Replacement Seats

I recently bought a 93 Bronco Eddie Bauer, which means it's powered.  I have had trouble finding panels and seats(not covers).  What years will work?  Any suggestions on where to locate some?

Yo doublecam74,

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The Bronco can accommodate many seats from almost all makes' trucks, vans, passenger vehicles such as:

"...All '80-96 Bronco & '80-97 F-series seats (bench, bucket, whatever) are interchangeable. The most you'd have to do is add wiring for the lumbar pump. The floorpans are identical where the front seats go...."

Source: by Steve

"...I have a set of leather buckets out of a Suburban and they seem a bit wider and fairly comfortable. Re-used the floor plate bracket and mounted the seats to a set of flat bars that then bolted to the floor bracket. That was for the powered driver seat, the other 3 new mounting holes in the seat rails and they bolted up to the floor mount bracket..."

Source: by 4drbronko

"...You can swap almost any OE seats (of any brand) in, depending you how determined you are. Chairs that mount to flat rails will be the easiest, but if you want 8-way power heated/cooled leather with memory, go for it..."

Source: by Steve

Installation (90's Cherokee) in a 90

Source: by 90Beater (Topher, Chris) at

http://bronco.tophersworld.com/writeup_seat2.htm

Installation (Infinity) in a 95; "...so I came across these I30 Ifinity seats, $125 for two,a place in KC has a butt load of them in their attic space...must be like 20 diff. sets, leather, had to do a little mod...basically had to buy two pieces of plate steal 2"x1/8"x48", ..but they work great, electric too..."

Source: by 351cleveland at http://www.supermotors.net/registry/12157/33403

Installation Info & pic (95 Mustang GT) in a 91; ".... I got some out of a 95 GT, and I just had to drill a couple holes..."

Source: by Derrick36

Installation Info & pic (Explorer) in an 89; "Hardest part was drilling the holes and leveling the seats so there was no binding; Only one hole lined up for me, so I had to drill the other three. I did bend the front bracket a little to get it to contour a little better to the floor. Also, I would attach the front two bolts first, then drill the rear and shim level as needed. Other than that, it was pretty simple. I also put in a separate fuse block for the seats and my CB so I didn't have to run too much wire or tap into another source. *** Not sure what model mine were from, but tilting the seat forward and scooting it up all the way allows fairly easy access to the back from the passenger side. *** this is important!!! *** My driver's seat tilt lever is broke, so I haven't been able to test that side, but my old seats didn't tilt far enough either, so I never had anyone getting in on that side. Also, I removed my center console, so it's really easy to just climb over the front seat and crawl through the middle. At least with my electric Explorer seats, there was no easy way to unbolt just the floor brackets and keep the motors and such intact..."

Source: by hmthesing (Hunter T)

Installation Info & pics (300Z) in a 95; "... I swapped my torn up leather seats today for some 300Z seats. ($200.00 on Craigslist). I swapped out the tracks and the seat bases allowed 3 out of 4 holes to be drilled and bolted, but on the back corner I had to make a bracket. Driver side was power and I had to remove 2 of the three motors to make it work (Back and forth and up and down.) It took a good hour to figure out the driver seat rewire, but ultimately I was able to plug it into the lumbar air power source from my old seat after splicing the connector and some of the remaining wiring. Had to cut away some of the metal underneath to allow the tracks to fit properly, but it worked out very well I think and is a very neat installation. Seats sit about an inch lower than the originals, but feel awesomee.

Source: by J. Mark M (DAMIAN)

*** this is important!!!***

Installation Info (04 Expedition): "...put in seats outta an 04 expedition. They are very comfortable and the drives is power, but I had to make brackets for them. ***Worst of all, they don't fold forward so access to the rear seat is much harder***..."

Source: by Alan T (GearHead)

Installation Info (1999 F 150) buckets in an 88; "...I had to drill new holes in the stock bronco brackets to accomodate the studs from the f-150 seats. I also had to drill 2 new holes in the floor because the f-150 slider brackets are further apart about 1".. It worked out ok because there is a little reinforcement panel underneath the bronco body and you still hit it when re-drilling. For the passenger side, I added some angle iron to the bronco flip-seat bracket to get my extra width I needed, pretty simple actually..."

Source: by arvy88bronco (The Black Peach)

Installation Info (1999 F 150) buckets in an 88; "...I had to drill new holes in the stock bronco brackets to accomodate the studs from the f-150 seats. I also had to drill 2 new holes in the floor because the f-150 slider brackets are further apart about 1".. It worked out ok because there is a little reinforcement panel underneath the bronco body and you still hit it when re-drilling. For the passenger side, I added some angle iron to the bronco *** this is important!!!*** flip-seat bracket*** to get my extra width I needed, pretty simple actually..."

Source: by arvy88bronco (The Black Peach)

Installation Info (93-95 Lightning); "...I used the 93-95 Lightning seats in the bronco. I had to reuse the tracks from the bronco becuase the Lightnings seats were never meant to slide forward like the broncos because they were mounted to a steel frame that went accross the entire truck.. I simply bolted the bronco seats on at the front of the tracks from the bronco then re-drilled the rear locations to match the lightning seats holes..."

Source: by ROBSLXTASY (90 Griggs LX)

Measure the track width, length using this,

and visit your friendly yard, hopefully you will find someone there that can get you into a late model vehicle that has the *** tilt, flip forward feature ***found in Mustangs and other 2 door vehicles.

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Interior Trim Clips in factory colors

http://shop.broncograveyard.com/Trim/products/80/

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Bedside Panels:

ColorBond Application in an 86; "...cleaned the entire thing with purple-power twice. Then I lightly wiped it down with acetone. Then, just to make sure the factory paint did not cause a problem I wiped a section down with acetone until the factory coating was removed and it was down to the bare plastic. This is the lighter area in the picture below. Unfortunately this did lighten the texture a little. Took 5 mist coats to cover. The area with the factory paint removed was harder to coat, making me think it was sinking into the plastic, but sat on top of the factory paint everywhere else. Then again it may have just been the fact that that area was lighter. I let the Color Bond cure for 48 hours and then did a scratch test. I can not scratch it off with my fingernail anywhere and it takes a serious effort to scratch it off using a penny..."

Source: by Gacknar (The Mall-Crawler, Jeremy, "Big grey megga beast")

Carbon Fiber pics in a 93

Source: by race (bigskymt) at http://www.supermotors.net/registry/21715/72723

"...Got some of my interior trim pieces carbon fiber'd. I think they turned out really nice..I took my original stuff and mailed it to a place in Cali that does it..

http://www.autodynamicswest.com

but all the dash parts and stuff you can find on ebay pretty cheap?.

it was kinda pricey.. but it was faded really bad so I wanted to give it a cleaner look. I got the 2 door panel trim pieces done, the window/door lock panels and the 3 trim pieces on the dash done for a little over $250.

Bedside & Door Panel Krylon Fusion Painted pics in an 88

Source: by danmick (Daniel M, Big, White Mule) at http://www.supermotors.org/vehicles/registry/detail.php?id=11082&s=33705

Bedside Panel Custom Fabrication9; "...Making New Cargo Trim Panels. I know everyone wants to spruce up those cheap looking pieces of cardboard that Ford calls a trim panel on the sides of the cargo area. This tip is simple but the result is awesome. Take that scratched up piece of cardboard and lay it down on a piece of 1/4" plywood. Use it as a template to leave a nice outline. Hold on your not done yet, you might want to take a marker and mark all the ***** holes including the armrest. You can do both pieces on one piece of 4x8 and have enough on the end for the tailgate panel. Cut it out as good as you can and drill out all the holes (before you put the carpet on so they are easy to locate). This is also a good time to cut out any speaker holes you might want. You will find the perfect piece of carpet at www.crutchfield.com for $20 that will cover both panels and the tailgate panel. They carry materials to build speaker boxes. You might need a hand holding the carpet tight on both ends, lay the cut out piece of wood on the carpet in the place you want it. Trim around the wood leaving a couple of inches to work with. Using an ordinary staple gun, work your way around the edges starting with the long straight top edge. As you go around the turns it will want to fold to compensate for the turn. Just let it fold but keep the folds to a minimum. Carefully remove the V-shaped piece, the carpet hides this well so you shouldn't be able to see the seem. Add staples as necessary to hide the seem. Slap it back on your truck and be proud of yourself. Total cost: about $35.00 depending on how much the plywood is were you live..." by Chris C

Bedside Panel Custom Fabrication pics in a 95

Source: by Stringer 142 (BigGreenMachine, BAMF) at http://www.supermotors.net/registry/10441/66848

Bedside Panel Depth Measurement for Amp, etc. in a 94

Source: by Ken B (Kenny's 94) at http://www.supermotors.net/clubs/superford/vehicles/registry/9319/57361

Bedside Panel Parts Break-Out Diagram in 92-96 (XLT, Eddie Baurer & Sports Edition)

Source: by Steve83 (Steve, That dirty old truck) at

Dye Information, Review & Source, SEM

Source: by BLOODSWEATSTEEL (Bigfoot) & Sixlitre (Malcolm H, Eddie Bauer) ..."The door panel thread got me thinking just how long it took me to find exact paint to match my interior trim. I tried almost every paint store in town in my search (and I even work in a 1,000,000 sq. ft. Sherwin Williams warehouse.) I purchased about ten different types in my quest for the perfect paint. While some were close, there was one CLEARLY above and beyond all the rest.

It is produced by a company named SEM, and is available through a few auto paint suppliers. The color I bought; "bluemist" was an exact match to the factory interior. I couldn't believe my eyes. It blew Krylon Fusion, VHT color-dye, all the popular aerosols, custom-mixed jobs........everything right out of the water. Come to find out, they are also the only Ford licensed aftermarket manufactrer of aersols out there. (prolly explains the match. .)

Anyways, may make it a little easier if anybody is having the same difficulty I had in my quest.

I had to get a can custom mixed because of aerosol importation problems this month, but it was worth it looking at the results;

http://web.archive.org/web/20051220031515/http://www.superford.org/registry/vehicles/detail.php?id=4970&s=18115#content

This is almost exactly what I have been searching for! Thank you for the detailed answer. I recently purchased an 82 Bronco to restore. The front seats are not original so I was wondering if the originals were power or manual. What year broncos would be best for a swap?

Yo Caxtus,

Welcome to the Zone!

Owners have swapped in all makes of seats into their Big Broncos fron Saabs to Expeditions.

For example;

Installation & Mount Mod (PRP Racing) in an 84

Source: by our late buddy here, justshootme84 (Randy Z, Casual Mudder) at http://broncozone.com/topic/3543-replacementaftmkt-seat-install/

One thing to consider is the replacement seat should have the flip and slide-fwd feature to allow access to the rear seat, and when it flips and slides fwd, ensure that the headrest will not hit the windshield. Another thing you could do if you're good at fabricating or know somebody who is, is mount your new seat to the bronco's seat frame. Then you would still have the tilt & slide access for your rear seat..

Installation Info (04 Expedition): "...put in seats outta an 04 expedition. They are very comfortable and the drives is power, but I had to make brackets for them. Worst of all, they don't fold forward so access to the rear seat is much harder..."

Source: by Alan T (GearHead)

Installation Info (96 Mustang GT) in an 84; "...I took the seats out of my 96 mustang GT last night and put them into my bronco. They look and feel awesome to sit in when in the truck. I just put the bronco frame rails on the mustang seats. Had to drill the back bolt hole on the mustang seats for them to work..."

Source: by stang96gts

Installation (Infinity) in a 95; "...so I came across these I30 Ifinity seats, $125 for two,a place in KC has a butt load of them in their attic space...must be like 20 diff. sets, leather, had to do a little mod...basically had to buy two pieces of plate steal 2"x1/8"x48", ..but they work great, electric too..."

Source: by 351cleveland

I have SD seats in mine. I tried using the SD seat track but it was stupid High. It was about 3-4 inches higher in the cab than the stock seat. So to remedy that, I disassembled the seat, So It was just the bottom. Then I got the stock seat track, laid it out on the bottom of the seat. Make sure of your left right and front back positioning. I would position the front legs of the Seat track as far forward on the seat base frame as possible since its such a longer seat front to back. You should be able to get at least one hole to line up on the seat with the seat track. Sink a bolt in that, then drill a new hole on the opposite corner put a bolt thru the hole, and use a lock nut and washer on the other side. Just make sure there is clearance for the washer to sit flat on the frame. You may have to use a cutoof wheel to grind off the thread bores from the stock bolt location to fit the washer flat against the frame. Once you have two bolts in place, Fit the seat in the truck and check left to right fitment. Close the door and make sure its not hitting the door panel. Check fitment in the middle so that your center console just fits between both seats. you will want the seats to be as far to the centerline as possible and still be able to fit the center console. Once everything is properly fitted in place, you can drill out the other 2 holes and secure them with lock nuts and washers. I used THICK washers probably at least 2 per bolt. Tighten them as tight as you can so the seat doesnt wobble or shift. Once you get final fitment of the bolts, it wouldnt be a bad idea to remove all the covering and foam and then take the seat base/track to a welder and have them weld the washers to the seat frame.

Overall I am pretty happy with the seats. They are alot more comfortable than the stock seats. They still sit a bit high to my liking, but its ok. I dont have side steps, so it makes getting in not that easy for short people, like my wife. She has to have a step ladder.

Heres mine, Im still waiting to get the covers for the drivers seat, but another month or 2 and I will be there. One BIG drawback for some will be, you wont be able to fold the seat forward like your stock seats, so access to the rear seat will be limited. I dont run a rear seat so its not an issue for me. I dont have my center console bolted down, so If I need to get in the back I remove the console and go thru the middle.

http://s754.photobucket.com/user/jimdog32526/media/Seats/20140320_153711.jpg.html

Fitting the seat to the stock frame.

http://s754.photobucket.com/user/jimdog32526/media/Seats/20140320_153711.jpg.html

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