badazzelanore Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 If i replace the comanche floorboards with cherokee floor boards, cherokee seats should bolt right in correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joester1908 Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 The Comanche has a brace that runs down the floor, so the seat brackets are offset Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParadiseMJ Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 If you use the bench seat brackets and grind off the rivets and then bolt the brackets to the XJ seat bottom, it will work, but if you don't use 2 door XJ seats, they will not fold forward and getting behind the seat is a pain. It can be done, but it requires a little modding and fab work. Use the MJ floor pans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joester1908 Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 x2 ^ I have 4 door XJ seats in my MJ. I have looked and looked and can't find a decent set of 2 door seats to swap in :dunno: Getting behind them where I have my amplifier and a wiring harness for my ARBs and the CB cable is very difficult Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badazzelanore Posted November 15, 2014 Author Share Posted November 15, 2014 It had some bucket seats in it when i bought it. I pulled them to address the rusty floor and they ended up sitting on the floor for months then thrown in a uhaul and driven like 3K miles. Come to find out the brackets had been swapped to xj seats and the move/tossing around has them all out of shape now :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sth5591 Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Use the MJ floor pans Any insight as to where MJ floor pans can be bought? Rockauto has them listed, but they're the same part numbers as the XJ ones, so they aren't real MJ ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dankicksass Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Use the MJ floor pansAny insight as to where MJ floor pans can be bought? Rockauto has them listed, but they're the same part numbers as the XJ ones, so they aren't real MJ ones. Quoted this because I need floors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87Warrior Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 MJ specific floor pans do not exist, regardless of what the manufacture claims. They are all XJ pans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87MJTIM Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Bought mine from Z&M http://stores.zmjeeps.com/floor-pans/ They did need modifications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sth5591 Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Bought mine from Z&M http://stores.zmjeeps.com/floor-pans/ They did need modifications. What did you have to modify? I'm debating on these or just making my own sheet metal ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87MJTIM Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 I didn't do the work. The bodyshop cut the pans to size for the holes in the floors. The profile next to the trans tunnel didn't match. I cannot remember which was wider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yxmj Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 From my experience all aftermarket pans need a little "massaging " to get them to fit. I have never gotten an XJ pan that was a direct drop in. Keep in mind you have a 27 year old floor...it has been stretched twisted an banged around. But on the other hand If patching is out of the question and a whole new pan is the answer, I always found it easier to start with a set of pre-fabed and alter them rather than forming my own from scratch. ( I can get them from $50 :Canadaflag: sent right to my door step..I think that is a good deal) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnj92131 Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 x2 ^ I have 4 door XJ seats in my MJ. I have looked and looked and can't find a decent set of 2 door seats to swap in :dunno: Getting behind them where I have my amplifier and a wiring harness for my ARBs and the CB cable is very difficult Take any 2 door seats that you can find with a good frame. Then you can transfer the seat covers and cushions from your good 4 door seats onto the 2 door seat frames. I did this "mix and match" several years ago and ended up with an extreemly good looking set of Comanche bucket seats. Do not pass up a set of 2 door buckets with a good frame. Recently, I picked up a set of ratty Comanche buckets, a set of fold forward brackets from a 95+ 2 door, and a set of Grand Cherokee bucket seats. I am in the process of putting together a set of bastardized, fold forward, Grand Cherokee seats for the Comanche. All with no welding. Right now I have one seat bolted in the truck, but I am not happy with the added 1.75 to 2 inch seat height. So that will be lowered. In the mean time, I am hunting for an excellent set of leather seats for eventual use in the Comanche. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sth5591 Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 From my experience all aftermarket pans need a little "massaging " to get them to fit. I have never gotten an XJ pan that was a direct drop in. Keep in mind you have a 27 year old floor...it has been stretched twisted an banged around. But on the other hand If patching is out of the question and a whole new pan is the answer, I always found it easier to start with a set of pre-fabed and alter them than forming my own from scratch. ( I can get them from $50 :Canadaflag: sent right to my door step..I think that is a good deal) So its not that big of a deal to make XJ pans fit? Just a bit of shaping, or are they way off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yxmj Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Hard to answer ......not knowing your skill set. After the old pan is cut out it usually takes 3 or 4 "Test fits" with fab in-between to get to the stage when you are happy. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hassyfoto Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 The floor pan is the same as a XJ. The braces above the floor pan are the difference. I installed a rock auto floor pan this past summer. Nice heavy gauge metal and close to the correct contour. I had to make part of the brace as it was rusted away. So, removal of the brace is required because the floor is sandwiched between the sub-frame and the brace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sth5591 Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 I'm considering using some steel diamond plate to replace the floors, have seen it done in a friends XJ and it looks nice and strengthens the unibody a bit. Fully welded around the edge of the pan and along the uniframe rail from underneath. That being said, the brace in my MJ's floor is already gone because someone "replaced" the floor before with a Mobil gas sign and some screws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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