johnj92131 Posted July 29, 2018 Posted July 29, 2018 Brandon, Don't know about the Dakota seats - BUT the Grand Cherokee Seat and 95+ Cherokee seats that bolt directly to the floor require a piece of flat stock or square tubing sitting on top of the Comanche seat bracket to "bridge" the distance between the new seat rails. Trying to say the 86-94 MJ/XJ seats bolt directly to the narrow Comanche seat brackets. The bolts/rivets on the later seats are set very wide a part and require the flat stock/tube to attach to the MJ seat brackets. "ASSUME" Dakota seats have same construction. Have pictures at home. Will send you them when I get home. In mean time go back to GrayWolfs first post and see his pictures. JJ
krustyballer16 Posted July 29, 2018 Posted July 29, 2018 I see that left to right its wider and needs a piece across there but why run square tube down the sliders front to back? Sent from my SM-G892A using Tapatalk
johnj92131 Posted July 29, 2018 Posted July 29, 2018 To attach the seat fore and aft adjustments to the MJ seat brackets. Without those, the seat is stuck in one position. Next time you are at a salvage yard - pull a seat from a Grand Cherokee to see how the slider mechanism works. Or search here for one of Bo's very old posts about adapting Grand Cherokee seats to the MJ. I have a spare set of Grand Cherokee seat rails at home, so can send pictures. Likely Wednesday.
GrayWolf Posted August 2, 2018 Author Posted August 2, 2018 Okay, sorry to be off-line for so long, some medical, some Bob's not having time to make the brackets. Good news! We pulled my seats today and he is in the process of making jigs to start building seat bracket sets. He just finished a fantastic looking Chevy Cameo Pickup, and has some time to start building the brackets, and even thinks he has a way of building them that won't require welding to the Dakota sliders. He's building the jig in these pictures and estimates he can make 5 or more a day. I'm hoping there won't be any further delays. I'm not needed for this part of it, but he often gets someone with a classic car that walks in and wants him to work on it, and they pay better than he would get from selling seat brackets. I'll keep you informed. I know we lost some of you, but let me know if you're still interested.
KANTANKRUS Posted August 12, 2018 Posted August 12, 2018 Still in. I just was quoted a ridiculous price to have my original 'winged buckets' reupholstered and I was Shocked at the cost. $375 per seat... that Nutz! Aa oh, will these pedestals work for a manual trans Comanche?
MeanLemons Posted September 10, 2018 Posted September 10, 2018 On 8/11/2018 at 10:58 PM, RestoringNV said: Aa oh, will these pedestals work for a manual trans Comanche? Yeah I’m curious about this too
KANTANKRUS Posted September 13, 2018 Posted September 13, 2018 I guess he has hit a snag again! Oh well, I am just going to keep my winged back buckets!
krustyballer16 Posted September 16, 2018 Posted September 16, 2018 Why are they mounted on the 1" square tubing? Why can't I just take my brackets and make the top face longer/wider so it reaches the seat slider rails and welds or bolts to them like I'm guessing the square tubing is. Sent from my SM-G892A using Tapatalk
87Chief Posted March 19, 2019 Posted March 19, 2019 Krusty, could you possibly make some to do what he's doing? I'd be interested in paying a little extra for the top face to be wider/longer with your seat brackets.
87Warrior Posted March 19, 2019 Posted March 19, 2019 Krusty, could you possibly make some to do what he's doing? I'd be interested in paying a little extra for the top face to be wider/longer with your seat brackets. x2! I am not pleased with the bracket I cobbled together and would gladly pay for a quality bracket to install the Dakota bench.
87Chief Posted March 19, 2019 Posted March 19, 2019 On 9/16/2018 at 2:37 PM, krustyballer16 said: Why are they mounted on the 1" square tubing? Why can't I just take my brackets and make the top face longer/wider so it reaches the seat slider rails and welds or bolts to them like I'm guessing the square tubing is. Sent from my SM-G892A using Tapatalk 1 hour ago, 87Warrior said: 1 hour ago, 87Chief said: Krusty, could you possibly make some to do what he's doing? I'd be interested in paying a little extra for the top face to be wider/longer with your seat brackets. x2! I am not pleased with the bracket I cobbled together and would gladly pay for a quality bracket to install the Dakota bench. Think you could just extend some metal on each side? I believe he used 1" square tubing for the height.
krustyballer16 Posted March 19, 2019 Posted March 19, 2019 Someone needs to get me some WJ and dakota Seats to make these! Lol Sent from my SM-G892A using Tapatalk
Goose_XJ88 Posted March 20, 2019 Posted March 20, 2019 10 hours ago, krustyballer16 said: Someone needs to get me some WJ and dakota Seats to make these! Lol Sent from my SM-G892A using Tapatalk If I lived closer I'd be willing to get you a set of each. Haha. Zj and 95+ xj use the same seat base bolt pattern so you don't have to use a wj seat.
RustyRodder Posted March 20, 2019 Posted March 20, 2019 Just remembered too- TJ's also use that seat pattern. So with the right bracket, we could use late-XJ, WJ, ZJ, and TJ seats. Not sure about WK or Liberty
Jaime Posted May 28, 2019 Posted May 28, 2019 Does anyone know if GrayWolf is still having the brackets made. I just got the Dakota seat and was interested in purchasing them. Also will these brackets work stick. I noticed in the picture his is an automatic.
87Chief Posted October 18, 2019 Posted October 18, 2019 I guess he isn't online, or making these anymore?
KoopaKid Posted March 11, 2021 Posted March 11, 2021 I’d DEFINITELY be interested in this. Would be great not to mutilate my truck any more.
dudedogguy Posted June 11, 2021 Posted June 11, 2021 i know i havnt seen any responses to people asking about these but figured ide giv it a try definitely would enjoy having a set of these made for me
Kickin’Chicken Posted June 21, 2021 Posted June 21, 2021 On 6/10/2021 at 9:28 PM, dudedogguy said: i know i havnt seen any responses to people asking about these but figured ide giv it a try definitely would enjoy having a set of these made for me As soon as “dude” gets done with that ‘73 Camaro ....
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