kmsbryans2018
Junior Member
I haven't seen a discussion on this particular subject and so I hope I'm not duplicating an old post by bringing up this discussion. I have a 2000 regular cab 1500 3.9l V6 with a bench seat and manual everything else, locks, windows, mirrors, etc. It's the first vehicle I've ever purchased and if I can help it, It'll only have another owner when I die and bequeath it to them. I recently purchased as a parts truck a 2001 extended cab 1500 5.2L V8 with the 40/20/40 split bench seat and pretty much power everything. My 2000 needs some TLC to get her right and back onto the road.
To the topic of this thread, I recall once upon a time many moons ago being under the cab and seeing some of what at the time I believed to be random welded nuts on the bottom of the cab floor which was meant for some factory option that my cab didn't have. When I purchased the parts truck it had an older seat that does not bolt in place, the owner said he swapped it into his older truck (97 I believe) and had to modify the seat base to make the 2001 seat work in the older truck he was keeping. Today I found a set of seats in the junkyard that would need to have the cushion material and the upholstery replaced in another 2001 ram 1500 Quad Cab. They were the kind that have the seat belt coming out of the seat back and both are power seats and I believe they both include power lumbar.
I would like very much to get these seats if they'll bolt into my regular cab 2000 model floorboard without modification other than of course opening the holes that are being covered by my rubber floor mat. I can replace the seat cushioning and the upholstery myself, if a motor is bad or some wiring has issues I can handle that too. What I'm just not so certain of is if they will bolt down in place. Just looking at the 2 cabs the front area of the floorboard looks to be identical to my 2000 regular cab (we all know however that looks can be deceiving). Does anybody know if these seats are a direct bolt-in swap?
I have tried to pull up the parts catalog from Ma' Mopar to research and find the answer myself but the sites that I've tried to use all say the same thing "No parts found" they're not showing anything at all for the 2000 or 2001 trucks and I don't know why. In a different life I was a parts man and so it frustrates me that they're not even showing oil filters or spark plugs. Simply "No parts found." Perhaps I'm using the site incorrectly. ( https://store.mopar.com/seats ) I was going to look up the seat bases for them both and compare the part numbers but no luck, just a message "No Parts Found."
Thanks for any help in advance.
To the topic of this thread, I recall once upon a time many moons ago being under the cab and seeing some of what at the time I believed to be random welded nuts on the bottom of the cab floor which was meant for some factory option that my cab didn't have. When I purchased the parts truck it had an older seat that does not bolt in place, the owner said he swapped it into his older truck (97 I believe) and had to modify the seat base to make the 2001 seat work in the older truck he was keeping. Today I found a set of seats in the junkyard that would need to have the cushion material and the upholstery replaced in another 2001 ram 1500 Quad Cab. They were the kind that have the seat belt coming out of the seat back and both are power seats and I believe they both include power lumbar.
I would like very much to get these seats if they'll bolt into my regular cab 2000 model floorboard without modification other than of course opening the holes that are being covered by my rubber floor mat. I can replace the seat cushioning and the upholstery myself, if a motor is bad or some wiring has issues I can handle that too. What I'm just not so certain of is if they will bolt down in place. Just looking at the 2 cabs the front area of the floorboard looks to be identical to my 2000 regular cab (we all know however that looks can be deceiving). Does anybody know if these seats are a direct bolt-in swap?
I have tried to pull up the parts catalog from Ma' Mopar to research and find the answer myself but the sites that I've tried to use all say the same thing "No parts found" they're not showing anything at all for the 2000 or 2001 trucks and I don't know why. In a different life I was a parts man and so it frustrates me that they're not even showing oil filters or spark plugs. Simply "No parts found." Perhaps I'm using the site incorrectly. ( https://store.mopar.com/seats ) I was going to look up the seat bases for them both and compare the part numbers but no luck, just a message "No Parts Found."
Thanks for any help in advance.
