Can I swap my driver seat with a bucket seat (2nd row)?

owners4life5_192692
Sat, 01 Feb 2025 00:45:41 +0000
Maintenance/Repairs

Hello,

I was recently hired by the post office and have been delivering mail. I drive on the passenger side when I am working. I want to keep a seat on the driver’s side instead of just removing it like most people do (to drive the vehicle when not working/leisurely).

What I went with was I took the back of my driver seat off (it gets in the way when I’m working). This is all good, but now I have no seatbelt/seatback. I need to be able to get the seat out of the way when I begin my work route. The original driver seat will not go all the way down, only part of the way (it’s the motorized kind with heated seats), so I completely removed the seatback so I could work.

It occurred to me, though, that the backseat (pilot’s chairs) would be perfect for this because I can drive with a seatbelt on the driver’s side with the bucket seat from 2nd row when normal, fold it forward and flat (like you would do in the 2nd row), and boom the seat is out of the way and wholly folded down when I am working, and when I finish boom flip it back up and drive from the left side. Is this possible/feasible at all? I already tried measuring and realized I can’t simply swap the whole thing as the frames aren’t swappable; they won’t fit.

Can I take the back (2nd row) seat off the back frame and put it on the front frame where the motorized driver seat mounts? If this isn’t possible, would any of you have suggestions? Do the manual seats lay all the way flat like I need? If they do, I could look for a manual seat so it can lay all the way down. I am entirely open to suggestions, I’ve thought about mounting a shoulder belt on the b pillar driver’s side, but that seems sketchy; it really sucks to drive around without a seat back/no seatbelt. I am open to suggestions and trying to find the best fix. I have tools to put the 2nd-row seat on the driver’s side. Maybe a little customization, such as some drilling/cutting, lol. I really appreciate any help you can provide. I’ll be happy to upload pictures if it would help or try to clarify if any of this is confusing.

Thank you in advance

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