1988 blazer rear seat conversion to late model seat

[riv1973]

hi all!

i have been looking for other seat options for the rear seat of our 1988 Blazer. i was looking up the seats for third row of suburbans. it seems like the 2000-2006 third row seats on suburbans/Yukon XL's. it seems that i can take the seat and then cut the floor out of the the 2000-2006 suburban. i would then have this floor welded into the floor of our blazer. this would allow for the 5 anchor points the seat uses. then the seat would be able to use the factory anchor points. has anyone done this?

john

 

[nvrenuf]

The Tahoe / Suburban 3rd row seat install is a relatively common mod, if you search the Garage for "tahoe" or "3rd row seat", etc you'll find where a few members have done it. Most folks fab or buy brackets vs replacing floor sections.

 

[k2mslskier]

Check out Merricks Garage. He sells brackets just for that purpose.

 

[Wes Harden]

@K5Devil just did this, and can make the brackets as well.

 

[Jumppr]

The seats will fit perfectly. You can buy some brackets from Merrick or you can make stock mounting points work with a little fab work. I haven't completely finished mine yet, but when I do I'll put some pictures on my build thread. I'm using the stock mounts with some reinforcement done to the floor.

 

[HankScorpio]

I built new brackets for the seat using the rear stock latch and a pivot on the front mounts. It folds and tumbles forward like a stock seat. If you weld its easy. If not I think there is only one bracket available and it only fits one generation of the tahoe seats.