I found a nice set of grand cherokee buckets today for $50...Havent bought them yet and need some input.
Looking at the floorboard contour the bases look different. Will the XJ base brackets be a direct bolt up to the Grand seats?

 

I know the base aint the same but i think not 100% sure that the seat will bolt to the xj base.

 

the front seats wont without some modification but the back bench seat should fit no problem

 

You're saying the 60/40 split of the grand cherokee is a straight swap out of the cherokee's bench seat?

what year grand cherokee seats for what year of cherokee?

 

not sure on the year but the grand rear split seat I saw had totally different mounts than the one in my XJ.
My 93 has pivots on each side by the door, and the grand split i looked at had mounts in front of the seat not on its sides.

 

I bought a set of Grand Cherokee seats (front buckets and rear 60/40) and here is what I found.

Front Buckets:

For my 1989 XJ 2 door the seat track bolts don't line up at all. My stock manual tracks have the rocker option where the track has a separate part that moves the base like it's on a skate board half pipe (I hope that makes sense). Because the track top is curved it doesn't match any of the bolt holes for the 1995 Grand Cherokee seats. I think I will do it right by buying a metal plate to bolt to the seat. I'll need to fabricate something to drop down from the plate to match the mounting bolt holes on my "rocker" tracks. The "rocker" bolt holes are not on a flat plane.
I also need to take apart my newer 1995 bucket frames to see what metal I need to cut to have the seat fold forward so people can have access to my back seat. I don't have any friends so there's no need for it, but you never know. Maybe I'll get a friend!?! I'm injured so these fixes will take me about a year!

Rear 60/40:

I have yet to try to install the rear seat, but some modification will be needed. The Grand Cherokee is actually 1"-2" wider inside than the Cherokee XJ's. The back seat is wider than the stock Cherokee seat. Anyone swap one successfully? If so how? Thanks!!!

 

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I'm in the middle of installing the back seats, i would love to see some completed photos of how people have mounted them.

Thanks

 

Make sure you measure the Grand Cherokee seat before you attempt anything! In the post above yours I mentioned I found the Grand Cherokee seat to be 1" to 2" wider than the XJ Cherokee. The Grand Cherokee I got the seats from was a 1995 and my XJ is a 1989. If you look at the measurements, the Grand Cherokee interior is much wider. I wouldn't have thought that.

The MSN Autos site is a wealth on knowledge. To get there on your own go to www.autos.msn.com Look for Used Cars. Scroll down to Jeep and then what model you want. All years pop up showing the years for each group of years. It tells everything. Click on your year and navigate using the menus above the info for the car. To get to the measurements click on Specs and then interior or exterior. ONE MAJOR benefit of the site is in the Reliability section. Not only does it put a good, Questionable or Bad make for the different areas, but it tells you what the problem is and how much they estimate to fix the problem. It could be something that will go bad once so you might still want to get the used car and fix it. At the bottom of the vehicle reliability chart it shows all oth the years for that vehicle. There you can see if a certain year is more reliable than the rest. I think they use records from repair shops for their information. Good luck!!!

Here are the seperate links to research used cars on the MSN Autos site:

Home Page:
http://autos.msn.com/

Used Car Research
http://autos.msn.com/home/used_research.aspx

Direct link to 1995Grand Cherokee measurements:
http://autos.msn.com/research/vip/sp...okee&trimid=-1

Direct link to 1989 Cherokee measurements:
http://autos.msn.com/research/vip/sp...okee&trimid=-1

If you're in the site and want to switch vehicles just click MSN Autos at the top and look for Used Cars.

 

There is this link of a guy that did it. It won't let me in though
https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f2/gra...-95-xjs-69296/