Bucket seats

[ferrisj96]

I am thinking of taking on a project jeep. It’s a 1987 Comanche long bed. Two issues are holding me up. The first is a bit silly but I want to get rid of the bench seat for bucket seats. I had an 89 pioneer and probably bought and threw out six different seats out of Cherokee that looked close but wouldn’t work. Anybody know where I can find just two simple bucket seats that will work??   I hate the bench seat and if I can’t find something that will work I’m gonna pass on the project. I am a shade tree mechanic I can fix most problems but I don’t have the know how or the tools to fabricate a way around this. I don’t care what they come from. Are there aftermarket things. I am at a loss before I start. Please help

[Minuit]

The seats themselves are exactly the same seats that came in the two door XJ Cherokee from 1984 through the end of the 1994 model year. The four door seats are similar, but don't flip forward for access to the back of the cab. The brackets to bolt them to the floor are probably what tripped you up. Those are Comanche only thanks to some differences in the floor pans.

 

The seats are modular and come apart fairly easy. The "sitting part" can be removed from the floor bracket/slider assembly after removing the bottom cushion (the actual difference between the Cherokee and Comanche bucket seats is the floor bracket/slider assembly). The sliders are then riveted to the floor brackets.

 

@krustyballer16 makes the brackets you would need to adapt a Cherokee slider assembly to the Comanche floor pan if you can't find an original. You'd have to remove the old floor brackets and attach the new ones to the Cherokee seat slider mechanism. Alternatively, you're in the best place to find someone selling the genuine article.

 

More info on seat varieties:

 

The 1984-1994 seats came in two general varieties that look like this:

or this:

With plenty of variety in colors and fabrics throughout the year, but the frames are exactly the same underneath, so the cushions and covers can be swapped around. You can make a regular bucket seat into the fancy version with the side bolsters by switching the cushions and covers. The passenger and driver side cushions are interchangeable, so you can swap out a collapsed driver side cushion for a good passenger side. The only difference is a loop that holds the seat belt buckle in place, but you can either ignore it or switch the seat covers to match.

 

Two door/Comanche seat frames are entirely different from four door seat frames. You cannot convert a four door frame to be able to flip forward, but you can put the four door fabric and foam on a two door frame, and cut a slit in the fabric for the lever to flip forward.

 

[88towmanche]

Ran across a 2006 PT Cruiser headed for pick n pull - was a limited so leather interior - seats look pretty good, leather & suede medium gray color.

 

Owner told me to grab whatever I wanted before tow truck showed up so I grabbed the front seats - didn't realize they had the integrated air bags, saw the wiring for the heated seat function so just cut that with a pair of dikes well past the factory connector so I could theoretically hook up the heated seat option in the comanche (switch is actually on the seat) - anyway, was cutting away and saw sparks.....holy crap freaking thing has an air bag!  Not sure if that could have triggered the bag but was concerning - disconnected that battery to get the other one.

 

Have a set of the seat brackets from Krusty - going to see if these can bolt up and work in the truck.