newbie???

pa_muddin_xj · Feb 16, 2005

I know i've been asking alot of questions, but i'm a newbie to the xj i don't even own one yet. i'm just trying to get my feet wet by asking questions and looking around at various xj's. but i was wondering do the front seats in the xj recline?

Jackhill442 · Feb 16, 2005

Yes, but on the older ones, not very far and the lever is a pain in the ass. They switched them to the newer mechanism in the early 90's.

RTicUL8 · Feb 16, 2005

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe that they recline on the 2-door models.

copperhead · Feb 16, 2005

RTicUL8 wrote: Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe that they recline on the 2-door models.

They recline on my 87 2door Laredo. The 2 door models also flip forward for access to the rear.

Copperhead

92AKXJ · Feb 16, 2005

The seats in my '92 2-dr don't recline (no trim package).

sloppyjoe · Feb 16, 2005

My seats don't recline either, but I have a 94 and I think that the seats vary depending on the options that came from the factory.

XJRedneck · Feb 16, 2005

The seats on my 86' 4 door Laredo recline, there is a lever on the side of the seat and one on the bottom. The one on the side moves just the top half of the seat and the one on the bottom pivots the entire seat foward and backward.

Oh and welcome to the club, pa_muddin!

What got u interested in XJs?

Matthew Currie · Feb 17, 2005

In the 84-94 years, there were several different grades of seats. I've even seen a base 94 with a column shift and bench seat. I've seen base seats with no recline at all, but not often. Then there was a reclining seat, and above that a reclining seat with a tilting base, and above that a power seat. An 89 2-door I bought for parts had reclining, tilt-base seats. My stepson's 93 sport lacks the tilt base, but still reclines.

Dan1990XJ · Feb 17, 2005

My base model 90 does not recline at all but the girlfriends 95 sport has reclining seats

mudpuddle · Feb 17, 2005

some do. some don't, but the backseat always folds, giving you almost a football field's worth of turf to chase your lady around.

K2XJ · Feb 17, 2005

the seats in my 95 sport do recline but they done slide back very far

Slip Kid · Feb 17, 2005

The orig. seats on my 87 were black pleather seats(i think part of the "cheif" package),they slide forward and back but no recline.

I replaced them with some tan ones from a 93 country, those have the "hard to use" recliner lever up on the side.

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