What did you do to your Cherokee today?

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01-29-2014, 06:26 PM

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Finished swapping 1998 xj seats into my 1988. It's really quite amazing how comfortable to have a good pan and foam. The originals had no foam and the pan was snapped on the left cheek.

Just swap the brackets?

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01-29-2014, 06:52 PM

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Just swap the brackets?

A lot more involved then that. They changed the floor in 97 I think and those brackets won't bolt onto the floor. Plus these seats I got had no brackets so I have to build into the seat frame new mounts to bolt the stock slider onto the newer seat. Plus the older brackets I have originally have a much narrower mounting pattern en the newer seats.

I also added a 1/2 spacer to the front bolts to tip the seat back a little and it's perfect. I don't feel like I'm sitting on a padded park bench but rather a bucket seat.

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01-29-2014, 07:24 PM

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Painted my rims and clear coated em

Do those glow in the Dark

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01-29-2014, 07:31 PM

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Knew it wasn't easy. Curious on how you had done it. I want to try and get zj seats in my xj or an mj bench.

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01-29-2014, 07:35 PM

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I can snap a few pictures when I pull the passenger seat to adjust the pitch.

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01-29-2014, 07:43 PM

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Finished swapping 1998 xj seats into my 1988. It's really quite amazing how comfortable to have a good pan and foam. The originals had no foam and the pan was snapped on the left cheek.

I swapped 98 00xj seats in. Way more comfy

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01-29-2014, 07:46 PM

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Anyone ever swap in seats from non jeep vehicles?

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01-29-2014, 07:46 PM

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Knew it wasn't easy. Curious on how you had done it. I want to try and get zj seats in my xj or an mj bench.

It a pretty straight for ward swap. Just in bolt the stock xj tracks to the zj seat. The seats a tight fit but it fits

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01-29-2014, 07:55 PM

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Anyone ever swap in seats from non jeep vehicles?

I've seen a Cherokee with acura seats before. I think it might be on jeep forum but I'm not for sure.

Put in an Accel tune up kit tonight

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01-29-2014, 07:59 PM

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I've seen a Cherokee with acura seats before. I think it might be on jeep forum but I'm not for sure. Put in an Accel tune up kit tonight

I remember that, the picture is on one of my threads I started lol.

Edit... This is his seats. (DaveVmax)

What did you do to your Cherokee today?-image-3074334201.jpg

He said seats are from Acura RSX

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01-29-2014, 08:10 PM

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It a pretty straight for ward swap. Just in bolt the stock xj tracks to the zj seat. The seats a tight fit but it fits

Sweet, after being in a ZJ for so long I can't imagine being in those small *** seats again.

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01-29-2014, 08:19 PM

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I remember that, the picture is on one of my threads I started lol.

Edit... This is his seats. (DaveVmax)

He said seats are from Acura RSX

Yep that's the one. That would be a cool project to do if you could get the seats for cheap

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01-30-2014, 06:40 AM

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Year: Different Years (I have several XJ's)

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If I add a 6.5" lift on my 95 XJ should I have to have an adjustable trac bar and tcase drop? I have rusty a leafs and coils, all four shocks, drop pitman arm, front and back extended brake lines and ucas and Lcas that are adjustable. Need anything else?