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Old 11-12-2011, 04:08 PM
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Anyone looking for bolt in bucket seats, I know what to use.

I just put a set of full power driver and passenger eddie bauer bucket seats in my fathers truck today. They bolted right to the floor. The only mod was I had to drill 8 holes to mount them. He also sits center of the steering column now. They look great.

I got the seats from a 98 0r 2000 ford explorer. (The small explorers.) I had to spread the front bolt holes a little to mate to the angle of the floor. A pipe wrench made that adjustment easily. I ran the grounds direct to the cab and ran power from the cigarette lighter fuse. He is driving it home now in much more comfort.

The console came out of a full size ford truck if I remember correctly. I have had it awhile. Anyway here is a picture.

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Old 11-12-2011, 04:26 PM
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Very cool. If my bench ever gets to filthy I'll have to look into this.
 
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I like it. Lots of those Explorers around, too.
 
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I took some out of a 85/86 Lariat F150 with console. Fit the floor contour perfectly. The out side bolt hole on the front of each side was correct drilled the rest. Wen in my 85 F350.
 
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Originally Posted by first today
I just put a set of full power driver and passenger eddie bauer bucket seats in my fathers truck today. They bolted right to the floor. The only mod was I had to drill 8 holes to mount them. He also sits center of the steering column now. They look great.

I got the seats from a 98 0r 2000 ford explorer. (The small explorers.) I had to spread the front bolt holes a little to mate to the angle of the floor. A pipe wrench made that adjustment easily. I ran the grounds direct to the cab and ran power from the cigarette lighter fuse. He is driving it home now in much more comfort.

The console came out of a full size ford truck if I remember correctly. I have had it awhile. Anyway here is a picture.

Looks great. How are the seat belts treated? Where there any of those plastic sleeves that hold the buckle end up in the air or do they come out of the seat?
 
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We used the seatbelts that ran through the bench seat. It may be possible to use the receiving end from the explorer though.
 
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