seat swapping?!

Corpse · Feb 28, 2012

What seats are you guys swapping out your stockers for? I want to find something that will look stock but reclines and has some lumbar support for my 83 k5... What would you guys suggest?

Corpse · Mar 2, 2012

i was thinking like 70's camaro seats or something along those lines...

bucket · Mar 2, 2012

Corpse said:
i was thinking like 70's camaro seats or something along those lines...

You can bolt those right in, if you use the seat mounts and tracks from an '86-'91 K5 Blazer. You will just need to drill a few holes in the floor and bolt the mounts in with grade 8 bolts and large washers under the floor pan.

Your options are wide open when using the '86 and later mounts. '82-'02 Camaro/Firebird, Cavi/Sunbird/Sunfire, '82-'94 S-10/Blazer, 80's Monte SS, Celebrity/6000/Ciera/Century... and I'm sure the list keeps going.

What condition/color are your stock seats?

dhamp · Mar 5, 2012

Do the '86-later Blazer seats have different brackets & bolt locations than the pickups?

crazy4offroad · Mar 5, 2012

I had Subaru buckets in my truck for a while, on a home made mount. Actually I was considering putting them back in but the mount would need some re-working, it made the seats sit a couple inches too high for me, I always felt like a wrong bounce and I would be bashing my head on the roof.

Dieselshine · Mar 5, 2012

Ima steal the leather buckets outta my old mans. 02 suburban lol, I'd love to actually find a set or two and with the center consoles to put in the 3+3 heated leather sure is nice on the winters up here lmao

78shortandwide · Mar 5, 2012

Old77 and myself have seats from 2000ish chevy trucks..and my buddy has them in his 74 blazer. Mine are mounted on the stock bench seat bracket old77 are custom installed. My buddy just had to drill some new mounting holes in his blazer to mount them

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78shortandwide · Mar 5, 2012

dhamp said:
Do the '86-later Blazer seats have different brackets & bolt locations than the pickups?

i think all the blazers have diff mounting holes than the trucks the floor is different..trucks have a higher floor all the way across

dhamp · Mar 5, 2012

78shortandwide said:
i think all the blazers have diff mounting holes than the trucks the floor is different..trucks have a higher floor all the way across

So how do the 2000-style seats compare to the stock bench as far as headroom & legroom? Do they sit higher or lower? Go back just as far as the bench?

78shortandwide · Mar 5, 2012

well mine sit about 1 inch higher that the bench and they go back far enough for me im 6'2" i have plenty of room..now Old77 did his by lowering the floor so his sit lower than mine do. and in the blazer they sit just about the same as the stock seats do. The only thing with putting them in a Blazer is they dont lean forward as far as the stock seat do so a lil bit harder to get in the back.
Old77 chim in any time man

bucket · Mar 5, 2012

dhamp said:
Do the '86-later Blazer seats have different brackets & bolt locations than the pickups?

Yep.

78shortandwide said:
i think all the blazers have diff mounting holes than the trucks the floor is different..trucks have a higher floor all the way across

All year Blazers have their own seat mounts because they have a flat floor. '73-'77 had one design with a passenger seat that is hinged and the whole seat tips forward. '78-'85 are basically the same, but the passenger seat latches to the floor in a different manner. All '73-'85 K5 buckets share the same bolt pattern and will bolt to the rare pickup bucket seat mounts (driver side was adjustable, passenger side was stationary). '86-'91 K5's had a new seat mounting system, and the seats themselves shared the same bolt pattern with many other GM bucket seats.

dhamp · Mar 6, 2012

Good info, Bucket! Thanks!

Corpse · Mar 6, 2012

seats are black with the red lnsert, but the driver side is cracking bad... i like em, just wish i had tilt and some lumbar adjustment... i want to keep the older look since in trying to keep everything pretty close to original looking

coreys87 · Apr 13, 2012

78shortandwide said:
Old77 and myself have seats from 2000ish chevy trucks..and my buddy has them in his 74 blazer. Mine are mounted on the stock bench seat bracket old77 are custom installed. My buddy just had to drill some new mounting holes in his blazer to mount them

so you were able to just put the seat on the original track in your truck? im looking to do the same thing in my 87

heavyleft · Apr 13, 2012

I put '04 Silverado seats in my K5. This is an older picture right after I put them in (i.e. door panels and interior are black/grey now).

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