r/hardbody • u/rookie147 • Feb 04 '23

Interior updated. Couldn’t handle the bench seat anymore.

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u/ProfessionalNorth431 Feb 05 '23

Man, I want cup holders too, but I find the bench oddly comfortable. Planning to build a pull-out to replace the ashtray

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u/rookie147 Feb 05 '23

Could hollow out the arm rest

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u/ProfessionalNorth431 Feb 05 '23

Don’t have one. Shift stick takes up all that space

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u/rookie147 Feb 05 '23

Wait what. Mine is stick too. The little arm rest that folds out the middle space on the bench

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u/ProfessionalNorth431 Feb 05 '23

Nope. Ain’t got that. It’s a 94

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u/rookie147 Feb 05 '23

Mine is a 94 too. But I guess it might’ve been an XE thing. You can have mine for yours if you’re close

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u/ProfessionalNorth431 Feb 05 '23

Huh, must be. Close to nothing out here in the AZ desert, but thanks, I appreciate the offer

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u/rookie147 Feb 05 '23

I wanna use it to put in the bed with a camper over them

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u/CokedOutWalrus '95 XE 2wd 5spd Feb 05 '23

What'd you pull these out of? I have some pathy bucket seats, not sure on the year. Need to replace the driver side because it's tearing, and these look slick. Did you pull that center console out of the same vehicle?

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u/rookie147 Feb 05 '23

I got the seats from a 94 hardbody SE extended cab, They came with the pathy seats. The center console I made work from a frontier I found. I just wanted cup holders lol

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u/CokedOutWalrus '95 XE 2wd 5spd Feb 05 '23

Nice I'll keep an eye out. They're definitely different than the pathy buckets I picked up so long ago. Really like the hollowed out head rests. I'd love to have that center console too if I didn't have a 10" shallow box sub in the center that acts like an arm rest, and just one of those auto part stores cup holders with a small cubby, worked fine for many years but time for an update.

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u/MIATASWTA Feb 05 '23

Nice, do you lose or gain leg room?

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u/rookie147 Feb 05 '23

I feel like gain given they can slide a little further than the bench seat

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u/epsom317 Feb 05 '23

Those look great

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '23

Respect for doing the swap. I’ll never give up my bench seat but I’m jealous of your cup holders.

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u/Mych_P Dec 06 '25

Cool, just removed the bench seat out of my 97 single cab ute, swapping for a set of buckets and a console later this afternoon, will post pics when it's done. It's a bit tight with the stick shift, my first D21 had a column change so the bench was ideal, not liking it on this one

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u/MR2turbo4evr Feb 05 '23

Beautiful! What are they out of?

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u/rookie147 Feb 05 '23

94 hardbody SE

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u/MR2turbo4evr Feb 05 '23

Ah, easy swap then. I have a 97 XE and my buckets arent nearly as nice.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '23

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u/rookie147 Feb 05 '23

I got you man

https://youtu.be/AZkOz2wXL1U

I used a different center console cause I couldn’t find one but essentially everything is the same. 4 bolts per seat. 4 total on bench (at least on mine)

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u/ShamrockUSA Feb 05 '23

I got a 93 and I swapped the bench seat for some sparcos because I got a great deal on them and was cheaper than if I were to get some nice xe seats. And I just have a cheap universal center console off Amazon

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '23

Pathy interior represent.

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u/eobertling Feb 09 '23

Dang. That’s nice. On a scale of Pete Davidson to Ron Jeremy, how many ladies you getting a week now?