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Old Mar 4, 2018 | 09:57 AM
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so I currently have a 99 limited xj with factory power leather seats non heated. The driver seat has seen better days and I want to swap it out. I’m considering swapping the driver and passenger at the same time and from what I’ve found tj, zj, and wj seats bolt right up to the existing xj seat brackets. My question is this, I have factory power seats meaning there’s a plug there. Will any of the zj or wj seats hook right up to the existing plug? Most write ups I see of people doing the swaps are on manual seat xj’s so they have to wire everything up. But I haven’t found one from a factory power seat xj to a power seat wj or zj
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Originally Posted by 99xjjunky
so I currently have a 99 limited xj with factory power leather seats non heated. The driver seat has seen better days and I want to swap it out. I’m considering swapping the driver and passenger at the same time and from what I’ve found tj, zj, and wj seats bolt right up to the existing xj seat brackets. My question is this, I have factory power seats meaning there’s a plug there. Will any of the zj or wj seats hook right up to the existing plug? Most write ups I see of people doing the swaps are on manual seat xj’s so they have to wire everything up. But I haven’t found one from a factory power seat xj to a power seat wj or zj
The power seat is the base. Not the seat itself. If you have a plug on the seat itself that kinda sounds like heated seats to me.

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Old Mar 4, 2018 | 11:03 AM
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So what all would I have to do to swap the seats and retain the power seat option?
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Old Mar 4, 2018 | 11:08 AM
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So what all would I have to do to swap the seats and retain the power seat option?
I SCREWED UP. DO NOT, REPEAT DO NOT, LISTEN TO ME.

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Old Mar 4, 2018 | 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Ralph77
I SCREWED UP. DO NOT, REPEAT DO NOT, LISTEN TO ME.

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lol ok, thanks for trying! Hopefully someone can chime in soon
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Old Mar 4, 2018 | 04:31 PM
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On all the seats I've seen you can remove the non power base and install your power base
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Old Mar 4, 2018 | 04:52 PM
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In this swap there would be no non power base. It would be a power wj or zj seat going into an xj that also had power seats from the factory
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Old Mar 4, 2018 | 09:20 PM
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I don't think the base out of the wj or zj will fit the xj . so I think the seats need to be bolted to the xj base . I've never done this change but I believe there are write ups on this .
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Old Mar 4, 2018 | 09:33 PM
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I guess I’ll just have to snag one from my local junk yard and see what happens. I believe they charge like $30 so it’s not an expensive try
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Old Nov 21, 2018 | 03:50 PM
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Have you completed this project? I have a '98 XJ Limited with a power driver's seat and hammered leather, so I have been looking in to the same swap. I basically asked the same question and have received no responses as of yet.
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