bronco bucket seats
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I'm in the process of doing this. You will need to drill 2 sets of holes both front and back to bolt seat track down. The bench seat holes will line up with the outside mounting bolts for the bucket seats. as I understand it, you will not be able to fully recline the bucket seats in a regular cab, but the bench seats don't recline anyway. You will need to drill holes to mount the console. I am planning on building my own console that will extend to the dash. Hope this helps
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I'm in the process of doing this. You will need to drill 2 sets of holes both front and back to bolt seat track down. The bench seat holes will line up with the outside mounting bolts for the bucket seats. as I understand it, you will not be able to fully recline the bucket seats in a regular cab, but the bench seats don't recline anyway. You will need to drill holes to mount the console. I am planning on building my own console that will extend to the dash. Hope this helps
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Bobtail is right on. I'll add the following:
The passenger side seat is a little harder because of the heat shield on the bottom of the cab. Here's what I did:
I bolted the seat loosely with the front outside bolt, and marked the other three bolts with a sharpie. Drill the holes to 3/8". From the underside of the truck you'll be able to see a heat shield that the two inner bolts go through. You can either use a hole saw or tinsnips to make room for the nut and washer to be installed. I used a hole saw because I had one.
Use grade 8 washers, nuts, and bolts. LMK if you need pics of the bottom of the vehicle.
One more thing; the bolts holding the bench seat are a metric thread with an SAE 1/2" size, so if you're planning on using the ones from the new set of seats, you'll need to stop at the store for nuts and washers.
The passenger side seat is a little harder because of the heat shield on the bottom of the cab. Here's what I did:
I bolted the seat loosely with the front outside bolt, and marked the other three bolts with a sharpie. Drill the holes to 3/8". From the underside of the truck you'll be able to see a heat shield that the two inner bolts go through. You can either use a hole saw or tinsnips to make room for the nut and washer to be installed. I used a hole saw because I had one.
Use grade 8 washers, nuts, and bolts. LMK if you need pics of the bottom of the vehicle.
One more thing; the bolts holding the bench seat are a metric thread with an SAE 1/2" size, so if you're planning on using the ones from the new set of seats, you'll need to stop at the store for nuts and washers.
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The seat tracks for the bronco are slightly different.
Remove the seat tracks from your bronco seats, and find a set of seat tracks out of a supercab with buckets and bolt them to the seats you have now will save you some headache and a few holes to drill.
The center holes will have to be drilled no matter what.
Remove the seat tracks from your bronco seats, and find a set of seat tracks out of a supercab with buckets and bolt them to the seats you have now will save you some headache and a few holes to drill.
The center holes will have to be drilled no matter what.
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The seat tracks for the bronco are slightly different.
Remove the seat tracks from your bronco seats, and find a set of seat tracks out of a supercab with buckets and bolt them to the seats you have now will save you some headache and a few holes to drill.
The center holes will have to be drilled no matter what.
Remove the seat tracks from your bronco seats, and find a set of seat tracks out of a supercab with buckets and bolt them to the seats you have now will save you some headache and a few holes to drill.
The center holes will have to be drilled no matter what.
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1980-1996 bench seats are a direct bolt on swap.
1980-1996 bucket seats if you get them from a supercab, you will need to drill and reinforce the center holes. The outer holes will line up.
1980-1996 bronco buckets will work if you change the seat tracks to one from a pickup or only one hole will line up.
hope this helps...
1980-1996 bucket seats if you get them from a supercab, you will need to drill and reinforce the center holes. The outer holes will line up.
1980-1996 bronco buckets will work if you change the seat tracks to one from a pickup or only one hole will line up.
hope this helps...
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