Picked up and installed a swivel seat base for the van. What a difference it makes being able to swival the seat! The swival appeared to be well made, good quality welds, and came with mounting hardware. No instructions, but not too hard to figure out. I did replace the grade five bolts supplied with grade eight.
Ive heard this swival will not work with seats that have airbags installed inside the seat. I figured out how to make it work for me.
Disclaimer: I don’t recommend anyone do this. Serious injury or death may result if one does not properly install the swival and rewire the airbag. This write up is submitted for informational purposes only.
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The swival is installed between the seat, and the seat base, and not the seat base and the floor. I had to modify the holes that the bolts pass through to the seat base a tad, but a rat tail file made quick work of it.
Had to trim the plastic cowling that covers the seat belt mounting hardware, and an angle grinder with a flap disc sander worked well. I also had to work a lil electrical magic getting the wires through the manufactured hole in the swival base main bolt that holds the two swival halves together, worked well, with no binding of the electrical wires i routed through the hole. I will make sure not to rotate the seat 360°, but only 180°, and then back the same direction to keep the wires from getting too tightly twisted.
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After the swival base is installed, the seat is repositioned to the left when facing forward to allow it to clear the door when rotating. Additionally, the seat height is raised approx. 1.70 inches. I purchased another seat base (part that mounts to floor), to see if it can be modified to bring the seat height back down to stock height, and to see if I can’t fabricate a locking glove box under the seat using the seat base as the frame work. -We’ll see...
I ordered mine from:
Chevy Van Seat Bases,driver,passenger seat bases
Part #111614, $229.00
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Swival
Airbag wires through swival
Seat airbag wires rewired.
Modified the swival base lever, it was just too long and got in the way.
Trimmed the plastic a little so it would not rub against the swivel
Picture of the seat base and swival, seat facing aft.
More pics of seat after swivel instal.
http://www.sportsmobileforum.com/for...ture38406.jpeg