87' 4x4

[TKCR]

Originally Posted by Greenlee

I like it. I got the whole seat from TKCR. She did a great job on it. Looks like brand new. Was told my old one couldn’t be recovered. Fabric was glued on or something. It was from an 89’ or 90’ Suburban.

That’s correct on the 89 and up seat covers, they were actually glued to the foam. I had one myself, came in the truck when I bought it. Now this was before I started restoring seats myself, so I wasn’t even aware that this seat wasn’t the correct seat for the 81-87 trucks. But I had taken mine to an Amish guy that my Dad had used, and he did great work. But when I got the seat back, the cover he made, didn’t lay right on the foam. It was like it had air between the bottom of the cover & foam. He stated that, and I have talked to other people & upholstery shops, and they all say the same about those seats. They say GM went to that because of trying to find a way around everyone’s covers wearing the way they did on the previous years. And it actually did seem to help. Whenever I still see these seats in the junkyards, most of them are still decent.
Here’s a picture of mine, it was just like yours. I didn’t keep it for very long, after it was recovered. Just didn’t like how it turned out at all.
Last pic, is my seat now. Fully restored the frame/tracks and hardware, just like yours.

[Greenlee]

Yep. That first seat is similar to my old one. The gray looks nice in yours.

[Greenlee]

Still driving the old truck. Latest mods are switched from 3.42 to 3.73 gears and Detroit True Trac front and rear. It does killer donuts now.

[MTCK]

Heck yeah! You probably don’t get much snow down there. Have you run at speed in 4hi after the front truetrac install?

[Greenlee]

Originally Posted by MTCK

Heck yeah! You probably don’t get much snow down there. Have you run at speed in 4hi after the front truetrac install?

I still remember that video of your old single cab truck playing in the snow!

I went up and down the beach in 4 hi. But probably didn’t get over about 20 mph. This was first time I put it in 4 wheel drive since the trutrac was put in. You can tell it’s there in 2 wheel drive when you turn a corner. Sometimes the rear tires chirp a little when you accelerate out of a turn.