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The custom captains chairs the truck received when the conversion company had it in 95 have been replaced. The driver seat has a chunk of packing foam on it for 2 years now. Buy, I couldn't find a decent price replacement that wasn't thrashed. Well found one this week and grabbed it yesterday.
So out with the old.
And in with the new
Oh and I've had this truck 14 years and put almost 200k on it. To find out today that the center seat had a secret compartment under the cushion....
The new seat is so nice. I noticed I didn't get a good picture of the side, but it is not worn from sliding in and out.
I find it's hard to find people who sell parts for these seats. I've seen most people replace them with a different seat instead of trying to fix the original because I even started a thread awhile back about replacement parts and obviously no one knows of any because that thread had no replies and I couldn't find any replacement cushions anywhere now the material to recover it. Probably will put SuperDuty seats in mine when I find some. Way more comfortable and they still make parts for them.
Did it cost too much to get the old seats reupholstered? Is that why you went with a used stock bench seat?
the company that did the conversion in the 90s is semi-defunkt.
It is now a wheelchair conversion company. I called once upon a time, and wad told they have no information on the vehicles pre2000. I'm not throwing the old setup out though. They are buckets that sit on a custom frame that bolts to the factory bench brackets. In the future i could replace the wornout one or just replace both. But i think by the time this one is shot, the truck should be somewhere around 50 years old with 500k on it lol.
I find it's hard to find people who sell parts for these seats. I've seen most people replace them with a different seat instead of trying to fix the original because I even started a thread awhile back about replacement parts and obviously no one knows of any because that thread had no replies and I couldn't find any replacement cushions anywhere now the material to recover it. Probably will put SuperDuty seats in mine when I find some. Way more comfortable and they still make parts for them.
the company that did the conversion in the 90s is semi-defunkt.
It is now a wheelchair conversion company. I called once upon a time, and wad told they have no information on the vehicles pre2000. I'm not throwing the old setup out though. They are buckets that sit on a custom frame that bolts to the factory bench brackets. In the future i could replace the wornout one or just replace both. But i think by the time this one is shot, the truck should be somewhere around 50 years old with 500k on it lol.
That’s not what I asked. You couldn’t find a local upholstery shop to do the work at a reasonable price? Now you have the same seats as any other truck from the factory.
That’s not what I asked. You couldn’t find a local upholstery shop to do the work at a reasonable price? Now you have the same seats as any other truck from the factory.
Ah gotcha. Maybe in the future I can find someone to do it.If they are cheap enough. But, these seats have springs in them with very little padding and the springs were broken. And being a custom seat, and no info from the company I don't know how to source parts.
I actually came across a post yesterday on here of me saying they needed replacing in 2017... yeah 7 years ago. But, I am not independently wealthy. So, until the bench came along for 60 bucks. I had planned on just a second foam pad. Since my spare cash goes to my hotrod and house.
But, even when I got it in 2010 and the seats were in really good condition still I was not a fan of how they felt. Imagine 1992 chevy G10 van seats. Squishy and not very supportive. Not fantastic on my bad back.
As for them being the same as any old truck seat, that doesnt bother me. It is a good old F150 that gets me to work and back. Hauls a trailer when I need it to, and is sure footed as a billygoat. I don't need fancy on this ride, that is saved for the hotrod.
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