4WD Seats

a seat is a seat is a seat, just somewhere to park your bum, look after them and they will last. seats, not bums.

My mate took the bucket, 3/4 bench out of his hilux and put in two bucket seat out of an sr5 one was a fourby the other a 2 wheelr, Technically should have got engineered as he reduced it from a three seater to a two seater but they bolted straight up no mods what soever needed. It allowed hit to put a centre console in and arm rest. Regards Steve M

If you pick a seat from a car of reasonable quality (comparable to your Toyota) it should do the job.
I'd look for the seats out of a later 70 series as they should bolt straight in at least up until the 78/79 when the floorpan changed slightly.
Changing seats to ones from a different model/car does require engineering approval to be legal and also allows a qualified person to check your made up seat mounts, tek screws will not suffice!!

I put two Mazda Seats in my Landcruiser Ute and done some pretty nasty roads. No problem so far.......but if they fall apart I spend another $60 at the wreckers and get another pair. Best thing I done to my Landcruiser and I have a centre console now.

Reiner

If you don't go through the right channels and engineer it, the only possible trouble i see is the well-known line from insurance companies...." You didn't engineer it and its not mentioned on your policy so you're not covered".
This usually only comes out after you've written off the car and made your claim. They will do anything to avoid paying out so don't think she'll be right mate because it won't. That's what assessors are for. Making sure the vehicle hasn't been illegally modded is one of their jobs.
You'd be amazed at how they could make illegal seat installation the cause of the accident even if it was actually someone doing an illegal U-turn into you.

Hi Imstat, I am looking at changeing the seats in 75 series Troopie. Please email me nzrees@yahoo.com

Thanks

Many years ago I got a pair of buckets from a super luxury model Datsun 200B. They bolted into the MQ with no mods whatsoever although I did sit a little lower.

They were far more comfortable than the originals and lasted well, still going strong when I sold it. That was my white knuckle learn how to 4wd car, so they got a good workout.

Duncs

I have done a few replacement seats into our 74 beetles.
One pair was just standard bucket seats from a Jap car.
The other was a pair of competition seats.

I am in Qld, so got them blue plated (modification plate) attached to the car after being checked by a certified mechanic.

The seats need to have and australian standard compliance tag. If they are out of a jap import, they might not.

For the bases, I used the standard base to get the slides right, and put some new plates on the bases to match the new bolt centres on the seat.

The competition seats came with bases, but being sold in OZ, and made in Oz, came with certification for the seats and bases.

So if you go toyota 4wd to toyota 4wd to keep things simple, shouldn't be a problem.