Aftermarket Seats?

Nice find!

 

Take your time and do your research buddy, all of the OE airbag components on the seats I.E.:
Occupant detection sensors & seat position sensors have to be transferred over to the aftermarket seats. You'll need to track down an occupant bypass sensor to make it work and if you don't the entire airbag system will default to "off". Any time there is an error in the system it defaults to all off and the bags will not fire.

Also, carefully measure the seats you are looking at, most are very narrow and have high thigh bolsters that will pin your legs together which is uncomfortable. Most of the " wide " versions will not fit in our trucks. I found the Corbeau LG-1 to be a good seat, I'm 5'-9" and 165 and I would say that is max size for daily driving comfort. Anyone bigger than that and your shoulders are going to roll forward when they are pinched between the bolsters. All aftermarket seats are much more firm than the stock seats too so test drive ( sits your ass in them ) first if you can.

Edit - already had someone PM me and ask about the rear seats. No, Corbeau does not make seat brackets for the rear nobody does. I bought an extra pair of front seat brackets and sliders and completely modified them to fit the rear floor. All 4 legs were cut off and reconfigured. You have to be very careful designing rear seat brackets because the headroom is very low back there so your brackets must sit flat to the floor. You also have to weld in threaded inserts to your floor and add some metal where you are bolting to the floor so it is not just 1 layer etc. All pretty easy to do for anyone with mild fab skills.

 

Corbeau has custom made brackets for the third gen Tacoma for the Baja xrs seat so I think they probably test fitted at some point, and they come with a plug in harness that I believe simulates all the sensor signals you're referring to, as well as powering the seat heaters should you opt for that option

 

Oh - and DO NOT get fake leather / vinyl seats you will sweat through the back of your shirt and have soggy balls in 15 mins. on a warm day. Vinyl does not breathe at all.

 

Nice link I'm liking there model sport seat they look close to oem

 

Seat width fit - would not count on that, the seat bracket is made for the floor of the truck but the bolt pattern to the bottom of the seats is universal across all of their seats. It is up to you as the buyer to measure and ensure fit, my LG-1's sit 1/4" max from the center console so if for example I would have ordered the LG-1 wide for more comfort which is only 1" wider ( 1/2" each side ) they would not have fit between the door panel and center console.

Airbags and heaters etc - They absoulutely DO NOT provide you any airbag connections or connections to tie into the stock seat heater wires etc. You have to figure it all out on your own and hardwire it all yourself. The liability behind airbags is massive, there is one guy that makes the OS bypass module and only one shop in the US that carries it, the guy does not sell them direct anymore...why do you think so few people have done seat swaps...

 

Unless you are built like a Asian female supermodel you will not fit in that sport seat and it is hard as a rock. Pay very close attention to the spec diagrams that show the height and widths of the seats etc.

 

I have the Baja xrs and personally I wouldn't get them if I were much bigger than me. 5'-10" 160lbs

 

Bro I hope those do fit in your truck because unless the third gen has a much narrower center console and flatter door panel...you could have probs. The LG-1 is only 19.5" wide at the waist bolster and the Baja XRS is 21.5" wide at the same point and look how close mine sit to the console...and yours are 2" wider :/

 

If I do actually have to wire something up it wouldn't be my first time around the block. I was mistaken they send a harness which I knew was for power but there was an extra connector on the bottom of the seat which I thought was for the factory harness. You're right and I'll have to wire something to get my seats in but that's not so bad

 

I took plenty of measurements at lap height as well as shoulder height to be sure, I'm pretty sure they will fit but if they dont then that would kinda blow

 

hmmmm....tempting

https://hartford.craigslist.org/pts/6105377637.html

 

I was under the impression that the OCS bypass works with the older passenger seat weight detection system like 2nd gens and FJ cruisers have, and that the 2016 tacos run the electrostatic detection system now in the passenger seat. I'd hazard a guess and say the 2 aren't compatible as far as a bypass goes.

It's one of the reasons I can't just plug and play the FRS seat retrofit I'm doing as FRSs use the same electrostatic detection like 3rd gen Tacomas.

At least that's based on someone over in the 3rd gen section mentioning it. That's why if you leave a cellphone or something in the pass seat it will act like someone is sitting there.

 

The airbags are the difficult part it is not a straight forward wiring job amigo. You absolutely must have an occupant sensor bypass module for the passenger seat for it to work at all. Again the prob is that if one thing is wrong in the entire system and the airbag light is on the entire system will not fire because a miss timed airbag can f u up. Call up Metal Tech 4x4 in Oregon, they were the only shop carrying the the bypass module but it was made for the second gen so there is no way to know if it will work for a third gen. ( edit - it will not work ) There are many different airbag system versions from

$90 2005-2015 Toyota Tacoma With 4L Right Petrol intake air snorkel kit high performance system compatible kit Replacement black Rotational Molding (2005-2015)

2005-2015 and all require different little mods to work and again it is not basic math...more like advanced calculus space shuttle shit.

 

Gone are the days of a straightforward seat transplant. Modern day safety features have put an end to that unless you use a compatible OEM alternative. Problem with that is options are limited both comfort and appearance wise.

Anyone 08 and prior consider them selves lucky in that aspect.

 

Ah need to look more into that lol I'm far from an Asian model haha

 

So to get your seats in, did you have to transfer all or the airbag system into the LG-1s? It sounds like a lot of work, but it aute does damn look good and must feel good.

 

He has an 06 with no seat side airbags stock so no need for all that. Just an OCS bypass on pass seat and I'm assuming he just transplanted stock seat buckle receptacles and done.

09+ is a whole diff ballgame

 

For the drivers seat there is a seat position sensor that you need to measure the stock location of from a fixed point on the floor and then move it over to the after market seat base as close as possible in location I.E.: distance from the dash. The airbag system works in milliseconds so it is important to not fool it into thinking that the seat is too close or too far away.

For the passenger seat @JdevTac is right, I am lucky I have an 06' made in 05' so it has the most basic air bag set up luckily. The OS bypass module was the only thing needed for the passenger seat. 07' and up there are multiple different versions of the system depending on cab style.

Without the bypass module your talkin' no fun at all and you can fry the airbag PC easily, it works in millivolts so it take a milli-f-up to cook it.

 

Ohh geeze! Sounds like a cluster f waiting to happen with the newer 2nd gens