WJ Rear Seats In XJ

RSchurig356 · May 24, 2009

I have searched all over and still have not been able to find a write-up of someone putting WJ rear seats in an XJ. There is a bunch about front seats and nothing about rears.

I was wondering if anyone has any tips or tricks to mounting them correctly. Some pictures would also help out big time. I have a 2000 XJ Classic and the rear seat is from a 2002 WJ Laredo. I am mostly wondering how to mount the seat backs. My problem is deciding if I need to drill holes or if there is another way to attach them. Some help would be great.

Ryan

mud-dog27 · May 24, 2009

theres a few write ups here and on jeepforum about doing it with the split rear ZJ seats that turned out decent not sure where they are but there here ill see if i got em in may favs

camarors8992 · May 24, 2009

It's a huge pain in the butt. I put zj seats in the front, but gave up on the rears.

mud-dog27 · May 24, 2009

yea they deffinatly require some work to make them fit in the rears anything but a direct bolt in

heres a vague notso howto...just pics but they are WJ seats
http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=986536&highlight=seat

mud-dog27 · May 24, 2009

ok i could have sworn there was a decent write up here a while ago but i cant find it now but heres another

http://blogs.jpmagazine.com/6225021...er-heated-grand-cherokee-seat-swap/index.html

heres the best one ive found with power WJ seats
http://www.offroading.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=3930&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

ok for now thats all i got

i almost wanna swap mine now those stock XJ seats suck

hope this helps

RSchurig356 · May 24, 2009

Pictures help, but I'm really mostly interested in the rear seats and how to use the stock WJ brackets to mount the seats in the rear.

mud-dog27 · May 25, 2009

from the sounds of things ya just gotta drill and bolt

RSchurig356 · May 25, 2009

Alright, I've been playing around with it and seem to have a handle on it. If all goes well, I can do a write-up to help out others.

xj-grin · May 25, 2009

mud-dog27 said:
yea they deffinatly require some work to make them fit in the rears anything but a direct bolt in

heres a vague notso howto...just pics but they are WJ seats
http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=986536&highlight=seat

Yeah, the "not-so-how-to" is my fault -- sorry. I may be tearing them out tomorrow and trying to move them back a few inches, because where they intuitively fit, you lose about 3" of rear leg room, and as we all know XJ's are a bit short on rear leg room to begin with. They actually do "bolt in"... after you drill a few holes. Really an easy install. I'll likely update my thread if I succeed in getting them shifted back a bit!

LVJimmy · May 25, 2009

very interested!!!

LazersGoPEWPEW · May 25, 2009

I was going to do the WJ seats up front but then saw the hassle and found some XJ leathers to throw in instead. They're a lot more comfortable than the crap high backs I'm trying to get rid of.

xj-grin · May 25, 2009

my thread linked above is now updated with photos and the like -- HTH!:sunshine:

WJ Rear Seats In XJ

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