jeffjcalweb
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Well I did it - I kept hitting "Bid" on ebay and I won ... a '97 Tahoe LS 2-DR 4x4, 5.7L and 3.73, 147K miles... this is very much a "i'm bored, over 50 and i know nothing about fixing anything" project lol.
Anyway first stop was local mechanic who will tell me if I was incredibly stupid or incredibly lucky. My winning bid was $10.500 for a 2 owner and all services documented truck. I've been doing a ton of reading and creating wish list of parts/upgrades. This is not remotely needing to be anything other than a "well that was cool!" project. I have owned GMC Yukon and other GM products, so part of the decision was knowing how interchangeable between GMC/Chevy/Cadillac things can be.
All that said - my first question is - why is it so damn hard to find actual replacement seats online? I am constantly finding just "Seat cover" replacements - especially E-Bay. Is the best approach to just find a local pick 'n pull yard and get something there? I want to replace the front bucket seats with capt chair seats - which at that point I don't care about the leather quality because I can find seat cover replacements. Or is there some other source/approach that I've just not stumbled on?
Thanks and I'm sure this is just post #1 of who knows how many "oh god I have no idea what I'm doing maybe someone else does"
Anyway first stop was local mechanic who will tell me if I was incredibly stupid or incredibly lucky. My winning bid was $10.500 for a 2 owner and all services documented truck. I've been doing a ton of reading and creating wish list of parts/upgrades. This is not remotely needing to be anything other than a "well that was cool!" project. I have owned GMC Yukon and other GM products, so part of the decision was knowing how interchangeable between GMC/Chevy/Cadillac things can be.
All that said - my first question is - why is it so damn hard to find actual replacement seats online? I am constantly finding just "Seat cover" replacements - especially E-Bay. Is the best approach to just find a local pick 'n pull yard and get something there? I want to replace the front bucket seats with capt chair seats - which at that point I don't care about the leather quality because I can find seat cover replacements. Or is there some other source/approach that I've just not stumbled on?
Thanks and I'm sure this is just post #1 of who knows how many "oh god I have no idea what I'm doing maybe someone else does"
