I picked up a new F250 seat on craigslist for a song. It isn't a direct bolt in like the seats up to '96 are, but it was still pretty easy.
I used the 2008 seat tracks and floor brackets. I switched the brackets left to right. The front of the brackets needed to be bent to a different angle to conform to the floor shape. 4 new holes drilled in the floor and 4 1/2" grade 8 bolts to mount it. Factory belts pass though the slots that are stitched into the seat.
My truck has a factory under-bed tank and never had the in-cab tank (no hole for tank filler in the side of the cab). I'm not sure how this seat would work with an in-cab tank.
Jeff http://www.fordification.com/forum/view ... 22&t=46251
SOLD-71 F-350 dually flatbed, 302 / .030 over V-8 with a "baby"C-6, B & M truckshifter, Dana70/4.11 ratio, intermittent wipers, tilt steering, full LED lighting on the flat bed, and no stereo yet (this way I can hear the rattles to diagnose)! SOLD!
Many Ford bumps / one 76' EB / and several dents through the years.
A lot of "oddball" Ford parts collected from working on them for 34 years now!
2008 Ford Escape 4 x 4
BiggDogg wrote:very nice, and I bet being a 2008 seat, it doesn't have an old stinky butt smell, like some of the older replacement seats do
You are right! I walked out and got in it after it sat in the sun with the windows shut a while and it didn't have that 'old shoe' smell that it always did before. Oddly, it now has new car smell....
Looks good man. Nothing beats the way new seats sit.
1969 Ford F-100. 302 4 barrel, C4 auto, 9in 3.50 open rear, headers, power steering, Turq/wht, Under restoration. In other words, in a million pieces!!!
so what seats are direct bolt in? i was looking into changing my bench out but didnt really want to go with buckets. i was gonna try to find a front bench out of a 97ish f350, thats the truck my dad has and that front bench would be awesome since it has the fold down middle seat with a center console but i didnt know if it would fit.
