JeffK Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 So I was at the Boneyard yesterday and I had to walk through the import section to get to the Cherokees. There's a low mileage '91 Prelude 2 door with really good looking buckets. I've seen a couple of Dakota seats installed, and I've read that a few of the Cherokee guys have used them (can't find the links). Has anyone tried to put Honda/Acura seats in a MJ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrooper Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 yeah its possible it will take work though, try looking up buket seats and youll find some seat swaps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffK Posted June 23, 2009 Author Share Posted June 23, 2009 That's what I was looking for, thanks. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87mjdriver Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 I just bought a 93 civic for a commuter car and have been thinking the same thing. they are comfy and the tuner guys are alway getting rid of them cheaply to put in race seats(like they really need them) I kinda group it in with the huge wings) kinda pointless on a street car. anyway the seat brakets look easy enought to make a bracket to mate the two. and they are close to the same size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffK Posted June 24, 2009 Author Share Posted June 24, 2009 I just bought a 93 civic for a commuter car and have been thinking the same thing. they are comfy and the tuner guys are alway getting rid of them cheaply to put in race seats(like they really need them) I kinda group it in with the huge wings) kinda pointless on a street car. anyway the seat brakets look easy enought to make a bracket to mate the two. and they are close to the same size. That's what I'm thinking. Plus the Local JY here gets $22 each for buckets, any buckets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87mjdriver Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 sad thing is I started looking at the honda seats after I s[ent money picking up a set of laredeo seats that I fon't think I will ever put in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtdesigns Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Not sure about the 91 seats,, but I took out my 94 Prelude seats and tried to see what it would take.... And the answer is a BIG P-I-T-A.... As you know the Hondas are front wheel drive,,,, so they don't have that humongous tranny hump... My seats were way too wide to even fit down where they wouldnt put my head trough the roof if brackets were made..... I think if I did alot of cutting, welding, cussing, sweating, bleeding, and shots of Heroin I could make them work,,, And I for one LOVE my ludes seats.. All you have to do is look at how the mj/xj buckets mounts are.. There really narrow, well to be honest the mj/xj seats are all very narrow not just the mounts. but the mounts are super narrow.. I saw myself cutting out half the tranny tunnel to get them to work. The reason for that would be to lower the seats to where I was comfy... Just sitting them in where they fit they were like 4" higher then oems.. The Honda seats mount on each 4 corners, and are just as wide as the whole seat. If I recall the mounts in the rear are integrated into the whole seat design, so cutting them would take alot of fab just on the seats themselves.. But like I said this is all using 94 lude seats.. Not sure about the 3rd gen prelude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aemsee Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Not sure about the 91 seats,, but I took out my 94 Prelude seats and tried to see what it would take.... And the answer is a BIG P-I-T-A.... As you know the Hondas are front wheel drive,,,, so they don't have that humongous tranny hump... My seats were way too wide to even fit down where they wouldnt put my head trough the roof if brackets were made..... I think if I did alot of cutting, welding, cussing, sweating, bleeding, and shots of Heroin I could make them work,,, And I for one LOVE my ludes seats.. All you have to do is look at how the mj/xj buckets mounts are.. There really narrow, well to be honest the mj/xj seats are all very narrow not just the mounts. but the mounts are super narrow.. I saw myself cutting out half the tranny tunnel to get them to work. The reason for that would be to lower the seats to where I was comfy... Just sitting them in where they fit they were like 4" higher then oems.. The Honda seats mount on each 4 corners, and are just as wide as the whole seat. If I recall the mounts in the rear are integrated into the whole seat design, so cutting them would take alot of fab just on the seats themselves.. But like I said this is all using 94 lude seats.. Not sure about the 3rd gen prelude. That is going to be true of just about any FWD seats. Too wide for the easy swap. I've been trying to find some nice buckets for my 73 Hornet for years and the FWD seats are just too much work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philbert001 Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 I put 96 s-10 seats in my 89 MJ, and it was a bit of a pain, just because the MJ hump is like 2-3 times taller than the S-10 hump. If you are gonna do it, have your scrap metal bin ready, because you are gonna be fabbing all the brackets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWLONGSHOT Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 I have a set of JC Whitney "racing" seats in my MJ. I built the bases from scratch.. not really hard as long as you have a welder and can use it. I did need to do a bit of massaging to the hump on the drivers side, but not a big deal... Check out my build thread for pics and a better explanation... Link is in my signature. CW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffK Posted June 24, 2009 Author Share Posted June 24, 2009 I have a set of JC Whitney "racing" seats in my MJ. I built the bases from scratch.. not really hard as long as you have a welder and can use it. I did need to do a bit of massaging to the hump on the drivers side, but not a big deal... Check out my build thread for pics and a better explanation... Link is in my signature. CW I looked through your build, the seats look real good. If I can't find a jeep seat I like I may go that route. The Honda seats were just a passing thought. Shame they'd be such a PITA, they were good looking seats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtdesigns Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 I have a set of JC Whitney "racing" seats in my MJ. I built the bases from scratch.. not really hard as long as you have a welder and can use it. I did need to do a bit of massaging to the hump on the drivers side, but not a big deal... Check out my build thread for pics and a better explanation... Link is in my signature. CW I looked through your build, the seats look real good. If I can't find a jeep seat I like I may go that route. The Honda seats were just a passing thought. Shame they'd be such a PITA, they were good looking seats. You should still have picked the lude seats up for that price, and put them on Craigslist.. Seat in good shape for that year would go quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWLONGSHOT Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 I have a set of JC Whitney "racing" seats in my MJ. I built the bases from scratch.. not really hard as long as you have a welder and can use it. I did need to do a bit of massaging to the hump on the drivers side, but not a big deal... Check out my build thread for pics and a better explanation... Link is in my signature. CW I looked through your build, the seats look real good. If I can't find a jeep seat I like I may go that route. The Honda seats were just a passing thought. Shame they'd be such a PITA, they were good looking seats. That's my point, I wasn't so much suggesting the seats I bought although I do like them. But rather the way they mounted. Not even close to a "bolt-in" to the factory bases. Making new ones isn't hard, you just need to take some time and think on it. You will likely figure out a way to make them work!! CW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffK Posted June 25, 2009 Author Share Posted June 25, 2009 I have a set of JC Whitney "racing" seats in my MJ. I built the bases from scratch.. not really hard as long as you have a welder and can use it. I did need to do a bit of massaging to the hump on the drivers side, but not a big deal... Check out my build thread for pics and a better explanation... Link is in my signature. CW I looked through your build, the seats look real good. If I can't find a jeep seat I like I may go that route. The Honda seats were just a passing thought. Shame they'd be such a PITA, they were good looking seats. You should still have picked the lude seats up for that price, and put them on Craigslist.. Seat in good shape for that year would go quick. May just do that, should be able to get my $44 back out them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffK Posted June 25, 2009 Author Share Posted June 25, 2009 I have a set of JC Whitney "racing" seats in my MJ. I built the bases from scratch.. not really hard as long as you have a welder and can use it. I did need to do a bit of massaging to the hump on the drivers side, but not a big deal... Check out my build thread for pics and a better explanation... Link is in my signature. CW I looked through your build, the seats look real good. If I can't find a jeep seat I like I may go that route. The Honda seats were just a passing thought. Shame they'd be such a PITA, they were good looking seats. That's my point, I wasn't so much suggesting the seats I bought although I do like them. But rather the way they mounted. Not even close to a "bolt-in" to the factory bases. Making new ones isn't hard, you just need to take some time and think on it. You will likely figure out a way to make them work!! CW I'm going to have my son pick them up tomorrow, I've got access to the stuff to fab up some brackets, but in the end if they don't work I'll just resell them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffK Posted June 25, 2009 Author Share Posted June 25, 2009 oops :oops: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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