Falcon xr seats into gq

Well as the title says I've installed a set of ba/bf xr front bucket seats to my gq so here's abit of a write up on how to do it.
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First off all get the xr seats and remove the original rails these are not needed.

Then remove the seats from the gq and remove the rails from seats I put the rails back in so I could work out the hights of the rails.

The outer rail needs to be raised 25mm I used abit of shs
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Then notch the shs to suit the rail and drill holes to Match

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Then drill a hole in the original bracket to suit the xr seat

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Then you need to modify the inner rail as its about 50mm to short I just made a plate to fit the full length of rail
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Then I attached the plate through the original real hole and drilled a new one to suit in the plate then you have all the holes were u need them for new seats.


Then we come to the seats them selfs when I put them in they were touching the pillar you could modify the rails to move over about 30mm but I did something different I swapped the seats around so iam using the passanger side for drivers and so on then you have enough room for all the adjusters of the seats

To make the seats look right remove the plastic panels and swap them around
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Then drill this one out 30mm so the adjuster fits
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Than bolt the seat down and ur done
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I still haven't done the passanger side but should be simaller to the drivers but ill post some pics if any things different

Enjoy the comfort

Nice work.

Was the finished sitting position at a similar height to the original seats?

Graeme

Nice work. And clever thinking with the swap over..

If you don't mind me asking what sorta price did you pay for the pair?

Kallen Westbrook
Owner of
Westy's Accessories

Awesome job mate, it's a mod I want to do eventually. I reckon they are so much nicer than the Commodore seats. There is another write up by member Great Southern Camping of the same install.

The seats look good. in NSW, do you need to get the vehicle checked for the mod? I'm interested to find out how the seats feel on rough terrain.

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Originally Posted by Winnie

Awesome job mate, it's a mod I want to do eventually. I reckon they are so much nicer than the Commodore seats. There is another write up by member Great Southern Camping of the same install.

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My neighbours has 2 XR seats mate I think he wants $150 for both and they are excellent condition

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Originally Posted by healy

My neighbours has 2 XR seats mate I think he wants $150 for both and they are excellent condition

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Could you investigate this mate. I maybe keen

Kallen Westbrook
Owner of
Westy's Accessories

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Originally Posted by mudnut

The seats look good. in NSW, do you need to get the vehicle checked for the mod?

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Certainly do mate, I don't think any state in Australia allows you to change from standard seats without getting it certified by an authorised certifier.

Legally if you pull your rear seats out it needs to be inspected!

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Originally Posted by Westy's Accessories

Could you investigate this mate. I maybe keen

Kallen Westbrook
Owner of
Westy's Accessories

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Yeah no worries ill talk to him in the morning I have seen them I was going to put them into the GU they are in really good condition absolute bargain in my opinion ill let ya know

Hay fellas sorry for the late reply i paid $200 for the pair they are maybe a little bit higher than the originals but iam 6'2 tall so its better lol.
I haven had the seats mod plated bu it on the todo list with many other things that need to be inspected lol

Ive got falcon seats in mine and there great. so comfy

are they xr seats engineerable in NSW? any special ways to mount to pass engineering?

Great post!
Have you gained any extra leg room for passengers behind the front seats?

Cheers mate.sorry I can't answer that I don't have rear seats in the truck

What was the width of the seat rails on the XR seats? The GQ rails are 400mm apart width ways, What width are the XR rails?

If I do this I need to move rails back a bit to gain more leg room, i'm 196cm tall and leg room sux in the GQ.

Fantastic write up, I really need to do something like this to my truck, her drivers seat has seen a lot of use and is no longer comfortable and has sagged.

Has anyone done something like this in a shorty and was still able to slide the passenger seat forward to get people in and out the back easy enough?

great post, would like to do this to my shorty.