2002 DC seat swap, from 2001 highlander. I finally did it !

Finally swapped out the uncomfortable buckets out of my 2002 DC. I have been casually looking for donors for some time and finally found a set of leather seats out of a limited 2001 highlander that was wrecked. The seats only have 6000 miles use and have been sitting in the seller's garage for years. They were only $150 for the buckets and back bench. My kids are using the bench as a video game seat in the basement.

The driver side is power with lumbar support, but without heat. I was lucky that there was already wiring under the original drivers seat so hooking up power was a breeze. I was hoping for a drop in type situation, but these took some fabrication to get to work. I also had to remove the armrests, but I use the center console to rest my elbow anyway, so NBD. Also the drivers seat airbag deployed in the wreck so I had to sew up one seam, which you can see in the pics.

The seats sit several inches higher than stock. I am 5'10'' and this is fine, but if I were taller head room might be an issue. Overall I am pretty stoked about the upgrade, and my back and legs are already thanking me.

 

looks good

 

It turned out great.

 

dang.

might have to look into this myself. were they direct bolt on or was there some fab work involved?

 

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Does anybody read the OP??

Seats look great man.

 

whoops

 

thanks for the compliments!
I was not able to simply bolt in the new seats, because the feet did not match up.
I did the passenger side first. I transplanted 3 of the feet to the new seat from the original.
I got nervous about cutting the feet off the drivers side because I wanted to be able to go back to stock seat if the new seats sat too high. So for the drivers side seat I ended up cutting off the front feet of the new seat and doing some fab work to get it bolted in. That way my original drivers seat remained unmolested.