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’96 S-10 BLAZER SEAT INSTALLATION
My search ended when I least suspected it. I stopped by a body shop that “rebuilds” wrecked blazers, Z-71’s, and so on. The owner had a pair of ’96 S-10 Blazer seats out of a four-door that were tan cloth. Since my Samurai is gold, the tan seats seemed to be ideal for my dark brown and tan JX interior. I took some quick measurements and it seemed to good to be true, I had found my seats. They were in excellent shape, had lumbar support, and $100 later they were mine. According to my measurements the only modifications would be drilling some holes. Since my installation, I have seen the same seats in two-door Blazers and S-10 trucks. I have seen the seats in tan and gray, so all Samurai owners should be able to find an interior match. Now the Install…
Parts Needed
My S-10 Blazer seats had power controls. I
removed them and the slider brackets that were attached, discarding
all pieces that were not to be used in the zook.
Remove your Samurai seats and measure the distance of
the 4 bolts from slider to slider where they are attached to the Samurai
seat. Next remove the sliders from the passenger and driver’s
Samurai seat. I discarded the handle and cable that makes the
passenger seat slide forward because it could not be used with my seats.
Maybe a pair of seats from a two-door Blazer would allow retaining this
feature.
Position the Samurai sliders on the Blazer
passenger seat. You can reuse the stock holes on the rear
mounts of the Samurai slider. Simply position the sliders using your
measurements and drill new holes through the metal on the Blazer frame.
Install the bolts, nuts and lock washers in the holes drilled. At the
front, mark and drill new holes through the Samurai sliders and the Blazer
seat. Then bolt the sliders down securely. The passenger seat
is complete.
Position the Samurai sliders on the Blazer
driver seat using your measurements. Mark and drill four new
holes through the Samurai slider and the Blazer metal frame. Next
install 4 bolts, nuts and lock washers. The bolts will have to be
installed with the head facing out for slider clearance. This is the
most time consuming part because you have to push the seat foam
down to get the nut and lock washer under the metal frame. Two items
I found very helpful were small hands and a very strong telescopic magnet
to hold the nut & lock washer under the seat.
**NOTE** I installed the sliders on both seats offset about ¼”
to the outside edge of the Blazer seat. This prevents the seat
adjustment lumbar levers from rubbing the doors.
Simply bolt your seats in as if they were stock seats.
Parts Needed
After installing my seats, I decided that I wanted
the driver seat a little higher. I removed the bracket at the roll bar attachment and drilled a 5/16” hole through it.
Roll bar bracket with hole drilled
I unbolted the front mounts on the driver seat and
installed the end of the bracket with the 5/16” hold through the seat
mounting bracket and secured it with a nylock nut. Next I bolted the other end of the bracket to the floor mount using the stock
bolt. On the back mounts I installed a couple of washers and bolted
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I have owned my 88.5 Samurai since ’89 and my seats
have needed replacing for quite a while. About three years ago I
bought some Wet Okole Seat Covers and they served their purpose.
This time I was looking for something to last longer and be more
comfortable than stock seats. So I took some measurements and went
to the salvage yards. After a couple of trips I started getting
discouraged. My biggest problem was that I didn’t want to do a lot
of fabricating or cutting, not to mention the fact that I can’t weld.
(YET)!
