88-98 Bucket seat alternatives

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Moparmat2000

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Nice writeup on these seats. I have wanted to do a bucket seat swap. The bonneville seats look super great. I will now have to look for a set of these. I will also have to get another set of seat bases. I have a 60/40 bench setup in my truck now. So what i am inferring from your thread is my drivers seat mounts both sides will support a late model bonneville bucket passenger side outboard mount will support one as well, but i have to find one more bracket, preferrably off a 60/40 drivers side seat, along with shorter adjuster cable to use on the passenger side.
 

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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.
Do you have pictures of these camaro seats?
 
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Don't know if this question has been asked, but I'm sorry if it has already. Can you use 2 passenger seats? Like put a passenger seat on the drivers side? What would be the disadvantages to this? It is much easier to find good passenger side seats than driver side at the pick and pull
 

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A passenger seat on the driver side, & all the controls + the recline mechanism will be on the inside. Impossible to get to if you have a console, & just a PitA in general, even with no console.
It is possible though, to modify a passenger seat cover to fit the driver side seat.
The seats cushion faces are not a mirror image, side-to-side. They are narrower at the outer rear of the cushion to allow for the hinge mechanism. Also, if the seats are electric, the holes that would be left by the control pod would be on the inside. While that may not seem like a prob, it'll cause fitment issues.
If it's a cloth seat, the bands from a rear seat in an extended cab could be used for the material that would have to be replaced/modified on the passenger seat cover. That material is GM only & stupid expensive.
If it's a leather seat, the bands of those are vinyl. A basic standard on-the-roll GM material that's still available for cheap. It's color matched & the only difference you'd notice would be in the feel or a slight texture dif. Or...some of the leather from those rear seats can be modded to fit the front seats.
An upholstery guy that knows his stuff could do a job such as this fairly reasonably.
 

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Ok so seems most gm models fit older brackets so 2000's tahoes will bolt on to my risers? I will buy some this weekend if so, I already have bucket seats in an extended cab 95 1500 if that matters. I want black leather seats and this is cheaper than an upholstery shop and older vehicles usually have broken windows in my junk yards.


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Never mind I found the posts about the offset to the left
 
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Does anyone have the specs/measurements for the oem risers where it bolts to the seats?

Or have a list of compatible years and makes that don't have problems like the nnbs hoes?

So far I've found
93 to 02 firebird or camera

92 to 00 Pontiac bonneville
 
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The measurements are on the very front page. Thats how i found the Blazer seats were a exact fit. Basically most GM's from 90 to 2002 all had same seat to track spacing. or atleast thats what i gather from this awesome thread.
 

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"The seats from these cars share the same riser-to-seat bolt pattern (13 3/8” wide x 14” long)

GM B Body:

• 1991–1996 Buick Roadmaster
• 1991–1996 Chevrolet Caprice
• 1994–1996 Chevrolet Impala SS

GM G Body:

• 1995-1999 Buick Riviera
• 1995-2003 Oldsmobile Aurora

GM H Body:

• 1986–2005 Buick LeSabre
• 1986–1999 Oldsmobile 88/LLS
• 1987-99 Pontiac Bonneville
• 2006-2011 Buick Lucerne

GM N Body: (Not the RWD)

• 1985–1987 Oldsmobile Calais
• 1985–1987 Buick Somerset
• 1985–1998 Pontiac Grand Am
• 1986–1998 Buick Skylark
• 1988–1991 Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais
• 1992–1998 Oldsmobile Achieva

GM N Body 2nd generation GMX130:
• 1999–2004 Oldsmobile Alero
• 1999–2005 Pontiac Grand Am
• 1997–1999 Oldsmobile Cutlass
• 1997–2003 Chevrolet Malibu
• 2004–2005 Chevrolet Classic (a previous-generation Malibu sold to fleet buyers)

Other Vehicles
• At least some years of Chevy Astro Van
• Dodge Ram SRT-10 Seats"

*info compiled from another site and very slightly modified by me from others' responses regarding it
 
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