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: Have any of you replaced your back seat?


Mark the Shark
10-10-2007, 04:39 AM
I started with a '93 Sierra 3500, then bought a '97 Silverado 3500. I liked the back seats in them because they had a slider to move them forward and back. There was plenty of room under the seat. I could also tilt the back of the seat forward to access all of the junk I like to carry with me. Now I have an '07 Silverado 3500 and I don't like the back seat anymore. I can't tilt the back of the seat forward without lifting the seat up, which I can't do unless I move the front seats forward. I don't have any room for my subwoofers and amps behind or under the seat. I don't like leaving the back seats in the platform position because I'm afraid I might rip the leather if the seat folds down on top of my jumper cables, toolbox, etc. Plus the fact that I need the seat to carry passengers. Is this the first year they've put this style backseat in the 3500's? I'm thinking that maybe I can go to a junkyard and find a seat from an older model and replace mine. I work in a machine shop, so I could fabricate any brackets or adapters. Has anybody done this?

Shark

trouttrooper
10-11-2007, 12:13 PM
They've been like that since the new body design in '99.

Mark the Shark
10-11-2007, 08:21 PM
Oh, that far back, huh? I had my last truck for almost 10 years and haven't really keep up with all of the changes in the new models.

Thanks for your reply.

Shark

Sneeky Pete
10-14-2007, 01:15 PM
Yea the back seat bug's the piss out of me too.....Same issues. Thinking captains and a center consle should do the trick nicely.