Hello, new to the forum looks good tho! I drive a 84 cutlass supreme and it currently has a bench seat, at the time i paint it this winter i also want to add in bucket seats also. Does any one have any suggestions or tips for adding in bucket seats? I was wondering if i will need to buy/make brackets to make them fit? thanks for any help!
Bench to Bucket Seats
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welcome to the site.
you can go to any scrap yard and pull out the seats out of any g-body. to the best of my knowledge they will all fit. that is the cheapest and easiest way to do it. if you are looking for more of a custom look
summit Racing sells all sorts of different seats. they start at around 1oo a piece for seats and brackets and go up around 600.
you can go to any scrap yard and pull out the seats out of any g-body. to the best of my knowledge they will all fit. that is the cheapest and easiest way to do it. if you are looking for more of a custom look
summit Racing sells all sorts of different seats. they start at around 1oo a piece for seats and brackets and go up around 600.
If you have a split bench, you can bolt in any G-body Buckets, no problem. If you have a one piece bench, you will need the inside brackets that are welded to the floor next to the trans tunnel (4 brackets in total). You can drill out the spot welds to remove them if you find a donor car.
Do you plan on just adding buckets, or a console as well? If so, you will need to get the shifter, steering column and the shift indicator block off piece for the cluster to make the transformation complete. The console has it's own brackets you will need to drill out of the donor car as well.
as of right now i plan on just adding a generic console w/o a floor shifter, i will later ( whenever swap to a v8) plan on doing a 5 speed conversion. thanks for the help
where can i buy the inside brackets. i'm upgrading from straight bench to 60/40 brougham bench. i only have the outside brackets.
Here's a way to make your money go farther -
http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/Prod ... up_listing
I have them in my cutlass, buy some 1/4 inch steel and make brackets, extra hassle but saves $.
They sit a little low (who doesn't like sitting low?) and older buckets might be more than you bargain for, depending on the upholstering job and how rusty they are.
http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/Prod ... up_listing
I have them in my cutlass, buy some 1/4 inch steel and make brackets, extra hassle but saves $.
They sit a little low (who doesn't like sitting low?) and older buckets might be more than you bargain for, depending on the upholstering job and how rusty they are.
if it were me, which i love to work on SMALL budgets and make things look pretty descent, i would use these. It is just my personal opinion cause i dont really like those new style racing seat things.
http://store.summitracing.com/partdetai ... toview=sku
http://store.summitracing.com/partdetai ... toview=sku
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i got these from a friend at no cost, you can find these at the junk yard they are late model camero. all i did is drill holes and bolt them in, i know the purist are going to hate them, but they work for me :wink: [i
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i got these from a friend at no cost, you can find these at the junk yard they are late model camero. all i did is drill holes and bolt them in, i know the purist are going to hate them, but they work for me :wink: [i
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