Jeep Wrangler YJ - Junkyard Seat Upgrade. So much better!!
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- Опубліковано 23 вер 2017
- My Jeep Wrangler YJ seats were busted up and very uncomfortable! Discovered these seats from a Pontiac Sunfire in the junkyard, in my Jeep they went!
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Man that's the find of the century, I just texted my mechanic to please the next time he's out at pick n pull please look out for this, I will pay him I told him. I want these I want these like yesterday. Really awesome video bro.
Yea, Im totally happy with them! Good luck on yours! have a great day!!
Hey Charles, great meeting you today thanks for all the advice and knowledge. I will be sure to follow your current and future builds!
Hey man!! Good talking to you at the restaurant! Often times when rebuilding their front suspension they use "lift shackles". If you go that route when you rebuild yours, don't go over an inch of shackle lift. I'm not a fan of those crazy long shackles, puts too much bind on the bushings and messes up the front steering geometry. Great talking with another YJ fan!! Good luck with school!! Have a great day man!!
Great vid and thanks. I found a pair of 2006 Pontiac grand am seats at the local salvage yard and picked them up for only $15.00 during a 4th of July sale. Rear bolts lined right up and just had to drill two front holes on the yj rails about 1/2 lower than the existing, bolted up and the upgrade is awesome, had the same issue you did with busting a few bolt heads but once those were handled the upgrade was a breeze. Thanks for the vid. This vid is what got me searching the junkyard vs ordering an expensive set of seats online.
Thank you so much for your video. was feeling a little intimidated trying this on my own , you gave me the confidence to get her done. Have a good day
You are very welcome. Glad the video helped! Have a great day!
I just picked up two Sunfire seats identical to those this past weekend for $40 and can't wait to get them in. Thanks for another very helpful video!!
Score for $40!! Not bad!! Hope the install went well!
I don't comment on videos ever, but you step by step was pretty easy for me to follow. I am not the most handy person in the world but it was awesome being able to replace my seats on my own.
It make me happy to know these videos help people!! Thanks for taking the time to leave an awesome comment!
Great idea! I found leather seats in a 93 Pontiac Sunfire and they fit perfectly thanks to you!
Cool!! Glad they fit! For the fun of it, I wanna swap for a set of heated seats next. Demo how to wire them up :-) . Have a great day!
Do you know what years work
I just installed Pontiac Solstice seats in my YJ. They are AWESOME. They are black perforated leather, and because they are of a convertible they are made to get weather.
I did have to make 2 plates as the bolt holes are spaced differently. But well worth the work. I used the Solstice rails and YJ mounts.
Good video. Nice job!
Thanks, glad you like the video! I once put Pontiac Fiero seats in a V8 S10 I once owned. Had to make the mounts as you did. But it worked great! Thanks for taking the time to leave a great comment!!
What year solstice seats did you use
Just picked up my seats...wow! so much better. Now off to get them upholstered. Thx, and my back thanks you‼️
Glad I could help!
If you cant find a Pontiac sun fire.. try a chevy cavalier.. cavaliers are more common than sun fires and they're basically the same car! Make sure it's a 2 door
Could a 1999 cavalier work and does it only have to be 2 door?
Do you know what years work
Awesome tutorial. I am planning sometime to upgrade my seats. With so many that are direct bolt in, I don't see any reason to buy the fancy new ones that cost tons of money. Thanks for doing these videos. Those Pontiac seats look good in there too. Thanks.
Those Pontiac seats cost just under $60 for the pair. Nope .. I'm not paying for the expensive OEM replacement stuff. Especially when the Sunfire seats are so much more comfortable and supportive. Soon after putting those seats in I went on a trip for work. The drive was about 4 hours one way. The YJ seats I was hurting after that many miles. The Pontiac seats .. no problem!! So much better!! Thanks for dropping in and taking the time to leave a great comment! Have a great day!
Just finished my swap. I used 04' car seats on a 95' YJ no issues about 2.5hrs cause I had to buy a T-40. Oh and my long ratchet broke(cheap) and had to use one about the size of my fist. Not fun while removing the drive side seat on the YJ. Thx for the vid
Just put seats from a 2001 chevy cavalier in my 1995 yj. Bolts up, no problem.
UA-cam notifications didn't alert me you left this helpful message. Thanks for leaving a comment to help others!! Have a great day!!
What year cars work?
Do you know what years work
I'm glad I found this video before my trip with my YJ! Gonna go to a junkyard tomorrow. Thanks 👍
You are welcome! It made such a huge difference in ride and comfort! Hope you score yourself a nice set of seats!! Thanks for checking out the video and taking the time to leave a great comment! Glad it helped! Have a great day!
It's worth noting those seats won't fit on YJ's before '91!
Good to know. Thanks for leaving the comment to help others. Have a great day!!
@@HeCute_ What seats wont fit on YJ's before '91? All of the seats mentioned in the comments? I have an '89 I need to find new seats for. Any suggestions would be very helpful.
Chas Jones I think they were out of 2001 Chevy cavalier
An early 90's 1500/2500 steering column WILL bolt right in, you just have to shorten the shaft to fit it to the steering box by about 3 inches. I have one in my 90 YJ from a 94 K2500.
Thanks a bunch, good information to know. I'll eventually be swapping mine out. Are all the electricals also direct swap?
Another great video. Keep em coming. I going look for seats a d try that out
Thanks, glad you like the video! I wish I had swapped seats a long time ago! Thanks for taking the time to leave a great comment! Have a great day!
Very cool seats, well done ! i like what you did so much, my seats still the original and in good shape too, yes i think it's time to change your steering wheel :)
The lower bearing in the YJ column is shot. So, I will swap columns eventually. Glad you like the seat and the video. Thanks for taking the time to leavea great comment! Have a great day!!
Just successfully installed both front seats from a 1997 Pontiac Sunfire into a 1995 YJ and they're truly awesome! They did require one modification though. The angle of the seat bottom was steeper, which was a little uncomfortable after a while, but it was easily resolved by inserting a 1.5" shim between the seat back and the tracks to raise it, along with a longer bolt. Now the back of the seat is virtually level to the front, and the angle is the same as with the original seats. I'd recommend this to everyone!
What did you use for the 1.5" shim?
Thank you very much for being the first video I've found on this where you zoom into the seat anchor bolts and say it's a 13 to take them out. I definitely could've figured that out on my own , but it's cold outside and I don't want to fiddle around with wrong sockets and freeze to death haha. I figured it was around a 13 or 14 or something
Glad it helped!!
On my 91 yj. I was gifted 2 1969 Camaro seats. Yeah. I fit more in the seat. But it's awesome
You said you've been to eastern KY and it hit me. I lived there for ten years and had a great friend named Nic and you sound identical to him. Been trying to figure out why I felt like I knew you from the first video I saw. That's it.
I have family in the Hazard/Hindman area. Have a good one!
I just put seats from a 98 sunfire convertible. No modifications. Only thing I don't like is both seats are shifted slightly to the right. Hoping it wont interfere with a center console. They are more comfy.
I really like mine. Much more comfortable! I've noticed on FB groups and forums other people saying that. I had no issues. I remember one fella in the FB group saying he used nuts for spacers to pick up that one side to level it out. Maybe that will help you. Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment about doing the swap! Have a great day!!
I put in seats from a Grand Am. Pretty much the same thing, but they were out of a 4 door. I ended up having to drill holes in the bottom of the seat and bolting them in that way, but no big deal.
Yep, the four door versions are a bit different but easy enough to make them work.
I'm going to look for thr sunfire seats for my '95 yj!!!
I haven't been able to lay back my YJ seats in years. But its not too often that I need to nap in my Jeep anyways...
I installed an aluminum diamond plate truck tool chest behind the seats so that limits movement unfortunately. It is worth it though as I love having the dry, lockable storage in my Jeep. I installed the tool box using the original rear seat bolts in the floor.
Ive got a small wooden one that tucks between the back seat and rear door, it bolts through the floor. It works out well when I have my cameras or laptop with me, it gives me a place to keep safe when i don't need to carry them anywhere. I was gonna sleep in mine this past weekend hanging out, wheeling and camping with Matt from BleepinJeep and all his crew at Dixie Run in Sparta Tn. I decided to pitch the small tent I have instead. I believe the seat would have been more confortable.
I think even the stock YJ seats were better to sleep on when compared to the ground... LOL
Hopefully someday I'll finish my offroad sleeper camper trailer. I am slowly converting a 60" flat top Kenworth single bunk aluminum sleeper cab into an offroad capable camper trailer. What used to be the front opening into the truck cab is now the right side entrance.
Due to being stalked by a mountain lion while hiking during an offroad trip to Utah and having a large black bear sneak up just feet behind me while I was working on dismantling my motorhome in my driveway, I have turned into a big chicken over the last few years. So my tent days are over.
I would love to buy this roof top tent: ua-cam.com/video/ZYN_wbeNkvw/v-deo.html but with my luck I would bash it on a limb or roll my Jeep and destroy the roof top tent the day I install it. Plus it is a bit out of budget.
True .. I had one sleeping bag under me, then sleeping in the other. Not the most comfortable at all. That rooftop video is a neat setup. But that thing would hang every limb you came near. Man, I don't blame you. I don't mind wilderness critters at all. But when I change places on the food chain, that's a totally different story. I was toying with the idea of getting an XJ body and converting it into a camper trailer. Here is the video that gave me the idea: ua-cam.com/video/nzzN9aFXhUc/v-deo.html . Kind of a neat build. May be a bit on the heave side though.
Big thanks brother i really need this advice 😁🙏
Glad it helped! You are very welcome 👍
Hey Chuck, I took your advice and found a Pontiac Sunfire. I was wanting an Eddie Bauer Explorer, but came up with almost pristine seats from a Sunfire. Unfortunately, mine were not 2001 but 1991. They did not make the direct swap. It was close though. I did not remove the frame for the seats; just the slide rails. I put them on the work bench and found that the seats were about 1 1/2 inches longer than the slides. I went to Ace Hardware and got some 4 inch mending plates that fit beautifully inside the rail and bolted it to the inside of the rail with the needed 1 1/2 inches sticking out. I then drilled and bolted the exposed portion of the mending plate to the seat. The width was off, but just slightly and popped into the frame just fine. The seats are so much more comfortable and give a better seating angle for the road. These will not recline either because of the roll bar but both sides come forward and tilt for better access to the rear seat. One question: Do you know how to remove the seat belt guide from the seat headrest without cutting it off or disfiguring the headrest? Thanks for the great tip!!!!
Lol sweet. I have cavalier seats in mine. My favourite seat swap for everything
They are so much more comfortable!!
Be sure to measure your tracks on the yj seat frame where they bolt down to the seat , mine were too short on the driver side had to fabricate it to work. The passenger side I had to drill out the holes to make it fit
There were 2 if not 3 different seat frames for YJs. I'm pretty sure the cut off is about 1990. My rig shown in the video is a 1991. Its not a drag and drop fit for 1990 and older. I didn't realize that at time of making this video.
i did the seat up grade it s a direct bolt sun fire i added the half inch nut to make the side work
Glad the seats worked for you!! Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment! Have a great day!
A 2003 Pontiac Grand am is a direct bolt in for my 1995 jeep YJ....Thank you!!!!
Thanks! That good to know. I'm gonna need another set of seats for project Rust Bucket. The Grand Am could be an option. Thanks for leaving some great info for everyone. Have a great day!!
Would those seats work in a 98 TJ??
I pulled the seats from a 98 Sunfire GT. The 01 Sunfire seats I looked at were pretty crummy. The seats look exactly the same. I have an 88 YJ and my risers look different than yours. I did not have the same luck as you did, mine did not line up. My seat bolt holes are longer than the slide rails. I opted to attach the back bolts. I will have to make some kind mod to get the front bolts attached, the seats feel pretty stable. My risers bolt differently to the floor than your do as well. My Jeep seems to be an anomaly, things just do work as easily as they should. I do have the seats in and boy are they comfey, a tremendous improvement over the stock ones I removed. I need to remove the Sunfire seat belt holder at the headrest as that hits my rollbar and won't let the seat recline. I also have a Tuffy Box and that makes things kind of tight. Thank you so much for doing your videos. I'm heading to the hardware store for some PVC pipe to do your defroster mod, it has been and will continue to be very cold here in NE Oklahoma. I bought my Jeep with the soft top in June and had a blast running topless this summer, but now it feels like a wind tunnel and I am looking forward to getting some heat diverted into the cabin. Next will be the LED headlights.
You are welcome, glad the videos help you! Unfortunately, Im not sure what year they changed all the seating parts. Still should be a fairly easy mod to get the front bolted in. Drill a new set of holes for the front bolts to go through possibly. I run my soft top year round so I understand about getting heat! Good luck with the upgrades! Thanks for taking the time to add a great comment!! Have a great day!!
Yeah I had the same problem 01 cavalier seats that looked identical to the ones in the video didnt fit the sliders in my 89 yj, the seat frame was a little different as well needed a little stretch, I believe 91 is the change over year for most of the parts like this, the seats changed, the roll bar etc
I like the oh sh$$ handles on the roll bar. I’m doin that. Gonna do the seats too. Great video.
Thanks, glad you like the video. Here is the video for the paracord handles: ua-cam.com/video/pYDmFOHR_B0/v-deo.html . Have a great day!
Howdy. Good video. Gonna snag me some Sunfire seats at the junkyard, but I have a YJ center console. Wondering if there is still enough room between the seats to reinstall it?
Thanks, glad you enjoyed the video. I have tried different center consoles, no issues with any of them.
thank you for this video 1991 yj with broke down seats
You are welcome! You could see that mine were in pretty bad shape! My back and tail have been so happy since I swapped those seats in. Thanks for dropping in and taking the time to leave a great comment! Have a great day!
Do you know if there is still enough room for a locking console in between the seats? I was planning on doing this mod but I want to keep my smittybilt locking console for when the top is off.
Looks great !!
Thanks, my back and tail loves them!!
Nice video, I plan on doing this myself. Can you tell me how much space is between the seats? They look a bit wider and I'd like to keep a center console. Also, any plans on doing the interior with raptor liner or hurculiner?
They are shaped differently than the YJs, but not too much wider. Your console will be fine. I've thought about doing the interior with some kind of liner. Haven't made up my mind wheat brand. Also tearing my Jeep down for that long. It is my daily driver. When I get my Mustang finished I may do it then. Thanks for stopping in and leaving a great comment! Have a great day!
I got some 08 Jeep Patriot seats, got lucky and got some leather one with no rips, I wish we could post pictures on here.
Tag them in on my instagram account @poweraddictsyoutube. I'd love to see how they turned out.
How would you go about putting in a soundproof barrier between the floorboards and the seats
Hey man just stumbled on this video and realized it was brand new! Are you by chance from western Kentucky? Will be subscribing to keep up with your videos! I was pulling seats already tonight to clean the interior! What better time!
Nope . middle Tennessee. I've really enjoyed this upgrade. Wish I had done it a long time ago! Do the swap, unless your bolts are totally frozen up like mine were, its an easy swap. Thanks for subscribing! Hope my channel serves you well! Also thanks for taking the time to leave a great comment! Good luck on the seat swap! Have a great day!!
Gotcha! I'm in west Tennessee right over from Clarksville! Got the seats out last night gonna start the search for new ones. Hopefully won't have that hard of a time finding some! Thanks again!
Been to Clarksville a time or two. Been a while though. I've seen those little cars in junkyards often. Shouldn't be too hard to find a set. Good luck, hope you enjoy when you get them installed!
i did your seat mod it works great
Much more comfortable aren't they!! Glad it worked for you! thanks for taking the time to leave a great comment! Have a great day!
Thanks for video. I'm gonna do it. What years sunfire can you use?
You are welcome! From what I've read. Mid 90's to early 2000's. Good luck! Have a great day!!
Ha guy..thanks. My direct bolt-in Smittybuilt highback driver's seat on my 93 is a good two inches off center toward the shifter. Not the seat. It's in the base. Standard non-flip one. Was YJ designed that way? My passenger is the flip base. I got a driver and passenger flip ones coming from eBay out of an 89YJ. I plan on modifying the flip by cutting the stop off or maybe just notching the lower side rail or both to lower it some. I am 6'3" and the Smittybuilt seat is too thick for me to easily slide under the wheel.
Both of the seats in my 91 were centered fine. I also have fixed drivers and flip passenger in both the 91 & 93. I've read there are some variances in frames. I wouldn't think that they would change horizontally. I'll look at 93 to see if its different than my 91. Not sure about that. The Sunfire seats were a bit thicker due to not being worn out like the factory YJ seats. My buddy that helped in that video is about your height. He sits in mine just fine. He said he would like to have a set in his YJ. Thanks for dropping in. Have a great day!
I've go dodge neon seats
I took a tilt steering column out of a Jeep Cherokee and put it in my YJ Wrangler. Its very minor modification to make it work.
About what year Cherokee? I was looking at some this past Friday, they had these bulky plastic covers on them just as it exits the dash. It was a 1995 XJ Cherokee I was checking.
I don't remember. But I think 84 - 91 are the same. It looked just like the one I took out of my YJ. There is a flange at the bottom of the column that you have to cut off and transplant all the brackets to the XJ column.
Next time I'm at the junkyard I'll look again. Maybe the plastic boxy stuff around the column was just visual fluff. I had been there pulling an MPFI intake from a small block Firebird, it was being a pain so I was ready to go. I pulled a front diff cover off of the XJ and I glanced at it for a minute then headed home. Thanks for the info! I'll check them out closer next time I'm there. Have a good one man!!
Great video! I ran out and bought a pair of sun fire seats. I have an 87 yj and the seats did not bolt right up. However I bought a new seat slider for the driver side that came off a 93 yj. That slider bolted up and with a little persuasion I was able to make it work. I drilled 2 new holes in the passenger side base and made it work as well. Just wanted to pass on what I ran into.
Glad you like the video!! I've heard there were some differences in the seat frames. I'm not sure where the cut off is with the different styles. Glad you got them to work!! Big thanks for adding the information to the comments to help others!! Have a great day!!
I think pre '91 seat brackets will not work with the Cavalier seats.
That would make sense that was the cut off year. That was also the first year for the HO 4.0 and FI.
Great Video very informative. How much were the seats? Would it be just as good to rebuild, add new foam and recover the OEM seats?
Thanks, glad you liked the video! I got both seats for just under $60 at my local junkyard. I prefer these over a perfect set of stock YJs any day, much more supportive and comfortable. So, for my personal preference, I wouldn't rebuild an OEM set over these. Not to mention it would probably cost more and A LOT more time-consuming. Thanks for checking out the vide and taking the time to leave a great comment! Have a great day!!
Thanks very much for the reply. Keep up the good work.
Will do! 👍
Are u going to bed line the Jeep, just done my YJ... nice hack on the seats...
The 1993 Rust Bucket project, more than likely yes. The 1991, I've thought about it, leaning more toward yes. Once Rust Bucket is covered, that will make up my mind for the '91. I do like it a lot though! Glad you like the seat mod. I should have done that a long time ago! Thanks for dropping in! Have a good one!!
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Got a pair for $40.00 at the junk yard like new fit perfect 😊
You got a great deal!! Hope you enjoy them and hope the video helped you.
Hi, I got a question but this has to do with my doors.
I got me a DJ5 Postal Jeep with no doors, well after seeing this I want to change the style of the doors to a CJ Jeep style series!
But I am having a dilemma finding what doors will or would fit without making any mods to the doors that I will be purchasing, can you tell me which doors would come closest to being a perfect fit on my Jeep, thank you for your help...
Felipe L. from Houston, Tx.
Id like to have a postal jeep for a project. I have never really worked on one so I cant honestly say what fits them. Sorry .. Im not much help on that one. Thanks for dropping in! Have a great day!
I commented a few months ago, I finally got around to buying the correct seat brackets. Now, the problem is that bolts(stud?) that sticks out of the seat brackets, are to large to fit into the factory drilled holes to bolt down the OEM(Pre '91) seat brackets. Is there any way to remove those two bolts/studs? Or do I have to cut them off and drill out the last part just like you did around 12:30 mark? For reference I've got an '87 YJ
Forgot to update. Finally got those seats slapped on. Much better, much more comfortable.
Chuck, is your driver seat acting stubborn and reclining forward and back? I think the lever is jammed or something
Question: Sunfire was in production 95-05. Do all these years are match YJ seat footprint?
Wish I could confirm that, but I cant. I can tell you this, don't waste your time or money with the 4 -door versions. They have a different bolt pattern and do not recline or flip forward. Best things I can tell ya is to measure the pattern on your Jeep seats. Take those measurements to the junkyard and start digging! Hope this helps! Hae a great day!
2003 Sunfire coupe seats worked. Confirmed. Thank You!
Sweet!! Thanks for dropping in that bit of information! That helps everyone out! Have a great day!
Thanks for adding that comment to help others! Have a great day!
Appreciate it .
You are welcome! Have a great day!
So I have a 1991 yj and I need the brackets in the back to mount the rear seat. I can’t find them anywhere do you know where I could get them or am I gonna have to fabricate them myself?
Ebay would be the first place I'd check.
I am new on your channel I have a question, how do I trace my speedometer cable from my sensor to my dashboard ? It is missing on my yj
Start at your sensor, take the wires out of the wrap and keep pulling the wire out of the wrap going forward till you find where the break is. Good luck. Have a great day!
Hey have you ever had problems with oil soaking up into ur air filter I just changed the pcv/ccv valves and the hoses an I'm still getn oil n my air filter. You have any ideas my jeep is a 94 yj 4.0
Mine does that some. My engine is worn out. I just don't worry about it and drive it! I'll eventually build another engine for it. Thanks for dropping in! Have a great day!!
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idk if you got around this already. but in my 2.5 i found that the valve that pulls vacuum from the valve cover into the air intake was plugged and therefore had no vacuum being applied to the ccv valve. just cleaned it with brakeclean and now no more oil in my air filters.
You said you used seats from an 01 sunfire. What other years will fit do you know?
From what I've read mid 90's to the early 2000 year models Sunfire and Caviler 2 seaters are the ones for the direct swap. Of course, I haven't confirmed each year and models. But from the research, I found those are easy swaps. Thanks for checking out the video!! Have a great day!!
How do these seats fit with a center console such as the rugged ridge?
Should be no issues. The distance between the seats really didn't change much. What little it did, it was simply because there was padding vs the YJ being worn out. I'm eventually putting a console in mine. Thanks for dropping in! Have a great day!!
So I have a 1987 jeep wrangler is there a way to get the seat lower
You will have to cut and weld the original frames or make a new set.
What seatbelts do you have attached to those seats ? I have the exact same ones and I want to make sure I get some that fits them with the stock seatbelts that my YJ has
I used my factory YJ seat belts. I didn't use anything attached to the seat.
@@Poweraddicts my Jeep didn’t have the seat buckle thing on it when I bought it, so can I just buy a new set and will they be able to attach to the seat ? also where can I get the seat bracket ? From eBay ? if I can save some $$$ from buying a new one from this place where they sell Jeep parts that would be better ! The guy sells them for $140 each seat bracket
Pull some from an S10 truck.
Guys, get an electric impact wrench from Harbor Freight, life will look much more attractive! You can't plug it in on junkyard, but You can definitely use it in Your driveway or run 100 footer if You work on sidewalk. I thought about it when I watched Your track bar removal video, when You destroyed the bolt and now again.
I've got 2 air impacts and a monster of an electric impact. As I said in the track bar video, the bolt was seized to the internal bushing sleeve. No amount of impact is going to free that up. Ive pulled leaf springs and control arms that were the same situation, the bolt was seized to the internal bushing sleeve. I've applied, PB blaster and let it soak in. I've applied heat to the bolts and sleeve. Sometimes its just not gonna happen. Bolts are cheap, my time isn't. I'll cut or drill bolts out before I waste a bunch of time for a losing battle. As for the seat bolts, they were so seized up that the torx splines were getting ripped out of the bolt head. There is nothing to grip at that point .. sooo .. drill 'em out. I can buy more bolts, I can't buy my time back. Besides I was trashing the Jeep seats anyway. Thanks for checking out the videos!! Really appreciate it! Have a great day :-)
Harbor freight
Cordless half inch drive Earthquake impact wrench.
It's the real deal
I seen the ranger seats in this can the Pontiac seats go in the ranger??
Not without fabricating seat mounts.
Oh that's quite alright, this doesn't mean that I won't be back here again, never know, I may learn something!!
Thank you anyway!!
You welcome nan! Cool .. make sure you subscribe so you dont miss anything. Have a good day!
Will they work on a 1997 Wrangler TJ??
Not a direct direct fit like with the YJs. You can make brackets to make them fit.
I just bought a 92yj and the driver seat does not sit center of the steering wheel and they are jeep seats any help out there
I had a 95 yj, and currently own a 90 yj, both have had the drivers seat sit to the right of the steering wheel. I believe its do to not much room between the the drivers door and the seat. while it bugs me, im becoming use to it.
I found a flip forward for my driver's seat and it moved my driver's seat over and a little more centers. Great idea with the Sunfire seats.....what about if they get wet?
Did you ever do the S-10 Steering Column replacement? Did it work?
Nope havent done that yet. That will probably be a project in about 6 months as I'm building my crawler rig.
Do you have any suggestions on a wiring harness to upgrade from stock to aftermarket gauges for a YJ?
Not worried about cloth seats in a Jeep?
Nope, not at all! 😁 I keep extra large construction trash bags in my Jeep to cover the seats.
What about the back seat does the sunfire seat fit it too?
If you fabricate some form of seat brackets they could be made to work. They would not be a direct bolt in like I show in the video.
Thanks for the answer
I'm looking to put seat out of a BMW in mine
Do these hit the roll bar on the sides?
Passenger side does enough that you cant recline all the way back. Driver side rubs a little but I can recline it all the way back.
Will chevy cav seats work
I've read that they would. The cav is pretty much the same car as the Sunbird, but I personally haven't verified it. Just make sure you get the 2 door version to get the reclining feature, The 4 door version have a bit different frames as well. Good luck and have a great day!
sam with 04 cavalier seats
Sweet!! Thanks for letting us know! Have a great day!!
how do these seats fit with the OEM console?
As far as bolt in, it doesn't affect the console at all. The Sunfire seats are just a bit wider due to better padding but it shouldn't cause any issues with the console. Many people in the Facebook groups run those seats without any issues. One catch, you didn't say what year your Jeep was. The seat frames that bolt to the floor are a bit different 1990 and down. So there is a bit of hole alignment difference on the older seat frames. Hope that helps. Have a great day!
My Jeep is a 1991 Wrangler Renegade. Thanks again for the replys
I have tilt in my 95
Same here. It sure makes life easier getting in and out of the YJ!
@@eddieengland9886 oh heck yeah it's hard for an old fat guy lol
@@fredclements6843
I know about that all too well unfortunately. lol
Will they fit in a 1997 Jeep Wrangler tj?
+R Byronson I've never checked a TJ seat risers. So I couldn't honestly say. If not, I'm sure with a little fabrication it wouldn't be too hard. Thanks for stopping in! Have a great day!
i think the seats will work but i think they have different brackets and mounting holes, so maybe just drill new holes.?.
Thats all it should be. Shouldn't be too hard.
My reverse light don't work
Check the fuse, first. Then check the bulbs. Even check the sockets the bulbs going to be sure they aren't corroded. Check the switch in the transmission. All that checks good, start tracing the wiring for a break or short. Good luck. Have a great day!.
About how much did they cost ??
Almost $60 for the pair. Thanks for checking out the video! Have a great day!!
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I may check around here for seats
In California about $175 at junk yard per seat
OUCH!! I'll stay in Tennessee :-)