Bucket seats in a 07 regular cab?

Hey guys,

New member here, so I dont know if this question has been asked.

Has anyone ever put bucket seats in a 07 regular cab? I drive about 250 miles a day and the stock bench seat is horribly uncomfortable!!! I dont know if a stock access/crew cab bucket seat will bolt right in, or if there are any good after market seats / brackets out there. Any suggestions or pictures of mods would be greatly appreciated!

 

I dont have an answer but WELCOME TO TW!

250 miles a day is alot! whats ur job?

 

-deadbolt
Yeah, 250 a day! I bought the truck new 2 years ago and Ive got 120K miles on it now. Its a VERY reliable truck, no complaints (other than the seat!) Im a contractor, my truck is my office. I practically live out of it!! Most of my work is in the city, and I live down in the sticks, so I drive were the money is at!! Just wish it was more comfortable!
Thanks for the welcome!

 

Very nice!! Im sure someone on here will be able to help you out.

 

Thanks bro!

 

The bench seat blows. I swapped mine out, and it was fairly straight forward and easy. I got some seats from an access cab at an auto recycler. Also I think MJP2 might still be trying to sell his.

All the holes were there already, I just had to cut small squares out of the carpet and punch through the thin plastic cover that's on them to keep the cab sealed. I Got the other 4 bolts and washers from the hardware store. The hardest part was taking the airbag electronics out of the bench seat and installing them in the buckets and even that only took a few hours. A job easily completed in a weekend.

 

how much u pay for your seats...looking to get this done soon lol

 

I think they were around $200. I got them from LKQ. They'll ship for free to the location nearest you, but you may be SOL in Hawaii. Give them a call, to check if they have what you're looking for because their online inventory isn't always up to date.

 

oh i think i might just go to a junkyard haha the nearest one is in california....but yeah i'll keep the price in mind tho...so i don't get to ripped off haha

 

I've heard of people paying twice what I did for seats in perfect condition. Mine have a little rust on the metal rails, but the fabric was in good shape. You can find picks of the seats installed and get an idea of what to do with the bench seat in my build thread:
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/builds/40488-drew02as-build-south-texas.html

 

Hey what's up guys? I don't know if it helps any but my 07 reg cab prerunner has bucket seats. : )

 

Thanks for this info, im gonna look into doing this asap!
One other question, do the bucket seats recline further back than the bench seat? That is my biggest problem, I sit too straight up. Thanks for your help!

 

They definitely recline further back.

 

That is the finest bench seat I've ever had you all are trashing. Try a Ford vinyl covered fastening base.(i refuse to call theirs a bench seat)

I actually old like to get recline and maybe lumbar if they have it. 60/40 seats are my fave since i can still hide whatever is behind the seat, but i believe there isnt one for tacos.

 

Beleive me, I did my time on Ford ranger vinyl . Even the seats in the ranger could recline to more than 1 position . I still use my bench seat though. I mounted it in the bed .

 

I "think" i need bucket seats, most likely because I dont have em.I do quite wll in that bench seat. I mght try a local junkyard like you did

 

i have to say that the bench is pretty comfortable, but id really love to recline as well haha and not fly out of my seat everytime i turn =p

 

My last 06 had bench seat at it is worst than sitting on a bucket i too have a long drive to work 200+ and hated the seat also. When i bought the next tacoma having buckets were a must. They are great try EBAY every once and a while the will have some on there or Google TRD bucket seats almost bought mild racing seats for my older one.

 

my 2007 regular cab tacoma came stock with bucket seats

 

Yeah, yeah, we've all heard about the few that did, you lucky punk.