Rear head rest conversion?
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Rear head rest conversion?
My wife and I took the kids across the state this weekend and my oldest just got out of his biggest car seat with a back. To this point had NEVER occurred to me this truck didn’t have rear head rests... as old as these trucks are surely someone had a fix. Anybody aware of one? Kinda put all my other projects on the back burner with the pucker factory and mamma bear breathing down my neck to “get it done”...
will the most likely conversion be a whole new bench from newer model? Assuming they fit.
edit. 2000 f350 crew
will the most likely conversion be a whole new bench from newer model? Assuming they fit.
edit. 2000 f350 crew
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HA! Maybe some of those old neck collars from football in the 80s too! 👍🏻
Are all the newer model year seats interchangeable?
are f150 rears also interchangeable?
looking at salvage yards and hoping to get lucky or get something and get reupholstered. This is a mandatory to get done for the safety of the kiddos.
Are all the newer model year seats interchangeable?
are f150 rears also interchangeable?
looking at salvage yards and hoping to get lucky or get something and get reupholstered. This is a mandatory to get done for the safety of the kiddos.
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Don't know the year of your truck or the body (cab) style (you don't mention any of it) but I have a '02 Crew cab and put an '05 rear seat in mine. I did it for the the split rear bench with the tool tray but it has two head rest and the '02 seat had none. Do to the split bench I had to drill one or two hole in the floor for mounting but the the threaded bosses were already welded to the backside of the floor so it was a bolt in. And the fabric was also gray with a slightly different pattern but no one has noticed except me.
Another option is to make small pads to affix to the window or to a bracket across the window opening. I have seen that done on a lot of older single cab trucks.
Another option is to make small pads to affix to the window or to a bracket across the window opening. I have seen that done on a lot of older single cab trucks.
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I put a rear seat out of an 06 for the exact same reason. Didn't like my kids head bobbing so close to the back window. I had to drill and tap the bosses in the cab. My original bench only had 4 mounting points. I think the new one had 8. It wasn't too big of a project. Just make sure to get all the mounting hardware from the donor truck.
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I stuck a 2011+ rear seat in my e99 earlier this year.
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You can even put FRONT bucket seats in the rear for the ultimate head of rest... the seat bolt bosses are already welded to the cab floor and the front seat bolt hole locations and cab floor undulations will line right up.
In fact, Ford put front bucket seats in the rear seat position as original equipment in the LariatLE, as well as the original Platinum edition that was more or less exclusive to the Texas dealer association.
A cheaper alternative was done by a fellow FTE member, who went to the bone yard, selected the best head rests he could find (I helped him hunt for them... and we found them in an Expedition). He then removed the seat cover off of his rear seat, welded in round tubing receiver tubes to the seat frame, put the seat cover back on, punched holes in the pleather, and voila... rear head rests... articulating rear head rests at that.
One of these days I'm going to remove all the factory seats and install a Lazy Boy.
In fact, Ford put front bucket seats in the rear seat position as original equipment in the LariatLE, as well as the original Platinum edition that was more or less exclusive to the Texas dealer association.
A cheaper alternative was done by a fellow FTE member, who went to the bone yard, selected the best head rests he could find (I helped him hunt for them... and we found them in an Expedition). He then removed the seat cover off of his rear seat, welded in round tubing receiver tubes to the seat frame, put the seat cover back on, punched holes in the pleather, and voila... rear head rests... articulating rear head rests at that.
One of these days I'm going to remove all the factory seats and install a Lazy Boy.
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I stuck a 2011+ rear seat in my e99 earlier this year.
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