Does anyone know if the 2nd row bucket sets can be replaced with a 2nd row bench seat in a 07 tahoe? And what is involved in the swap? I have finally found the right truck for me, except that its got bucket seats and I NEED a bench seat in the 2nd row. I would think that the mounting brackets would be the same for either configuration, but I need to know for sure.
Thanks everyone,
Chad
I looked at doing this as well and I'll let you know what I gathered from various forums. To swap you need to acquire the following from the same wheelbase vehicle (tahoe to tahoe, not suburban to tahoe):
bench seat
brackets for bench seat
plastic (?) panels that go on top of brackets
From what I've read and seen in pictures and seen at the dealer, the bench seat has an extra bracket towards the middle of the floor to secure it to the vehicle. Also, the covering panels are different. You aren't able to simply find a bench seat and do the swap. Also, people have assumed that the mounting points for the additional bracket are present on bucket equipped vehicles, you would need to remove the panels and maybe some of the carpeting to gain access and secure the new bracket to the vehicle floor. I haven't seen confirmation of this though nor have I read of anybody actually completing this switch.
I don't know if you could find a bench from a yukon and put it into a tahoe, it seems like it would work (provided it isn't from a yukon xl), but no one has confirmed.
I hope this helps. The consesus is that this could be done but haven't seen it done yet.
Good luck and keep us updated!
Tom