I just finished my seat conversion. Last year I tried the flat metal bar mounting and didn't care for it....mostly due to my craftsmanship/lack of....
This time I did the following with the passenger seat first: (Pics at the end)
Seats: driver and passenger seats 2006 Hyundai Tiburon
First, I measured the offset of the TJ seat. From the outer slider frame towards the door (right side if you are seated), it was about 1 1/2 " . The measurement from the outside rail to seat edge (left side if seated) is about 6-7 inches.
I removed the tilt frame from the TJ seat pan. There are 4 bolts, 2 front and 2 rear. The rear bolts are hidden, and you will need some patience to get them out. If you have a longer than normal 1/2 inch open end wrench, it might work well for the rear. I also removed the end of the tilt cable at the seatback, rather than from under the tilt frame.
Next I removed the seat adjustment rails from the Tiburon passenger seat. With those removed, I added a flat metal bar across the bottom front of the seat pan, in order to bolt the seat pan to the TJ tilt frame.
Once measured, lined up, and bolted, there was a cable on the Tiburon seat (right side) at the junction of the seat and seatback. It went under the seat pan and was about 5-6 inches long. I took that out and then drilled the mount attachment hole a little bigger in order to attach the original TJ tilt cable. Then I mounted the seat in the jeep to test the tilt/fold. It worked fine, but I did notice a slight rubbing of the seatback tilt lever on the roll bar padding. Minimal, so no big deal for me.
I removed the seat and fabricated two spacers for the rear frame mounts of the seat. Once solid and secure, the seat was mounted and tested. It works great and the seat is really comfortable.
Sorry, I forgot to take a pic of the seat tilted forward......since I'm using the TJ tilt frame, the seat goes as far forward as it did when the TJ seat was on. Plenty of room to get in the back.
If I've missed anything, hopefully the pics will cover it.
Driver side:
Same measuring, removal and mounting as the passenger seat.
However, I had trouble with the TJ tilt/fold cable mounting. There was no space to get good leverage to activate the tilt mechanism, so I just coiled the cable and zip tied it under the seat. Eventually I'll fabricate a lever and mount it on the seat frame. In the meantime, it's easy for me to reach under the driver seat and activate the tilt bar.
Hope this helps anyone thinking about this conversion.
Ray
Pics:
Rear seat pan bolt hidden........it's there, sorry for not marking the pic.
Here ya go, better pic of the bolt
Bolt locations...there are 4, 4th is just out of sight to bottom right.
Naked frame (obvious, but I like the word Naked)
Bottom of Tiburon seat with adjust rails removed
Cross mounting bar to Tiburon seat for mounting to tilt frame.
Stock Tiburon cable. This was removed and TJ tilt cable routed in it's place
TJ cable routed. Notice, I had to use the Tiburon cable mount, and then had to press in the cable casing rather than the plastic mount. Not enough tension if I didn't.
This is where spacers needed to be fabricated, drilled and bolted
Tilt frame mounted to Tiburon seat.
Slight rubbing on bar pad. Everything works fine
All done
Driver seat, sorry no pics of that process, but it's the same.
Better shot of how the driver seat looks mounted
This time I did the following with the passenger seat first: (Pics at the end)
Seats: driver and passenger seats 2006 Hyundai Tiburon
First, I measured the offset of the TJ seat. From the outer slider frame towards the door (right side if you are seated), it was about 1 1/2 " . The measurement from the outside rail to seat edge (left side if seated) is about 6-7 inches.
I removed the tilt frame from the TJ seat pan. There are 4 bolts, 2 front and 2 rear. The rear bolts are hidden, and you will need some patience to get them out. If you have a longer than normal 1/2 inch open end wrench, it might work well for the rear. I also removed the end of the tilt cable at the seatback, rather than from under the tilt frame.
Next I removed the seat adjustment rails from the Tiburon passenger seat. With those removed, I added a flat metal bar across the bottom front of the seat pan, in order to bolt the seat pan to the TJ tilt frame.
Once measured, lined up, and bolted, there was a cable on the Tiburon seat (right side) at the junction of the seat and seatback. It went under the seat pan and was about 5-6 inches long. I took that out and then drilled the mount attachment hole a little bigger in order to attach the original TJ tilt cable. Then I mounted the seat in the jeep to test the tilt/fold. It worked fine, but I did notice a slight rubbing of the seatback tilt lever on the roll bar padding. Minimal, so no big deal for me.
I removed the seat and fabricated two spacers for the rear frame mounts of the seat. Once solid and secure, the seat was mounted and tested. It works great and the seat is really comfortable.
Sorry, I forgot to take a pic of the seat tilted forward......since I'm using the TJ tilt frame, the seat goes as far forward as it did when the TJ seat was on. Plenty of room to get in the back.
If I've missed anything, hopefully the pics will cover it.
Driver side:
Same measuring, removal and mounting as the passenger seat.
However, I had trouble with the TJ tilt/fold cable mounting. There was no space to get good leverage to activate the tilt mechanism, so I just coiled the cable and zip tied it under the seat. Eventually I'll fabricate a lever and mount it on the seat frame. In the meantime, it's easy for me to reach under the driver seat and activate the tilt bar.
Hope this helps anyone thinking about this conversion.
Ray
Pics:
Rear seat pan bolt hidden........it's there, sorry for not marking the pic.
Here ya go, better pic of the bolt
Bolt locations...there are 4, 4th is just out of sight to bottom right.
Naked frame (obvious, but I like the word Naked)
Bottom of Tiburon seat with adjust rails removed
Cross mounting bar to Tiburon seat for mounting to tilt frame.
Stock Tiburon cable. This was removed and TJ tilt cable routed in it's place
TJ cable routed. Notice, I had to use the Tiburon cable mount, and then had to press in the cable casing rather than the plastic mount. Not enough tension if I didn't.
This is where spacers needed to be fabricated, drilled and bolted
Tilt frame mounted to Tiburon seat.
Slight rubbing on bar pad. Everything works fine
All done
Driver seat, sorry no pics of that process, but it's the same.
Better shot of how the driver seat looks mounted
