mpace6a Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 Having some issues putting the Leather buckets out of a 97+ Limited XJ (not 100% sure of the year, buddy in TX pulled them at a JY for me, but the tilt mechanisms are the same as the 2 door tilts i pulled from a 97 xj here) Having trouble swapping the sliders over using this writeup i found here. Basically, the slider rails are much further apart than the feet on my bench (12" on the sliders vs 8" on the bench feet) Any way i can bolt these up without drilling my floor or cutting the feet off of one and welding them on the other? Worried about keeping the seats straight if i cut/weld or put new studs in the floor. Ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood of a Jeep Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 12" on the slider vs 8" on the bench. Is that the measurement between the pressed in riveted dealys holding the brackets to the rails? When we did it in my brothers MJ we drilled all brackets off and welded the bench seat brackets to the XJ rails. If your widths aren't right couldn't you do the same, except using like a flat iron steel bar to span the gap between the sliders, like an adapter of sorts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpace6a Posted August 9, 2014 Author Share Posted August 9, 2014 12" on the slider vs 8" on the bench. Is that the measurement between the pressed in riveted dealys holding the brackets to the rails? When we did it in my brothers MJ we drilled all brackets off and welded the bench seat brackets to the XJ rails. If your widths aren't right couldn't you do the same, except using like a flat iron steel bar to span the gap between the sliders, like an adapter of sorts? Yeah, thats what i meant with the measurement. I may try that instead, just weld on some bar to make it work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelbyluvv Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 You need 97+ floor brackets. Or you can bolt some angle iron to the floor and drill and fight and cuss. 96 and newer seats do not bolt to the older bases or the floor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpace6a Posted August 10, 2014 Author Share Posted August 10, 2014 You need 97+ floor brackets. Or you can bolt some angle iron to the floor and drill and fight and cuss. 96 and newer seats do not bolt to the older bases or the floor. Yeah I'm figuring that out. I'm just going to try to set the seats in there as square as possible, and make my own feet to weld on. Best option i see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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