4x4Wire's TrailTalk Forums: 89 LWB gets 3rd row seat from 87 Raider

Mounted as follows:

1) Pulled front tie downs rings.

2) Reinstalled front bolts from 1) to fill holes.

3) Used back bolt holes from 1) for the front of the beat bracket.
-Had to widen the seat's holes to the outside by about 1/8" each.
-Used new 30mm bolts to "reach" the holes.
-Once the wrench was applied, the seat bracket pulled down into the trough of the floor's ridges.
-You could use the OEM bolts if you can get the seat to settle into the trough first.

4) Had to drill four holes in the back for the rear of the seat's bracket.
-Two went right though the floor. Forget the length. A 20mm should be fine- maybe shorter. Be careful, the driver's side here is where I drilled it into the fuel filler hose!
-Two went through that cross channel under the floor. These had to be longer as a result. The only ones I could find were 3" which were more than long enough.
-These long bolts had washers, but the channel started to squeeze in nonetheless. My next rip out will have us putting some 1/4" plate on instead of the round washers.

5) Pulled the rear tie down rings.

6) Reinstalled the rear bolts to fill the holes.

7) Used the front bolts/holes to fasten in the seat belts from the Raider.

Other comments:
- The bolt that hit the fuel hose was a ***** to reach into to get the nut on it. Given that I had to pull the hose in the end to fix it, I would suggest just pulling it to begin with. It doesn't take that long to do...

- Use plates for the long bolts per above.

- The seat belts are just a slight reach back to grab. This then also means that no extra-large persons will be able to use. (Not that they would be inclined to go back there anyway!)

- I would suggest not using the very front tie down bolt/hole as this will cost you leg room and will cause the reach to the seat belt to be greater.

- We also set the seat in place as rear facing. This did not look viable as it was going to be harder to fit the seatbelt, the leg room was less due to the seat backs bumping up to each other, and the fold and tumble would be to the rear leaving a hurdle to lift cargo over. This last point I would emphasize as my 92 RS had the seat put in this way and it sucked for cargo purposes. I ended up pulling the thing out...

- All bolts were of the hardened variety.

- Oh, and anti-sieze on everything.

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