Swap toyota 1 & 1+1/2 seat for a pair of buckets

Hi Chappie -
I drive a 60 series and am regularly fustrated by having limited space for my junk etc...I have often thought about replacing my front seats but I loose the advantage of the extra up front. Sorry, but I don't know what the answer is...so I'll be watching with interest the responses you do get. I think you must also get a safety ticket with it to comply with some regulatin of somesort???
Have a good one.
Dan

Chappie I have swapped the front seats out of my sixty series for a couple of buckets. I picked up a couple of Magna seats from the wreckers for 80 bucks and they had the lot, lumbar support etc etc. They are bloody comfy too. The only problem with them is that they are probably a little to wide for the job. The drivers side seat is very close to the handbrake and there wasn't as much room left between the seats as i would have liked to fit my console. I think if you picked up something from a toyota corrolla or something similar they would be better. As for fitting them in the drivers side wasnt to much trouble at all I just had to make up a frame that bolted to the magna seat and then bolted that to the existing seat supports in the car. This did raise the seat a little which I found to be an added bonus since it improved my view over the bonnet quite a bit.
The passenger seat was a bit more of a problem since I couldnt use the existing frame due to the width of the original seat. But with a 4'' angle grinder a bit of angle iron a welder and a small amount of know how I knocked up a frame that matched up with existing threaded holes in the floor of the car.
My advice to you is to head off to the wreckers armed with a tape measure and have a hunt around for seats that are a close match to your drivers side seat and go from there. As for requirements for certification etc I wouldn't have a clue But if you put seat covers on the seats and have a nice looking console in the middle most people won't know that its not factory fitted seating.
good luck.

Did that a couple of years ago. I only changed the 1 +1/2 seat with a 60 series sahari seat (they were two buckets on the 62 series I think. All the mounting holes are there fr the front track. Just move the support for the inboard passenger track to a the new position. Get it certified and its sweet.
Intalled a Dept of the Interior console and it looked a million bucks.

e-mail me if you want any further info.

Steve from Armidale

Just a little question that's similar to yours chappie, does anyone know if you can use the same rails (bottom of seat) from the drivers side of a 75 series to mount on the passenger side? I thought for sure you would be able to considering they make LHD models and I couldn't see Toyota making different rails or body mounts. I can see hole mounts for the single seat on the passenger side but the wreckers reckon that they won't fit. I don't want to pull everything apart to prove them wrong. ANyone out there done this before. I'm just replaced the drivers seat with a KAB and want to but the old drivers seat on the passenger side and put my little beer cooler in the middle, closer to hand!!
Cheers,
Hughesy

just remember that any seat mod needs to get engineered

..Have a pair of Flofit [A R B ] seats with frames [bases] ex my HJ 60 series that I want to sell >Very good condition dark brown ,always covered.Have to speak to a person who has first offerand who i promised to contact .If you are interested they could be available and are definately first class. email murranji@datafast.net.au located Western Victoria

..Have a pair of Flofit [A R B ] seats with frames [bases] ex my HJ 60 series that I want to sell >Very good condition dark brown ,always covered.Have to speak to a person who has first offerand who i promised to contact .If you are interested they could be available and are definately first class. email murranji@datafast.net.au located Western Victoria