custom seat mounts anyone?

406ranger · #1 02-28-2010, 11:37 AM

ok i just got a new pair of nice leather bucket seats out of a newer toyota solora and they are waaay wider tracks then my rangers so i am going to have to custom fab some mounts i was just wondering if anyone else has pictures or something of along those lines of putting a different make seats in there ranger. ill get pics when i find my camera.
thanks

406ranger · #2 02-28-2010, 06:35 PM

has no one done this?

406ranger · #3 02-28-2010, 07:38 PM

yea i guess it is a crapshoot but i have had some ideas about what i am going to do. im thinking i can cut off the old mounting points on the toyota seats and weld a piece of flat bar across which would make up for the wider tracks and then cut or make new mounting brackets to match the ranger bolt holes i think it will sit about a 1/2 in higher in the end but it is well worth it
sorry cant find my camera but here is a rough idea

camodown · #4 02-28-2010, 07:41 PM

depending on what type of fabricator you are anything can fit.

I don't know of anyone that has actually done it though

ObsoleteE · #5 02-28-2010, 07:46 PM

If they fit in the truck, you can fab something up for sure. Just need a welder and some know how.

drppdyllwrngr · #6 02-28-2010, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by WRECKEDemRANGER

Nope it is literaly impossible. A Toyota seat will not fit no matter what.

i wouldn't say that. anything is possible if your pockets are deep enough. some time with a welder and some flat stock just about anything is possible.

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Originally Posted by 406ranger

yea i guess it is a crapshoot but i have had some ideas about what i am going to do. im thinking i can cut off the old mounting points on the toyota seats and weld a piece of flat bar across which would make up for the wider tracks and then cut or make new mounting brackets to match the ranger bolt holes i think it will sit about a 1/2 in higher in the end but it is well worth it
sorry cant find my camera but here is a rough idea

your idea is right on. i got to do something similar to put the 65 mustang seats in my truck, but the width is fine for me, the length is off.

406ranger · #7 03-01-2010, 01:15 AM

thanks glad im on the right track when i do this i will probably take some pics of the process i got a buddy thats a welder and he said he would weld it up for me. also i just noticed the seats have a srs airbag in them should i remove these i think i found the wire that goes to it so if it doest effect the seat is it possible?

drppdyllwrngr · #8 03-01-2010, 04:46 AM

i would cut the wires off as far up as you can. don't worry about the rest of the airbag, it should be just fine as it is.

406ranger · #9 03-01-2010, 11:10 AM

awsome thanks for all the help troy i am definetly going to take pictures of this when i do it which should be later tonight or tomorrow when i start now i just have to find my damn camera