Well we just found out we are having twins. The normal person may have all of the regular fears of hearing the news, I guess I am not a regular person. My first thought was of my X. You see we already have 5 other kids, so the X was to be the perfect family hauler. Now there will be 9 of us and I only have 8 seats. The next step is one of those big 12 passenger vans and lets face it they are not cool. So I go to the dealer to order a bench seat for the front. The parts man says that a "kit" doesn't exist so he has to order everything seperate. Everything! The list came to 110 part numbers and had a price of $3,000. So I would get a Ford 40-20-40 leather front seat. I then have to assemble and install for $3,000. I have found after market products for about half that, but they come with some kind of frame adapter for my vehicle. It seems all the aftermarket seats are boilerplated, then I have to bolt it to the adapter then bolt the adapter to the floor. It just doesn't sound solid or safe. Does anyone have other ideas or suggestions?(Other than the obvious birth control needs)
Congratulations !!!!
Check out the for sale area on this site -
seats are always listed.
Also out your wanted ad for same.
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krdadlamb - Congratulations on the new additions. A small school bus might also work to trasnsport those kids. (Just kidding). Good luck in search for your seat. A thought - try a F250/350 front bench seat or try to find a Excursion Fleet model with a bench style seat. You could always have it recovered. A junk yard search might be a good starting place
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Hey arn't we missing the obvious. There are plenty of threads on converting from bench to buckets by only replacing the center section. It should be possible to go backwards.
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krdadlamg Congratulations ! ! ! on the 2Xs [img]images/icons/cool.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/laugh.gif[/img] .
If you do not find what you are looking for in the previous posts the only other placec I can think of are places that sell caps for pickups. A lot of them sell aftermarket seets and do installations. All of the mounting hardware has to meet DOT regulations. The last resort I guess would be in the
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They sell similar products.
Take care and good luck.
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krdadlamb,
I removed my center console and installed the center section of the 40/20/40 from a pickup in my 2001 EX.
The dealer I bought my truck from ordered the parts for me and it came to ~$900. There are a few minor problems with the install but overall I am real happy with it. If you have any questions feel free to email me.
Dave
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Another tip would be to look for a crashed Super Duty pickup and get the bench seat out of there. It should bolt right in because the X body is the same from the doors forward.
If you really want leather, despite all those kids, you could have the SD bench recovered in leather at any good upholstery shop. I can recommend Kings in Oakland CA but that probably won't help you much.
my buddy has 60/40 bench seat in tan leather and really wanted captain chairs. let me know if you are intersted?
mike
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