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Old February 18th, 2013, 5:14 PM
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I am looking to buy a 2008 suburban and it has 3rd row bucket seats. My wife wants a 3rd row bench seat. I hate to turn this deal down. So my question is, are the bucket and bench seats interchangable.
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Welcome to the forum.

I thought that the 07s were the only ones that had two options for the 3rd row. Is there a plastic bin between the two seats? Are there only two pair of seat belts? There is no one piece 3rd row bench in the GMT900s. There two separate seats w/ three pair of seat belts.

I suppose someone could have swapped the seats for the 07 separate 3rd row seats.
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There are two seperate seats that have cup holders that meet in the middle. Will try and upload a pic soon
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I didn't think those were available in 2008. But the buckets should fit.
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I am in the Same Pickle. There is a 2007 Suburban for Sale with 3rd row buckets and my wife wants the 3rd row Bench seat to make it a 7 passenger instead of a 6 passenger. Can you swap out the buckets for a bench ? is it worth the hassle. the suburban is only $19k with 84k miles. I don't want to pass this deal up if its possible that a bench seat will interchangeably swap in .
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My '08 Suburban came with what I call the "Escalade seats." A 6500-lb, almost twenty foot-long truck and it's only a 6-seater.

I went onto Ebay and bought the 2-piece bench seats to make it into a 7-seater. Cost was about $750, but compared to the $23,000 I paid for the truck, it was a bargain. I still have the Escalade seats sealed up in two boxes in the basement.

Here's a set of black seats listed currently on eBay - CLICK HERE

The two different types of seats have exactly the same mechanisms. Simply remove the Escalade seats, and drop in the regular seats. Easy peasy.

Here's a pic of my son sitting in the 3rd row the first time we went to see the truck on the lot:
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ajw020: Welcome to the forum.

See post #2.
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