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Seat Style Charts
The following is description of the various seat styles to help you in identifying your vehicles seats. BUCKET SEATS: Bucket seats only seat one person and come in several types:
SOLID BENCH SEATS: Solid bench seats have a solid bottom cushion and a solid backrest cushion. They are designed to seat up to three people abreast. They sometimes have an armrest that folds up and down and stores in a recess in the backrest when not in use or in the case of Vans attaches to the side of the seat. They also have headrests if they are in a vehicle from the mid 80's on. The headrests may be independent of the seat mounted on a single or double post, or they may be molded as part of the seat backrest. They are primarily found as front seats in 4 door Cars, Trucks and some SUV's, rear seats in most Cars and middle and rear seats in SUV's and Vans. SPLIT BACK OR SPLIT BOTTOM BENCH SEATS: On split back models the backrests are split to either allow them to fold forward for access to a rear seat or storage area, or to be spaced apart to accommodate an armrest. On split bottom models the bottom is split to be spaced apart to accommodate a console or transmission tunnel, or to allow access to a storage compartments under the seat as in the case of split bottom rear seats in trucks.
SPLIT BENCH SEATS: Split bench seats are confusing because there are so many variations. Basically a seat is a split bench if it meets the following criteria:
These seats come in various configurations that mathematically identify how the seat is split. A 60/40 split bench front seat means that approximately 60% of the seat is on the drivers side of the vehicle and 40% is on the passengers side, (the drivers side percentage is listed first). A 40/20/40 seat has 40% on the drivers side, 20% for the middle seat and 40% for the passengers seat. The percentages should add up to 100%. Sometimes the bottom cushion and backrest cushion are split in different proportions. This usually occurs when there is a foldable center armrest in between two back rest cushions. This back rest configuration can be identified as 45/10/45. 45% is for the drivers back rest, 10% is for the space taken up by the armrest and 45% is for the passengers. Click on your seats basic style to locate you seats actual configuration.
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