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whilst the seat back frame is probably the same, it doesn't look like the way it attaches to the seat base is even close.I can't easily pull my old one apart in the same way the '06 seats were dismantled.
Here are the underneath of the drivers seat base for both the old seat, and the newer '06 seat.
All i'm trying to do, is see how to remove the seat back from the base, however gaining access to the area doesn't look easy (on the old seat) and making it worse, what i *can* see when i try and look, does not look promising, the design for that portion looks far more complicated and not compatible.
I guess it makes sense they simplified the design, i just wasn't expecting it.
So. I have a problem - i can't carry out my original plan of just using the seat back frame from my old seats.
I still have the newer seat back frame, but as you see from the pics, it *is* bent and won't be too easy to straighten correctly.
I don't know the next best step forward - i'm wondering about using the frame back from the passenger seat, on the drivers seat, which will at least solve the immediate problem of torn cover on the old drivers side.
If will leave mismatched seats in the truck, but that's less of a concern to me right now, i just don't know how best to go forward from there.
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