Switching front seats???
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Switching front seats???
Hello,
I'm new to this Forum and a new Cherokee owner. I just bought a right hand drive 1996 Sport for my work at the Post Office. It came to me with a partially broken down drivers seat. Now this is the RIGHT side seat, since the truck is Right Hand Drive. Manual seats also. I have been reading posts on here and another site about switching the left seat for the right, so I gave it a try today. Well ... no luck. I removed both seats from the floor, exchanged lower brackets left side to right side, and tried to install the old left seat onto the right side. No Good ... the seat lower frames are actually welded together with offsets to only be able to install them in the one factory position ... There is a LEFT and a RIGHT seat. I thought I had read that the seats were exactly the same, and you only had to change the lower slider brackets to be able to switch them .... WRONG. Not on my 1996 with Manual seats. Can anybody confirm that I have attempted this correctly, and can confirm that you CANNOT switch left to right on a 1996 Sport with manual seats?
Thanks for your help.
Fasts96xj
I'm new to this Forum and a new Cherokee owner. I just bought a right hand drive 1996 Sport for my work at the Post Office. It came to me with a partially broken down drivers seat. Now this is the RIGHT side seat, since the truck is Right Hand Drive. Manual seats also. I have been reading posts on here and another site about switching the left seat for the right, so I gave it a try today. Well ... no luck. I removed both seats from the floor, exchanged lower brackets left side to right side, and tried to install the old left seat onto the right side. No Good ... the seat lower frames are actually welded together with offsets to only be able to install them in the one factory position ... There is a LEFT and a RIGHT seat. I thought I had read that the seats were exactly the same, and you only had to change the lower slider brackets to be able to switch them .... WRONG. Not on my 1996 with Manual seats. Can anybody confirm that I have attempted this correctly, and can confirm that you CANNOT switch left to right on a 1996 Sport with manual seats?
Thanks for your help.
Fasts96xj
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Left and right seats are not interchangeable on any XJ. However, you can get the right seat out of any XJ 1984-2001, MJ 1986-1992, or ZJ 1993-1998.
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I used seats from the ZJ Grand Cherokee. $29 each at Pick-N-Pull salvage yard. Came with the sliders which I did not use, sold them for $25 each.
Direct bolt on to stock seat sliders/rails and offset like you already found out. More comfortable than the stock 1996 seats.
Direct bolt on to stock seat sliders/rails and offset like you already found out. More comfortable than the stock 1996 seats.
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Just swap the cushions...............
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I used seats from the ZJ Grand Cherokee. $29 each at Pick-N-Pull salvage yard. Came with the sliders which I did not use, sold them for $25 each.
Direct bolt on to stock seat sliders/rails and offset like you already found out. More comfortable than the stock 1996 seats.
Direct bolt on to stock seat sliders/rails and offset like you already found out. More comfortable than the stock 1996 seats.
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I suggest the YellowPages for your area, call up salvage yards and ask how many grand cherokees are on the lot.
And try this for used parts; http://car-part.com/
Then drive.
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Pick-n-Pull does not have locations in PA but I'm sure there's something similar.
I suggest the YellowPages for your area, call up salvage yards and ask how many grand cherokees are on the lot.
And try this for used parts; http://car-part.com/
Then drive.
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I thought the OP just wanted to swap seats from side to side because one was worn out. Am I missing something?