Seat Swap

[bball2k42]

how is everyone today?? Ive been a reader on this forum for a while but this is my first time ever posting. i figured it was time for me to start working on my baby now. so heres my questions....

I want to swap the front and rear seats in my 83 caprice with something from a later model vehicle. Would that just be a matter of fabing some brackets to attach the new seats or will there be issues with finding something the correct size to fit. i currently have split bench with power controls. Box Caprices seem alot bigger than most late model cars.... So if it is a matter of finding something that fits, does anyone know of specific vehicles that i could swap with?

[mike561]

I know our mod here silicon212 changed his seats out in his caprice, not sure from which type of car, i think a 90's something pontiac. im sure he would know best.

[deesandvees]

I've heard full size Cadillac seats fit right in.

[silicon212]

Originally Posted by mike561

I know our mod here silicon212 changed his seats out in his caprice, not sure from which type of car, i think a 90's something pontiac. im sure he would know best.

Well, I am not a mod here, but yes I did swap out to buckets from a '97 Grand Am. Using the base brackets from the Caprice seats (45-45 split bench), they were a direct bolt-in.

[96capricemgr]

With some adapter plates I made I put 93 Bonniville SSEI 12-way buckets in the front of my car. Actually a popular mod for the 94-6 cars.
I have some back problems and the 3 bladder lumbar is great, power side bolsters are nice for when you push the car in corners.

[ncinirator]

Originally Posted by 96capricemgr

With some adapter plates I made I put 93 Bonniville SSEI 12-way buckets in the front of my car. Actually a popular mod for the 94-6 cars.
I have some back problems and the 3 bladder lumbar is great, power side bolsters are nice for when you push the car in corners.

[96capricemgr]

Here are bonnies in a friend's wife's car. The 12-way look the same just there is a controller you have to figure out how to mount in the center console as it has a selector switch and is used for both seats.

My car is under 2 feet of snow and the installation of the console a work in progress. I tried exopying the controller into a console and using SEM to paint it all to match and it is rough and only half color matched. Functions wonderfully though and that is the important part to me.

http://s39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...nnsBonnies.jpg