switch to bench

txpkup · February 4, 2005

I have a question for yall, and some of yall might think I'm crazy for attempting to do this. But I'm an old fashioned guy. And I've always thought that a front bench seat was the way to go. I have a 99 (new body style), with two bucket seats with the personal cargo bucket, if you will, in the middle. I'd rather have a split bench seat with the fold-up arm rest.

Does anyone know how to approach something like this? Has anyone ever done a switch? Could the dealership do it? Or is it more of a "pimp my ride" garage kind of thing? Should I be looking at junkyards and places like that?

Thanks in advance

Bgdsub72 · February 4, 2005

easy swap, everything just unbolts and bolts back in. Just find someone with a bench that will swap you for buckets and a console. I would swap you if I had what you were looking for...

Black-Z71 · February 4, 2005

I have a 99 (new body style), with two bucket seats with the personal cargo bucket, if you will, in the middle. I'd rather have a split bench seat with the fold-up arm rest.

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What color interior do you have??

Scyry · February 4, 2005

The seats are the same if they are cloth. All you have to do is switch the center console for the middle piece of the bench.

99-2door · February 4, 2005

The seats are the same if they are cloth. All you have to do is switch the center console for the middle piece of the bench.

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The seat aren't exactly the same.

The bucket seats have little fold out armrest on the seats. The 40/20/40 seats don't have those.

They will interchenage no problem, but the armrests rub the center seat sometimes a little.

txpkup · February 6, 2005

I have a 99 (new body style), with two bucket seats with the personal cargo bucket, if you will, in the middle. I'd rather have a split bench seat with the fold-up arm rest.

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What color interior do you have??

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It's the black. Or close to it. I think it's the darkest one there is, at least for 99.

txpkup · February 6, 2005

by the way thanks for the info yall

tboat · February 6, 2005

I just traded in my 2000 ext. cabLT with the leather buckets for a 2005 crew cab GMC SLE with the bench seat. I like the bench better especially with the fold down armrest. However, I absolutely hate the cloth seats. I am in the process of having them taken off and replaced with the leather. I like being able to slide in and out without the seat grabbing at my clothes. It looks like about a $750-$1,000 mistake.

txpkup · February 7, 2005

congrats on the new truck. leather is great. but i use my truck for work a lot, plus I'm just in college. And like the outside, the inside is usually not that nice (clean), plus to me the extra $$ for leather just isn't as big an issue with a truck (I'd probably spend the extra money on tires or something ). but to each his own. I love leather when you have to wear a suit or something nice, you don't get the fuzz stuff on you when you want to keep your clothes as spotless as possible. I think these days I wear a suit about twice a year for Christmas and Easter haha.

Also, glad you like the bench.

Valsport · February 7, 2005

yeah i've got leather and my next truck will not

Bgdsub72 · February 7, 2005

I have leather and all my next vehicles will too.

Wingnut · February 7, 2005

I didn't want leather until I bought this truck. I spend a lot of time muddy, and when I get home, I just wipe them off, and I can hop back in 10 minutes later with nice pants without even thinking of them getting dirty.

Cloth, you have to scrub and scrub, then wait for it to dry....And then beat the dust out of them.

To each his own though. I wish I needed some buckets, so I could help you out.

Good luck in your quest

txpkup · February 7, 2005

I didn't want leather until I bought this truck. I spend a lot of time muddy, and when I get home, I just wipe them off, and I can hop back in 10 minutes later with nice pants without even thinking of them getting dirty.

Cloth, you have to scrub and scrub, then wait for it to dry....And then beat the dust out of them.

To each his own though. I wish I needed some buckets, so I could help you out.

Good luck in your quest

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This is true. Leather is easier to keep clean. Guess I was just thinking along the terms of "get in another car" to go do "cean" stuff. I could always give leather in a truck a shot someday.

Scyry · February 7, 2005

I have always see the leather wearing out after just a year or two in people's trucks. Cloth seems to last forever. Do they even make the bench seat in leather? I like my bench for the arm rest, just more comfy than my Dad's arm rest in his truck. Seem to be able to store the same amount of stuff in the bench as the tiny center consoles they use now.

budhayes3 · February 8, 2005

I like the way leather looks and smells when it's new and fresh, but that's about it. Too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter (even though the Lexus's that I drive at work have cooled and heated seats). I've always liked a nice quality cloth seat. I just purchased a set of Legacy Neoprene seat covers that I'm hoping will be pretty nice, just waiting for the big brown truck to arrive.