Newer Seat Aligning

[stkcode]

For those that have installed newer front row (95 or newer) bucket seats in you burb or blazer...how did you determine if the seats where mounted straight?  Did you measure from the original mounting points to, such as the seat rails, or did you just eye-ball-it?

Mounting modern leather seats has proven to be a bit of a pain to align straight, probably because the seat foam is slightly worn and isn't really even anymore.  From certain angles the seat looks straight, but from other angles, it looks like it's off slightly.

Thanks,
Jon

[Captkaos]

this is really hard to describe, but find an area that you know it straight on the side and measure off of it.

[SUX2BU99]

I used the rear corner bolt holes as the anchor point for my leather buckets. My truck had a bench and I put in buckets from a late 90's S-series Blazer. I then only had to make 3 new holes per seat. I basically eyeballed it.  But, if the seat rails have their holes perfectly lined up with each other, you could measure the distance from the back wall of the cab to each front corner on a horizontal plane to get them lined up at the same distance.

EDIT: crap, I forgot I was in the Suburban forum. That method won't make sense in anything but a regular cab. Sorry.

[stkcode]

find an area that you know it straight on the side and measure off of it.

Yea, that's the trick.  I'm having a hard time finding a straight spot.  So far the best spot I've found is the flange where the cab-side door jab rubber attaches to, at the bottom floor section.  I've noticed that the rib section at the top most part of the round hump section, isn't really straight nor even on either side of the burb.

I've used the door jab rubber section I've mentioned above as my referencing point so far.  The bottom of the seats look straight, but the back of the seats, on both sides, look like the inner sides are further back then the outer sides.  Maybe it's just an optical illusion or the seat padding is just worn.

@SUX2BU99: NP, thanks for your input anyway

[JRConnieK10]

What if you tried this, take the seat out put the bolts (in the original holes) half in and string it that should give you a straight line for reference. Be worth a try I guess.

[VileZambonie]

I always eyeball it and elongate the holes enough for minor tweaking. using the factory mounting holes and 2 points of reference will get you in the ball park.