Seat replacement bench/split bench?
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Seat replacement bench/split bench?
Hello fellas. My 2003 F'150 is going strong at 162K miles, but the old vinyl bench seat has seen better days. I was in the bone yard today, and found a remarkably nice split bench seat in a '99 model. My question is this: does the floor of my 2003 contain all the necessary mounting holes for all of the various seats available at that time? My truck is a simple XL with a rubber floor. As I look at the mounting points on these split bench seats, they seem to be mostly compatible, but unless I take up the rubber floor, I can't be sure if the other holes are present in my floor.
Does anybody know if all the mounting holes exist, and will it be possible to install a split bench seat in my truck that came with a full bench seat? Thanks for any advice you may be able to provide. Cheers from Columbus, Rich
Does anybody know if all the mounting holes exist, and will it be possible to install a split bench seat in my truck that came with a full bench seat? Thanks for any advice you may be able to provide. Cheers from Columbus, Rich
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Yes Lime, that was my first thought too. So I crawled under the truck to have a look, but there were heat shields and all manner of stuff blocking the view of the floor pan. So I couldn't see if there were un-used threaded holes that a different seat might bolt in to. And that's why I put this on the forum, to see if someone had the answer. But thanks for the input.
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I think I stumbled across a video on YouTube where a guy has to drill holes in his truck but he was going from a bench to center console set-up. This was during my search on how to fix the retractable seat belt on the driver seat which I will one day fix hopefully. I to have the vinyl floor in my truck and will hit the junkyard one day to see if I can get a honeycomb grill and center console set up that works with my stick shift.
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From: monroe
All the holes should be there with rubber/plastic plugs in them. I put a 60/40 from a ‘97 into a early 2000’s xl model and all the holes were there. Just make sure you get all the mounting bolts with new seat
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A seat needs 4 corners bolted to the floor. Since you have a bench seat, the floor has 4 outer holes threaded and the unused 4 inner holes unthreaded. If you get 2 bucket seats, you will need all 8 holes threaded.
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