Switching Seats in a 1996 F350 Std cab......

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07-18-2013, 12:28 PM

scott79

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Brad, those seats in the bronco look sweet but I am spoiled and prefer the seats with armrest's--thats just me!! Thats one of the reasons I am swapping out my bench and putting in 40-20-40 seats in my 97 F350 RC. The other being I like to have cup-holders/console as well. I even have the factory highbacks in (3) of my 79 bronco's and love them due to having dual armrests.

You have done some great work to the bronco man!!

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The 40-20-40 cab was in Reg cabs, Supercab and Crewcabs.

But ONLY the Reg cab and Crewcab will BOLT in your truck

What do you mean by split bench? The split back? They were Supercab ONLY.

The ONLY seat options for a reg cab were.....

A full bench
A full bench with a SMALL fold down arm rest
A 40-20-40(what is shown above)
and Buckets w console(ONLY IN A LIGHTNING) Here is a set I put in my bronco. I had to use BRONCO seat tracks AND seat frames to get them to BOLT in because The floors are different from a pickup and bronco

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07-18-2013, 12:35 PM

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jump seat lid

Hey Brad, by chance do you know if you can replace the jump seat lid? My lid has a crack in it and was thinking of heading out to the JY sometime this weekend to get one but I wasn't sure if you can remove/replace? Thanks!!

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07-19-2013, 06:00 AM

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You "can" but it is a VERY tedious job. You REALLY have to know what you are doing or you will destroy the cover.

I am looking into making a riser for my console, for a center armrest

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07-19-2013, 08:10 AM

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Thats good to know...any advise or words of wisdom as to "how"?

FWIW--I have seen a expedition center console swap over on FSB.com that looked really good. Here is the link with a few others doing different swaps.

Expedition Center Console - FSB Forums

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You "can" but it is a VERY tedious job. You REALLY have to know what you are doing or you will destroy the cover.

I am looking into making a riser for my console, for a center armrest

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07-20-2013, 01:36 AM

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So Brad, those are 40-20-40 seats, right? Is that what most owners replace their regular bench seats with in a regular standard cab? Thanks! You are a big help. I've been looking all week.

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07-23-2013, 04:06 PM

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I recomend going toa junk yard ad DESTROYING a crappy one. THEN you cn take yours apart and will not break it

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So Brad, those are 40-20-40 seats, right? Is that what most owners replace their regular bench seats with in a regular standard cab? Thanks! You are a big help. I've been looking all week.

What is a 40-20-40? The lightning seats ? NO, they are buckets with a console

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07-23-2013, 11:52 PM

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Brad, what are your seats?

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07-24-2013, 01:53 AM

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Brad, what are your seats?

He said they are buckets with a console. Found in Lightning trucks only...

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02-15-2022, 12:21 AM

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I have a 1996 Ford F350 which has a bench seat in it and I would love to pull it and install bucket seats instead. What year are the seats interchangeable? Thanks ahead of ti,e for ya help.

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02-15-2022, 03:44 PM

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I have a 1996 Ford F350 which has a bench seat in it and I would love to pull it and install bucket seats instead. What year are the seats interchangeable? Thanks ahead of ti,e for ya help.

Bucket seats are NOT a direct bolt in(not in a regular cab or crewcab), they are only a direct bolt in for a supercab or bronco

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