Comments on: Van Conversion: Installing 2nd Row Bench Seat in Ford Transit

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 16:25:55 +0000

Hello what a great tutorial about the seat install. I have a 2019 t350 cargo LWB EL Transit and I was thinking about using the 2 seat bench Transit OEM seat and floor brackets behind the drivers seat. . Do you see any issues with that ? Or having to drop gas tank.. Thank you in advance!

By: Nick Simon

Nick Simon — Sun, 26 May 2019 00:19:15 +0000

In reply to John Forbes. I’m not sure. Finding actual legal guidelines for installing seats is very difficult. It’s best to contact your local DMV.

By: John Forbes

John Forbes — Mon, 20 May 2019 11:22:46 +0000

Hi, is there a legal distance that has to be between the front seat and the rear bench seat. As in leg room?

By: Nick Simon

Nick Simon — Wed, 01 May 2019 00:24:21 +0000

In reply to dberdinka. There are some seat options that actually fold up flat against the wall. For something that will be installed most of the time it would probably be a better solution.

By: dberdinka

dberdinka — Mon, 22 Apr 2019 23:19:25 +0000

Trying to come up with a layout for a family of four. Seems like there’s no layout that REALLY works when you add in the second row bench seat. even if it’s a flip up. Considering a design where you’d remove the bench seat for additional space/access while camping (maybe it becomes a bench outside the van). You mention the seat you used is heavy, apparently the narrower two-person seat is ~100 lbs. Based on your experience is this a reasonable idea or a total PITA? Thanks.

By: Nick Simon

Nick Simon — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 04:07:59 +0000

In reply to Don. We bought ours from eBay. There is usually a number of them available at various price points and materials.

By: Don

Don — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 02:12:26 +0000

Ok, am I missing something? Where did you buy the seat from? Could you order it at a ford dealership. I could see no link for this. Great to know this can be done as the Sprinter Crew van is expensive.

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 04:11:07 +0000

In reply to Scott. Hey Scott, how did your seat install come out in the promaster? Do you have a link to pictures?

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 00:54:23 +0000

In reply to Nick Simon.

Installed floor brackets today. A couple things helped. Use the spot welds on the van floor to map out the frame rails with a permanent marker. You can clean up when finished with carb cleaner and a rag.

Cut a piece of pipe to go over the drill bit so it hits th drill chuck when the bit pops through and stops it from hitting the tank. Only penetrates 1/2 inch.

I used super glue to stick the nuts to the washers. Then I could work them into place as one piece and a helper could see the alignment from the top and thread the bolts in. On one of them I put thenut and washer on a socket and worked it up into position.

By: Nick Simon

Nick Simon — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 18:05:01 +0000

In reply to Scott. We have our kitchen cabinet behind where the seats go and right up to the back of the seats. You can checkout our instagram account for some photos of the near finished build.