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Old 07-26-2012, 06:16 PM
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Thinking about switching my driver and passenger seat in my 94 2 door with the bench out of a manche has anyone done this or know if it will fit to the cherokee seat mounts? Any input is helpful thanks
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Hmmm this is an interesting idea. Would love to see some photos of this being done.
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I lack Fab skills so if its not a direct bolt I think I'll be s.o.l. unless I gorrila glue and duct tape it down lol and it'll take getting used to no center console
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It definitely won't be bolt it, but I doubt it would be that hard. Just gotta get creative
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I didn't think so maybe I'll pick a bench up at a jy just to see I wouldn't hold your breath tho lol if I start doin it I'll definitely. Post picks and such
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Do it!
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It will fit, use your existing cherokee bases and use the slider from the comanche. There are rivets holding the slider/bases together so you will have to drill/torch em and then re-rivet them together. The console will have to be swaped out aswell and the handbrake is gonna have to come out. Just swap int he foot brake from a comanche while your at it and itll all work jsut dandy.
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holy crap this is the coolest idea ive heard in a while
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FYI you will probably lose a lil bit of headroom, so if your a tall guy I wouldnt suggest doing this. Im just wondering whats your reason for wanting a bench seat? Cute girlfriend? haha
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I wonder how hard to mount my seat brackets to the bench
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Oh shiznit hmmm doesn't sound to difficult and idk definitely cute gf but just kinda wanna be different lol and na not to tall my only other question on the mj bench is does it fold so I can get into the back seat so my lil girl will fit haha daughter not gf lol
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I would really like to see how that would work out. I don't think that it would be that hard with a little imagination. I think it would look pretty cool. Post some picts if you do it.
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IIRC they do slide forward and fold to a certain point. Only issue with it is that you have to pull on both tabs for the seat to slide and fold. The one on passenger and driver side.
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Yea that's what I thought, if I could weld I would weld a bar between the two lol make em move as one
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You might be able to drill and bolt something on. I looked into doing this swap as well, everything *should* fit from an MJ.


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