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406ranger 02-28-2010 11:37 AM
custom seat mounts anyone?
 
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 02-28-2010 06:35 PM
has no one done this?

406ranger 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

http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/a...dawson/chm.jpg

camodown 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 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 02-28-2010 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by WRECKEDemRANGER (Post 80782)
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.

Quote:
Originally Posted by 406ranger (Post 80843)
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

http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/a...dawson/chm.jpg
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 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 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 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 :hmpf:


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