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Old Jan 27, 2015 | 09:12 AM
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I recently found a pretty decent deal on a set of 1997 Cherokee leather seats that seem to be in pretty good condition and want to swap them into my 1997 Cherokee. I believe they come from a GC if that matters. What would I have to do to get them up and running in my Cherokee?

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Old Jan 27, 2015 | 01:45 PM
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The fronts are bolt in. Just wire up a positive and negative wire to both of them
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Old Jan 27, 2015 | 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by 2000chersport
The fronts are bolt in. Just wire up a positive and negative wire to both of them
x2 pretty simple swap
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Old Jan 27, 2015 | 03:37 PM
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those look like wj seats. in that case, you'll need to swap the wj seat on to your xj bracket. you'll lose the power for moving the whole seat forward and back, but will retain the power recline. under the carpet on your passenger side will be two wires. one is power for the seats. simply run the power wire to this and ground the negs, pop in a fuse in the appropriate place in the kick panel, and voila
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Old Jan 27, 2015 | 03:41 PM
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for the rears, its a pain. worth it imo but a pain. they'll fit but you'll need to drill new holes for the bolts and carve a little off each seat bottom to fit against the wheel well.

search wj seat swap xj google will give you several writeups
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Old Jan 27, 2015 | 03:44 PM
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oops, i always forget which years the grands changed over. those are zj seats. disregard what i said about the fronts. not sure about the rears.
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Old Jan 27, 2015 | 06:02 PM
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He initially wanted $375, but I talked him down to $275. Does that seem like a good price to everybody? The drivers side seat leather seems to be in fantastic condition from the pictures and it includes all the hardware.
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Old Jan 27, 2015 | 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by cbs_24
He initially wanted $375, but I talked him down to $275. Does that seem like a good price to everybody? The drivers side seat leather seems to be in fantastic condition from the pictures and it includes all the hardware.
for a full set of leather seats that's a good price in that condition!
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Old Jan 28, 2015 | 03:32 AM
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The rear seats how to https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f51/gr...-95-xjs-69296/
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