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Old 12-15-2012, 01:38 PM
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Ive read on some forums that seat swaps are very common since the stock ones do not recline or slide etc.

I heard 90's suburbans and tahoe seats are good.

Anybody have any experience with this?
 
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ive heard that rumor too but have yet to see it. i think 86 and newer k5 seats recline and obviously would be a direct swap. the k5 seems like a pretty easy platform to put in seats out of anything as its basically a flat floor.

i got 8 way power, memory, heated leather seats in my 86 pick up truck out of a 09 volvo. and took about 15 hours to get them things in there. so basically with a bit of work you can make anything happen. i do believe the suburban and pick up truck floors are different then the k5s though

i just googled "tahoe seats k5 blazer" and a bunch of posts came up about it
 

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You can use about any seat out there. I'm guessing that you're more interested in a direct swap without having to change much...

In my 86 I had a set of seats from a Tahoe, they needed a little work hogging out the bolt holes but very easy to mod them to fit.



Some guys use the later style with the integrated seatbelts, I'm not a fan of these because of the factory floor mounting points, weak spots prone to breaking.
 
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If you got a welder and a set of factory bucket brackets you can pretty much make any seat you want to work.
 
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Old 12-18-2012, 10:37 AM
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You can use about any seat out there. I'm guessing that you're more interested in a direct swap without having to change much...

In my 86 I had a set of seats from a Tahoe, they needed a little work hogging out the bolt holes but very easy to mod them to fit.



Some guys use the later style with the integrated seatbelts, I'm not a fan of these because of the factory floor mounting points, weak spots prone to breaking.
Those look killer man!! That pretty much what i would like. Something direct bolt, or with easy modification. what was it like bolting them to the floor?
 
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The bolts in the floor almost exactly lined up with the bolts in the seat frame. Sorry I don't have any more pictures and don't have my 86 anymore or I'd take some more pictures.

I believe they were early 90's Tahoe seats.
 
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the little freightliner captains chairs are like that and pretty reasonably priced--lots of takeouts on the net from the conversion companies
 
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