I needed to deal with the front driver's seat of my '03 TJ which was looking pretty bad. The options were to reupholster, recover or replace them. I chose to replace both seats with a set from an auto wrecker. It was basically the most economical way to go and I think I ended up with a better pair of seats. My basic criteria was black vinyl or leather seats from a 2 door of some sort so they would hinge forward. Seat heaters would have been nice but weren't essential. I have since put these in my LJ and XJ as well. At about $100/pr. at wrecker I don't think you can go wrong!
I must have looked at 150 cars at the wrecker I went to. The 3rd car I saw seemed to fit the bill (except for the heaters) but I had to look at them all ... "just in case". I got a set out of a '03 Hyundai Tiburon and they turned out great. The hardest part was to determine what parts from each set of seats I needed. In the end I was able to keep both sets of seats in tact and build some simple brackets to make the Tiburon seats fit. The only modification I had to make to the Tiburon seats was to was to cut away and bend some minor parts under the seat and cut away a small amount of plastic from the base of the seat on the driver's side to clear the Jeep seat belt mechanism. It made no real difference to the appearance. I was also able to retain the original TJ seat belts.
Here's how they turned out ... very comfortable!
And from the back. I even got a mesh storage net out of the deal!
I made a simple bracket out of flat bar. There was no need to weld anything. I later removed the seats, painted the brackets black and used grade 8 hardware to secure everything. The Tiburon seats can now be removed and reinstalled easier than the original seats.
The nice thing about this type of head rest is that I can hang a back pack (or ?) from them. This is my old first aid kit from Scouting.
I must have looked at 150 cars at the wrecker I went to. The 3rd car I saw seemed to fit the bill (except for the heaters) but I had to look at them all ... "just in case". I got a set out of a '03 Hyundai Tiburon and they turned out great. The hardest part was to determine what parts from each set of seats I needed. In the end I was able to keep both sets of seats in tact and build some simple brackets to make the Tiburon seats fit. The only modification I had to make to the Tiburon seats was to was to cut away and bend some minor parts under the seat and cut away a small amount of plastic from the base of the seat on the driver's side to clear the Jeep seat belt mechanism. It made no real difference to the appearance. I was also able to retain the original TJ seat belts.
Here's how they turned out ... very comfortable!
And from the back. I even got a mesh storage net out of the deal!
I made a simple bracket out of flat bar. There was no need to weld anything. I later removed the seats, painted the brackets black and used grade 8 hardware to secure everything. The Tiburon seats can now be removed and reinstalled easier than the original seats.
The nice thing about this type of head rest is that I can hang a back pack (or ?) from them. This is my old first aid kit from Scouting.