Replace Seats in a Superduty
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Replace Seats in a Superduty
Has anyone replaced the front seats in their Superduty?After a couple of hrs of driving i basically have to fall out of the truck.I am just wondering if there are some aftermarket seats that are comfortable.I 've looked at some aftermarket seats, but i am wondering how comfortable they are.Any particular brand?
Laughing Gas
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I removed the stock XL bench seat and installed Flexsteel Captains Chairs. Took me all of 1 hour and 2 pcs. of angle iron. Easiest seat swap I ever did. Much more comfortable then Ford bucket seats. I went with leather, heated and power lumbar with inboard armrests. If you leave the lower seat mount bolted to the floor, add 2 pieces of angle iron (1"x1") from side to side, you have a nice flat surface to bolt to. Mine looks stock installation.
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It's my understanding that a seat is a seat. (ie) there is no Ford, Chevy, or Dodge seat manufacturers. A seat from a full size Dodge will fit a Chevy, will fit a Ford. I too have an XL bench and I have been shopping to replace it. Did a salvage search on the net, got back over 20 hits. The best seems to be the black leather consoled buckets from an Escalade for $245.00. Debating....
Laughing Gas
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Yeah a seat is a seat, but the mounting hardware and stuff is different. If you can adapt an Escalde seat to your Super than great, good luck. I think It will be a pain in the butt to anyone but an expierenced fabricater.
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Fabricating is part of the fun. You guys with newer trucks have more options for bolt in leather and power seats. I have a 79 F250. I won a set of leather Lincoln buckets out of a 97 LSC that I plan to retrofit -- I'm adding a bunch of modern mods, All Ford.
I thought the brackets would be the only challenge, but when I opened my boxes, I was suprised to find each seat is controlled by its own computer with a 36 pin wire harness.
Yikes!!! There aren't 36 wires under the hood of the truck!!!
It will take some time, but I am sure I can make them work. In the meantime if anyone has access to Mark VIII schematics I'd love to see them.
stanz
79 F250 Supercab 4x4 460
74 Bronco Sport 302
I thought the brackets would be the only challenge, but when I opened my boxes, I was suprised to find each seat is controlled by its own computer with a 36 pin wire harness.
Yikes!!! There aren't 36 wires under the hood of the truck!!! It will take some time, but I am sure I can make them work. In the meantime if anyone has access to Mark VIII schematics I'd love to see them.
stanz
79 F250 Supercab 4x4 460
74 Bronco Sport 302
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Laughing Gas
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OK, I dealt with a company in Oregon that shipped my seats to the Flexsteel warehouse in Vancouver, Washington. Real easy to deal with and the captains chairs have a 11"x14" flat base mount. With the bench seat, I left the 2 mounts that adapt the bench to the floor. I then ran 2 pcs. of angle iron across the cab from mount to mount and spaced them 11" apart. I'm removing the seats and all the mats in about 2 weeks to insulate the floor and install wiring for a sound system. I will then take plenty of pictures and set my gallery up. I also installed a Tuffy Security console and it fits perfect with the seats. Colors match perfect and when I had my truck in at the dealer for service last week, they wanted to know where they could purchase a setup like mine. The web site is: www.vehiclespecialty.com/ for the seats and I bought my console direct from Tuffy.
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