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- '99 XLT (4x4, SOHC)
So I decided to finally get rid of my front stock cloth seats and put in some leather seats with headrests (since Ford decided headrests aren't needed on my '99 XLT - I guess they never planned for rear collisions - must be thanks to that red "X" appearing on the ground whenever I brake, lol).
Anyway, I went to a local junkyard and they have a set of front 98 Pontiac Grand Prix GTS sports-like seats (electric) in black leather and with nice headrests that I'm gonna try to get off them for 300$ (they want 400$ for the two seats so far). I wanted something like Acura seats for it, but they didn't have any, and said that if they did, it would go for around 1500$!!
I was wondering if the brackets would be hard to modify on the Pontiac seats, and what's involved in pulling my current Explorer seats out? I'm gonna measure the seats to make sure they even fit in the Explorer before I buy, but I'm pretty sure they will. I have a welding machine at home, so welding extra brackets or welding my old brackets onto the new seats is not a problem. Please let me know what you guys think about the idea... Thanks.
Anyway, I went to a local junkyard and they have a set of front 98 Pontiac Grand Prix GTS sports-like seats (electric) in black leather and with nice headrests that I'm gonna try to get off them for 300$ (they want 400$ for the two seats so far). I wanted something like Acura seats for it, but they didn't have any, and said that if they did, it would go for around 1500$!!
I was wondering if the brackets would be hard to modify on the Pontiac seats, and what's involved in pulling my current Explorer seats out? I'm gonna measure the seats to make sure they even fit in the Explorer before I buy, but I'm pretty sure they will. I have a welding machine at home, so welding extra brackets or welding my old brackets onto the new seats is not a problem. Please let me know what you guys think about the idea... Thanks.