The brackets are made out of 1 inch square tubing. To make a set for yourself you need 3ft or so of square tubing and 4 new bolts and nuts. I cut it out and drilled the holes. I used a plasma cutter to cut it out but anything would work even a hacksaw.
Those brackets are not painted in the picture but it shows exactly how I cut them. I just put them beside the factory bolts and marked where to make my cuts and cut them out. I test fit them to make sure it all worked before painting them and bolting them down. Here is the finished result
The seat is much more comfortable now. I will repaint the brackets once I get some tan spray paint but for now it will do just fine.
I figure the fewer holes in the floor the better. Plus there is some frame thing running under it in about the area I wanted the seat to mount.
Really making those brackets took all of 15 minutes. It took longer to paint them and wait for them to dry. I could have made them a few inches longer and moved the seat back even more but that seemed about right to me. I mostly just wanted it able to go back as far as the drivers seat and be in line. Both of them are as far back as they go in that picture so it seems pretty good to me. I am 6'4 so the stock location sucked with me sitting there, I usually just got in the middle row when I wasn't driving.
And I just ordered new captains chairs for the front with heat and massage. I should be set now once my wallet recovers
This is a mod I've considered as my wife used to complain about the cramped quarters. My question though is about the shoulder belt. Is it still far enough behind to wrap around the passenger? If not, do you have a mod for it?
Matt
Selah, WA
-96 GMC Safari AWD Hi-Top Conversion -->Stalled 5.3L swap & 5" lift
-74 Ford Bronco -->Far from perfect but mine!
-99 V-10 Ford Super Duty Super Cab 4x4 -->Stock with 285 Cooper ATs
-00 Ford Focus Wagon -->The Red Turd
-95 Ford 24' Class C Motorhome -->My big block sleeper
-07 Can-Am Outlander XT -->My yellow 4x4 quad for work & play
-04 Ski Doo REV Summit -->Still several chassis behind!
It doesn't go back any farther than the drivers seat so I don't see any problems with the seatbelt position. If you go nuts making the brackets and move the seat back like 8-10 inches you might have problems with it
I noticed the other day, when I had moved the seats far forward to clean (what a strange word) behind them, that there's an additional 1/2" of metal on the support brackets that you can drill holes in to move the seat back. I know, it's a piddly 1/2", but it's better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick. (This is on top of the seat brackets, so you don't have to fight with those four base nuts.)
A possible alternative would be to take angle iron and extend them to the rear as far as you want. In the middle, you could countersink holes to match up with the rearmost hole in the seat base to help support the new brackets. Because the brackets slope to the rear, this would end up giving you both leg room AND headroom.
Mike, Billings, MT, 'MERICA!
92 Safari SLE w/Z Motor (sold to a good home)
98 AWD Stro LS
93 Suburban Silverado 4x4
Look for the MISSING Alien in the Right Seat. AL, PHONE HOME!!!
CaptSquid wrote: but it's better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick. .
LMAO, Captain you do have a way with words....That's the best laugh I've had in quite a while
'89 Astro, 4.3L, TBI. Minor intake and exhaust mods. Rebuilt 700R4 trans (by me). Corvette servo, 0.5" boost valve, police grade 1-2 accumulator spring (shifts fast and solid). B&M stacked plate trans cooler. Bilstein shocks. Belltech sway bars front and back. New head unit, speakers and subwoofer. Needs paint and a new headliner.
name's Steve
I can't remember all I've forgotten about that....
