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HOGDADDY · 07-15-2023, 06:06 AM

I ordered these 3 months ago but I feel they were worth the wait.
True bolt in with all hardware if you order the seat mounting bracket.
Upgraded 7 springs for both.

My truck will be blue in the future.

https://shop4seats.com/ Made in the U.S.A.

**TKCR** · 07-15-2023, 08:10 AM

Very Nice!

cadillac_al · 07-15-2023, 12:50 PM

They look beautiful.

I still get nervous riding around without headrests on my seats. I knew a rugged guy that got rear ended and whiplashed and turned into an almost vegetable. I plan to go with some 90's seats someday.

Shifty One · 07-18-2023, 07:08 PM

Nice! I'd like a set myself....mine seem to be suffering from chubby-itis...

**mongocanfly** · 07-18-2023, 07:46 PM

Those look great..!!

HOGDADDY · 07-19-2023, 06:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shifty One

Nice! I'd like a set myself....mine seem to be suffering from chubby-itis...

The 7-spring option is for you.

karlbenz · 07-23-2023, 09:07 PM

Nice seats

**Hart_Rod** · 08-02-2023, 01:02 PM

Those look nice. Did you have to build the mounting bracket or did it come with the seats?

Shifty One · 08-02-2023, 10:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HOGDADDY

The 7-spring option is for you.

Do they offer a 20?

HOGDADDY · 08-03-2023, 11:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shifty One

Do they offer a 20?

No but you can get bum warmers.

HOGDADDY · 08-03-2023, 04:24 PM

The seat bracket pictured above has the side brackets attached backwards and reversed.

Axle · 08-04-2023, 08:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cadillac_al

They look beautiful.

I still get nervous riding around without headrests on my seats. I knew a rugged guy that got rear ended and whiplashed and turned into an almost vegetable. I plan to go with some 90's seats someday.

I'm with you on that, I've gone high back buckets in everything I've swapped. I've been rear-ended a few times, don't need my head cracking into a window or snapping back into nothingness.

HOGDADDY · 08-04-2023, 04:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hart_Rod

Those look nice. Did you have to build the mounting bracket or did it come with the seats?

It was an option with seats as it does not include it.

HOGDADDY · 08-04-2023, 04:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Axle

I'm with you on that, I've gone high back buckets in everything I've swapped. I've been rear-ended a few times, don't need my head cracking into a window or snapping back into nothingness.

There is a lot of stock bench seats from 1947 to 1987 + without headrests. I suspect finding a set of buckets w/ headrests to fit comfortably is not so easy else they (Shop4seats & TMI) would offer that option.

I was gonna recover the stock bench but it was going to cost a lot too.

HOGDADDY · 08-07-2023, 09:40 PM

Nothing ever is a bolt-in it seems. I had to fashion 4 3/16" bolt spacers and longer bolts for the side brackets from flat bar stock-steel from Home Depot to properly line up frame to stock c10 seat holes in floor.

The seats are in I will upload pics soon.

rodstored-72 · 08-08-2023, 01:17 PM

hogdaddy.... ofcourse everything is bolt in!!...... once you fabricate, cut, weld and grind everything....then violla! just bolt it in!....

..
i do agree though...

Mattchu60 · 08-09-2023, 10:37 AM

I would like to know how you feel about their comfort after you try them for a bit. I had a set of these same seats 5-6 years ago, I found them very uncomfortable and pulled them back out after 2 months.

HOGDADDY · 08-10-2023, 06:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mattchu60

I would like to know how you feel about their comfort after you try them for a bit. I had a set of these same seats 5-6 years ago, I found them very uncomfortable and pulled them back out after 2 months.

OK but there is no doubt they are more comfortable than any stock bench imho. The issue will be (or not) in driving positions vs stock and getting comfortable with that.

Do you guys follow Power Nation's Music City Trucks? They used TMI seats. That truck is bad ass!

https://www.powernationtv.com/projec...are-body-truck

Mattchu60 · 08-11-2023, 11:26 AM

I actually went with a TMI bench seat after the Shop4seats buckets! The TMI bench is 10x better in my opinion for comfort.

I do hope you enjoy the seats, maybe mine were just made wrong - I could not get comfortable no mater what I tried. The backs were so thick that I could not recline them much in the truck cab and they seemed to be cut in a way where they needed to be reclined or they would dig into the top of my back.

**dagnabbitt** · 08-11-2023, 11:55 AM

Those look really great, and three months wait is nothing nowadays. Upholstery is on a nine month schedule, just read this site.

I bet they are really comfortable, too: after sitting in a sagged out bench seat for a few years I could use a firmer seat.

HOGDADDY · 08-11-2023, 06:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mattchu60

I actually went with a TMI bench seat after the Shop4seats buckets! The TMI bench is 10x better in my opinion for comfort.

I do hope you enjoy the seats, maybe mine were just made wrong - I could not get comfortable no mater what I tried. The backs were so thick that I could not recline them much in the truck cab and they seemed to be cut in a way where they needed to be reclined or they would dig into the top of my back.

Pics?

I am gonna have to live with them in any case, and right now anything is better than sagging stock bench.

Axle · 08-19-2023, 10:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HOGDADDY

There is a lot of stock bench seats from 1947 to 1987 + without headrests. I suspect finding a set of buckets w/ headrests to fit comfortably is not so easy else they (Shop4seats & TMI) would offer that option.

I was gonna recover the stock bench but it was going to cost a lot too.

I'm not exactly comfortable with no-headrest bench either in a truck, I went with aftermarket buckets in my truck back in 1991. I used a set of 85 camaro high back buckets in my Nova (put those in around 88/89) If I knew then what I know now I'd have salvaged an extra set or two of camaro buckets for future use.

Even back in 1991 upholstery costs where insane. I came across a set of factory nova buckets in ratty shape so costed out getting them redone before buying them (glad I did) and ended up looking for something in the wreckers in good shape at a fraction of the cost. Had to make my own brackets, but thats no big deal.

HOGDADDY · 08-23-2023, 04:16 PM

Shop4seats has bench seats w/headrests but they state:

"Recommended for use in expanded cabs; to maximize space in a single cab, the 40-20-40 low back truck seats are best."

I am ok without headrests. I rolled (more than once) a 77 C10 and crushed C5 bone in my neck many years ago and now have a cadaver bone in its place.
The only thing salvageable on that truck was the trailer hitch.
A roll bar might have helped.

07-15-2023, 06:06 AM	#1
HOGDADDY Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Alabama Posts: 661	New seats arrived. I ordered these 3 months ago but I feel they were worth the wait. True bolt in with all hardware if you order the seat mounting bracket. Upgraded 7 springs for both. My truck will be blue in the future. https://shop4seats.com/ Made in the U.S.A. Attached Images Last edited by HOGDADDY; 07-17-2023 at 02:32 PM.

07-15-2023, 08:10 AM	#2
TKCR Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Ohio Posts: 6,979	Re: New seats arrived. Very Nice! __________________ FB Page for my Seats Belts https://www.facebook.com/73-87-Chevy...9439407476735/ Restoring Seatbelts: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=809750 SOLD My 86 Build:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=654972 Past Restored Bench Seats:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=715398 PayPal link to pay for your items: https://www.paypal.me/TKCR

07-15-2023, 12:50 PM	#3
cadillac_al Registered User Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Maine Posts: 2,376	Re: New seats arrived. They look beautiful. I still get nervous riding around without headrests on my seats. I knew a rugged guy that got rear ended and whiplashed and turned into an almost vegetable. I plan to go with some 90's seats someday. __________________ 76 Chevy K20 76 GMC K15 77 Chevy C10 77 Chevy K10

07-18-2023, 07:08 PM	#4
Shifty One Registered User Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 743	Re: New seats arrived. Nice! I'd like a set myself....mine seem to be suffering from chubby-itis... __________________ 1987 V20 farm-hand rescue 1998 C2500 lot-rot rescue

07-18-2023, 07:46 PM	#5
mongocanfly Post Whore Join Date: May 2015 Location: Alabama Posts: 14,670	Re: New seats arrived. Those look great..!! __________________ Mongo...aka Greg RIP Dad RIP Jesse 1981 C30 LQ9 NV4500..http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=753598 Mongos AD- LS3 TR6060...http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...34#post8522334 Columbus..the 1957 IH 4x4...http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...63#post8082563 2023 Chevy Z71..daily driver

07-23-2023, 09:07 PM	#7
karlbenz Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: kannapolis, nc Posts: 528	Re: New seats arrived. Nice seats __________________ 2000 c3500 utility bed 7.4l 5sp manual old body style. Cab and chassis 1964 GMC K10 383cu in/sm465/twin stick np205 1965 Chevy C60

08-02-2023, 01:02 PM	#8
Hart_Rod ************* Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pensacola, FL Posts: 17,858	Re: New seats arrived. Those look nice. Did you have to build the mounting bracket or did it come with the seats? __________________ Rob - https://www.instagram.com/hart_rod_c10 As Iron Sharpens Iron, So One Man Sharpens Another. Proverbs 27:17 FOR SALE: DBW pedal bracket - http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=651123 FOR SALE: Hood Brackets http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=679945 1987 Silverado SWB - 34.5K original miles http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=801834 1969 SuperBurb - http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=200387 1968 Farm truck - http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=358692 1968 SWB - http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=551258 1948 Chevy - http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=122164&page=3

08-03-2023, 04:24 PM	#11
HOGDADDY Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Alabama Posts: 661	Re: New seats arrived. The seat bracket pictured above has the side brackets attached backwards and reversed.

08-07-2023, 09:40 PM	#15
HOGDADDY Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Alabama Posts: 661	Re: New seats arrived. Nothing ever is a bolt-in it seems. I had to fashion 4 3/16" bolt spacers and longer bolts for the side brackets from flat bar stock-steel from Home Depot to properly line up frame to stock c10 seat holes in floor. The seats are in I will upload pics soon.

08-08-2023, 01:17 PM	#16
rodstored-72 chevy truck fan Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Gilbert, arizona 85298 Posts: 2,008	Re: New seats arrived. hogdaddy.... ofcourse everything is bolt in!!...... once you fabricate, cut, weld and grind everything....then violla! just bolt it in!...... i do agree though...

08-09-2023, 10:37 AM	#17
Mattchu60 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Swaledale, IA Posts: 485	Re: New seats arrived. I would like to know how you feel about their comfort after you try them for a bit. I had a set of these same seats 5-6 years ago, I found them very uncomfortable and pulled them back out after 2 months.

08-11-2023, 11:26 AM	#19
Mattchu60 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Swaledale, IA Posts: 485	Re: New seats arrived. I actually went with a TMI bench seat after the Shop4seats buckets! The TMI bench is 10x better in my opinion for comfort. I do hope you enjoy the seats, maybe mine were just made wrong - I could not get comfortable no mater what I tried. The backs were so thick that I could not recline them much in the truck cab and they seemed to be cut in a way where they needed to be reclined or they would dig into the top of my back.

08-11-2023, 11:55 AM	#20
dagnabbitt Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Edmonton Alberta Posts: 1,457	Re: New seats arrived. Those look really great, and three months wait is nothing nowadays. Upholstery is on a nine month schedule, just read this site. I bet they are really comfortable, too: after sitting in a sagged out bench seat for a few years I could use a firmer seat. __________________ DAVE Edmonton, Alberta 1959 Apache 1967 K20 1968 C20 1970 C10 1972 GMC 2500 1981 C10

08-23-2023, 04:16 PM	#23
HOGDADDY Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Alabama Posts: 661	Re: New seats arrived. Shop4seats has bench seats w/headrests but they state: "Recommended for use in expanded cabs; to maximize space in a single cab, the 40-20-40 low back truck seats are best." I am ok without headrests. I rolled (more than once) a 77 C10 and crushed C5 bone in my neck many years ago and now have a cadaver bone in its place. The only thing salvageable on that truck was the trailer hitch. A roll bar might have helped. Attached Images Last edited by HOGDADDY; 08-23-2023 at 04:29 PM.

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