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- B2 "Slightly" Modified
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- FOURTEN
Yup it's true.
No not just the front seats, I also installed the rear seat.
Not for the faint of heart. You see the rear seat came from a 97 4 door explorer. It is a 70/30 bench instead of my 88 BII stock 50/50.
It was tricky.
Had to cut 5" out of the seat fromes on each side, re-stretch the leather and foam to fit. Then I had to make custom hinges and brackets for all 4 portions of the seat.
Stock seatbelts have been moved over to match.
It fits great! Very comfortable.
The front power buckets also required some serious fabrication.
I had to make brackets to mount them to the floor.
The power wires were already there for the old air lumbar.
The 97 EB leather power buckets move so far forward they almost hit the dash. They move so far back they almost run into the back seat. They move so far up that I hit my head on the headliner and I have to stop (great for offroad).
They tilt in every direction and really make driving the BII much more comfortable.
If I was going to do it all over again, I wouldn't. I would install the front leather buckets the same way but I would just have a leather cover made for the stock BII rear 50/50 bench. Much easier.
After I got the seats in the new Tan color from the 97 was way off from my original 88 BII EB interior colors. So I gutted the entire interior of my BII!!! HAHHAHA 250 hours I spent gutting, cleaning, prepping, and painting. I got a used dash, cleaned it up and coated it with 8 coats of vinyl paint. You can click on the link below to see all the pictures....
It took lots of patience and the entire metro Denver area Pep Boys inventory of Vinyl "mocha" color to do it.
The headliner and carpet kit are next and the finishing touch. I also used a bunch of barstool vinyl to make custom door panels and a center console.
I still need to paint the back of the steering wheel (didnt have a puller) and the bottom portion of the dash (metal part).
All in all it holds up very well! I ahd to buy a $30 bottle of Vinyl prep so the paint would stick to the kick panels and door handles without coming off. So far so good. It's very durable.
If anybody has any questions feel free to ask....
You will notcie I am very long winded when it comes to my baby....
My website also happens to be the worlds largest BII site, featuring more than 70 trucks! For those of you who have not seen it.
I also have lots of 2.9L performance information on there.
Now I'm building the complete 4.0L swap page and starting up the 4.0L performance section.
Eventually I see a chopped top and a supercharger in my BII's future.
To finish off this summer I will be fiunishing up the interior and installing a James Duff 3" VR suspension with Rancho 9000's, 4.10 gears (3.73 open now), and 32" tires....
I'm also looking intot the D35/8.8 swap with Explorer rear discs....
Canyou say Bronco III? HAHAHAHAHA
enjoy....
No not just the front seats, I also installed the rear seat.
Not for the faint of heart. You see the rear seat came from a 97 4 door explorer. It is a 70/30 bench instead of my 88 BII stock 50/50.
It was tricky.
Had to cut 5" out of the seat fromes on each side, re-stretch the leather and foam to fit. Then I had to make custom hinges and brackets for all 4 portions of the seat.
Stock seatbelts have been moved over to match.
It fits great! Very comfortable.
The front power buckets also required some serious fabrication.
I had to make brackets to mount them to the floor.
The power wires were already there for the old air lumbar.
The 97 EB leather power buckets move so far forward they almost hit the dash. They move so far back they almost run into the back seat. They move so far up that I hit my head on the headliner and I have to stop (great for offroad).
They tilt in every direction and really make driving the BII much more comfortable.
If I was going to do it all over again, I wouldn't. I would install the front leather buckets the same way but I would just have a leather cover made for the stock BII rear 50/50 bench. Much easier.
After I got the seats in the new Tan color from the 97 was way off from my original 88 BII EB interior colors. So I gutted the entire interior of my BII!!! HAHHAHA 250 hours I spent gutting, cleaning, prepping, and painting. I got a used dash, cleaned it up and coated it with 8 coats of vinyl paint. You can click on the link below to see all the pictures....
It took lots of patience and the entire metro Denver area Pep Boys inventory of Vinyl "mocha" color to do it.
The headliner and carpet kit are next and the finishing touch. I also used a bunch of barstool vinyl to make custom door panels and a center console.
I still need to paint the back of the steering wheel (didnt have a puller) and the bottom portion of the dash (metal part).
All in all it holds up very well! I ahd to buy a $30 bottle of Vinyl prep so the paint would stick to the kick panels and door handles without coming off. So far so good. It's very durable.
If anybody has any questions feel free to ask....
You will notcie I am very long winded when it comes to my baby....
My website also happens to be the worlds largest BII site, featuring more than 70 trucks! For those of you who have not seen it.
I also have lots of 2.9L performance information on there.
Now I'm building the complete 4.0L swap page and starting up the 4.0L performance section.
Eventually I see a chopped top and a supercharger in my BII's future.
To finish off this summer I will be fiunishing up the interior and installing a James Duff 3" VR suspension with Rancho 9000's, 4.10 gears (3.73 open now), and 32" tires....
I'm also looking intot the D35/8.8 swap with Explorer rear discs....
Canyou say Bronco III? HAHAHAHAHA
enjoy....
