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j.haffly

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Seat Replacement on an early 1997 TJ
« on: August 17, 2011, 10:24:28 am »
I had one of the bolts holding the driver's seat to the slider basically bust off....lot of rust there due to not having the doors on over the years....anyways, purchased a seat from JC Whitney that said would fit....of course, it doesnt....the bolt hole patter on the old seat/glider is 12" center to center....the new seat is 14" center to center....I found an adapter that looks like it will do the job....it has 8 bolt holes, 4 of which look like they will fit the glider and 4 that will fit the seat.....

Any advice?  Of course the passanger seat doesnt fit, I tried....the bolt patterns are different on the seat bottoms, the driver's seat sits farther to the right while the passenger seat fits farther to the left...

Jim......
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Re: Seat Replacement on an early 1997 TJ
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2011, 10:56:46 am »
At least I'm learning stuff all the time!
Jim "I'm Jonesing for some off-roading" Haffly

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Re: Seat Replacement on an early 1997 TJ
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2011, 12:58:37 pm »
JC Whitney...That's the problem...!!!
Send em' back and eat your loss and purchase quality seats.
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Re: Seat Replacement on an early 1997 TJ
« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2011, 02:10:17 pm »
Yea, I'm going to try an adapter and go from there....if that dont work, everything goes back....

I gotta do my best to go inexpensive.....

JC Whitney...That's the problem...!!!
Send em' back and eat your loss and purchase quality seats.
Jim "I'm Jonesing for some off-roading" Haffly