88-98 Bucket seat alternatives

[TylerZ281500]

checking for bostacle is always my first step. also i have a bunch of wires behind the driver side of my seat sticking through the carpet, and have no clue what they are for. any ideas?

 

[MOBS]

i bought my 98 bonniville power seats..150 bucks...they were gray....with a liittle dye job

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In a classic sense....those are just sexy. Combined with the truck in your avatar, it's the SEX man!!! Love your truck!

 

[ccreddell]

One thing to keep in mind is that most of the seats in the cars mentioned above are fairly thick front-to-back. And unless your inseam is less than 30", its going to get a bit cramped. Im looking at picking up a 96 SCSB and it has buckets that look like they came out of a 97+ Tahoe or EC (with center console even) and they push me too far forward. The stock bench in the 88-94 SC is quite thin, if anyone knows of a thin bucket please let me know. I need the legroom.

 

[BHBurban]

One thing to keep in mind is that most of the seats in the cars mentioned above are fairly thick front-to-back. And unless your inseam is less than 30", its going to get a bit cramped. Im looking at picking up a 96 SCSB and it has buckets that look like they came out of a 97+ Tahoe or EC (with center console even) and they push me too far forward. The stock bench in the 88-94 SC is quite thin, if anyone knows of a thin bucket please let me know. I need the legroom.

Astrovan

 

[nutjobrob]

Astrovan

Has anyone tried seats from an Astrovan? or full size van for that matter?

 

[sewlow]

One thing to keep in mind is that most of the seats in the cars mentioned above are fairly thick front-to-back. And unless your inseam is less than 30", its going to get a bit cramped. Im looking at picking up a 96 SCSB and it has buckets that look like they came out of a 97+ Tahoe or EC (with center console even) and they push me too far forward. The stock bench in the 88-94 SC is quite thin, if anyone knows of a thin bucket please let me know. I need the legroom.

There are many seats that will fit vehicles that they were not originally intended for. As long as you stick with the same manufacturer, seat-to-vehicle. Most of my experience with this, is with GM, although I believe that Ford does this, too. (But, who cares about that?) I've put 6 way power seats from a Grand-Am into a S-10 Blazer. Practically a 'bolt in'. The most important thing to do, is to use your tracks that are in the vehicle now. Any OBS bucket seat, out of a Yukon, Suburban, Ex-cab, etc. can be made to fit a standard cab, tracks & all. 4 holes, next to the drive tunnel is all that needs to be drilled. If electric seats being added, the wiring will take you longer to do than the drilling.
Most GM bucket seats have the same bolt pattern, seat-to-track. If they are slightly off, the holes in the tracks that the seat bolts to, can be modified, or re-drilled. With a couple hours of modifying on the bench, (guesstimate) you may be able to use the electrics from the buckets that you have now, even on a 40/60 split bench, or a full bench. Many of the bench, or 40/60 seats, already have the mounting holes for the motors pre-drilled. That only parts that you would need is the longer drive cable when you do this. The cable that goes from the motor to the track gears. GM has used the same basic electric seat motors & drive cables since the 80's. They also had bench seats that used electrics, (Cadillacs) so the longer drive cables are available, online, through GM, or at the wreckers. On a bench seat, you would be eliminating one of the electric mechanisms. As long as you can find a seat that you like, or one that fits you better, if it's a GM seat, with a little work, it should fit. The most problems that I've had, doing stuff like this, is modifying the seat for the controls. I've had to remove the cover & fab a bracket inside the seat, then remove whatever foam is in the way, & cut the hole in the cover where the seat controls will be. Some GM seats already have this bracket hidden inside, if they had an electric option for that model. I cut the hole last, when the seat cover has been installed. Just an 'X' cut, smaller than what is required. You can always make the cut larger. Pretty hard to make it smaller.
Hope this helps.

 

[QuickOrange]

I put 5th Generation Camaro Buckets in my truck. There's at least as much room as the bench had, and it's got the added bonus of leaning back.

My process: pull the bench out, remove the brackets from the bottom, and disassemble until you have the two side brackets (the parts that bolt to the cab). You'll need to pick up another set of these from a yard for your second seat.

Remove the seat brackets from the Camaro buckets and install the bench brackets. Put your seat in the cab and bolt down your existing holes. I found my drivers side didn't line up correctly, so I couldn't use the pre-existing holes. The passenger side was perfect. Figure out where you want it, mark your floor for drilling new holes, drill the holes, then install your seat.

The hardest part for me was getting the damn seats out of the Camaro.

 

[bigdaveberg]

I have been wanting to do this because I hate the 60/40 set up in my ext 93 sierra, and I finally found the way to do it thanks a lot man. I rather have 2 buckets and a center console for Lightbar controls.

 

[92terminator]

Has anyone tried seats from an Astrovan? or full size van for that matter?

ive put suburban seats in a astro van, so astro seats should fit our gm trucks no problem.

 

[cdubb]

The Bucket seats in my 94 ext cab are the same thickness in the seat as well as the seat back as my buddys 92 bench

One thing to keep in mind is that most of the seats in the cars mentioned above are fairly thick front-to-back. And unless your inseam is less than 30", its going to get a bit cramped. Im looking at picking up a 96 SCSB and it has buckets that look like they came out of a 97+ Tahoe or EC (with center console even) and they push me too far forward. The stock bench in the 88-94 SC is quite thin, if anyone knows of a thin bucket please let me know. I need the legroom.