ebay and Amazon, but am leery of the low price. I"d rather pay a little more for a quality comfortable seat.
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If you're into that kind of stuff, Im sure you can swap in some nice explorer seats. idk how much better they will be though
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03-06-2019, 10:20 PM
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Re: Aftermarket Seats
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Originally Posted by LITEONE
I am also looking for replacement seats for our 1998 Standard Cab Ranger. Some one told us the Extend Cab Ranger Seats are not compatible with standard cab seats. I have been to six or more junk yards, and all the seats there, are always worn out on driver side left rear corner, were a steel rod has worn it way out of the fabric.
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They're not directly compatible. I swapped 2004 extended cab seats in to my 2001 standard cab. It was a long, two-full-day day swap. It involved a lot of cutting of the seat tracks and re-welding in various spots. The tracks were too long and the mounts were in the wrong spot. The tracks wouldn't just swap between the seats either. Also, the seat belt latches, the bolts that hold them to the seat, were not a direct swap. The bolt had to be turned down on the shank.
There's also less room in the cab and the seats don't lay back quite as much due to the thicker 2004 headrests. The 2001 standard cab headrest portion of the seats were much thinner.
I wouldn't attempt that swap ever again.
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03-07-2019, 06:32 AM
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Re: Aftermarket Seats
I went with corbeau Baja XRS seats mounted to explorer seat tracks. They have worked great over the years
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