Seats: Would this be reasonably doable? (1 Viewer)

[gnarlytoes]

My '92 LC could really use some new front seats. I have an '02 Silverado and the seats are really nice and comfortable. I saw these on a facebook trade page and think it would be wonderful if I could make them work in my LC. Armrests and lumbar support in my 80 would be heavenly. I wonder if they would be too wide? Has anyone here tried to fit '99-'05 full size Chevy seats in an 80? If so, how did it turn out and how difficult was it?

 

[GDA62/100]

Even if you tossed the center console, the seats look too wide and tall to me. The older BMW seats, PT Loser, Subaru STI, Recaro, Corbeau, and Scheel-Mann seats fit because they are narrow and low profile.
Measure the span of the seat rails and the width of the cushions. Compare them to the factory LC seats. Most likely, you will run into the center hump with these, there's not much room for seats wider than the factory seats. You may not be able to center them behind the steering wheel and clear the door. Also, they look tall. You need a low profile seat to get your legs under the steering wheel comfortably and keep your head out of the headliner. But, if you are willing to adapt these to the LC rails and/or rework the floor pan (careful, the front floor support for the seats probably has something to do with rigidity of the body) you might be able to make them work.

 

[gnarlytoes]

Even if you tossed the center console, the seats look too wide and tall to me. The older BMW seats, PT Loser, Subaru STI, Recaro, Corbeau, and Scheel-Mann seats fit because they are narrow and low profile.
Measure the span of the seat rails and the width of the cushions. Compare them to the factory LC seats. Most likely, you will run into the center hump with these, there's not much room for seats wider than the factory seats. You may not be able to center them behind the steering wheel and clear the door. Also, they look tall. You need a low profile seat to get your legs under the steering wheel comfortably and keep your head out of the headliner. But, if you are willing to adapt these to the LC rails and/or rework the floor pan (careful, the front floor support for the seats probably has something to do with rigidity of the body) you might be able to make them work.

I was afraid it would be way more work than it would be worth. It would have been nice, though.

 

[GDA62/100]

Measure, measure, measure.
I'm still trying to cram some 07 Mercedes E350 seats in my FJ62 (Volvo seats I had were too wide). Width is okay, but height might be an issue. Maybe I should just save up for Recaro Specialist M.

 

[thatcabledude]

Too wide. They fit in a k5 blazer perfectly and it WAY wider than an 80. Also the "bolt pattern" has a huge footprint, designed for a basically flat mounting surface.