Rear Seat Angle Adjustment Write-Up
JK Super Freak
Joined: Jun 2007
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From: Asheville, NC
The 4 front bars gives the seat some lift under the front edge of the seat ( right at the back of the thigh. It feels more like a bucket seat that holds you in the seat, instead of sliding off of the front edge of the seat.
The 3 back bars gives the seat the reclining feel. When you lift the back bolt down seat leg with the seat unbolted you can see the reclining "action"as you lift up on the back seat mount. The mount is mounted at a angle. The angle with the lift of the bar stock gives the recline feel. The thicker the bar stock the more tilt back you have. I think this is completely safe. If you want to make sure buy new bolts that is as long as the bar stock and you back to stock with the bolt length. Make sure the bolts are high strength too.
Hope this helps.
Take care.
The 3 back bars gives the seat the reclining feel. When you lift the back bolt down seat leg with the seat unbolted you can see the reclining "action"as you lift up on the back seat mount. The mount is mounted at a angle. The angle with the lift of the bar stock gives the recline feel. The thicker the bar stock the more tilt back you have. I think this is completely safe. If you want to make sure buy new bolts that is as long as the bar stock and you back to stock with the bolt length. Make sure the bolts are high strength too.
Hope this helps.
Take care.
JK Enthusiast
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 264
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From: Dawsonville, Georgia
Very nice mod. 
I like the blocks a lot. And flat steel is cheap and fairly easy to drill. Nice job both of you.........inspirations
Now a question since bolt length seems to be an issue for some. Does extra thread protrude through the floor pan and into the air?
I don't have the Jeep here so I'll look at mine tonight when I get home.
I know on most of the cars/trucks I've ever had the seats out of, the main reason for the long screw length is for ease of assembly. I just replaced the seat in my wife's '78 Monte Carlo and they protrude about 1".
EDIT> And to use a favorite phrase coined by an old friend of mine - It's a seat, not a rocket ship!
I like the blocks a lot. And flat steel is cheap and fairly easy to drill. Nice job both of you.........inspirationsNow a question since bolt length seems to be an issue for some. Does extra thread protrude through the floor pan and into the air?
I don't have the Jeep here so I'll look at mine tonight when I get home.
I know on most of the cars/trucks I've ever had the seats out of, the main reason for the long screw length is for ease of assembly. I just replaced the seat in my wife's '78 Monte Carlo and they protrude about 1".
EDIT> And to use a favorite phrase coined by an old friend of mine - It's a seat, not a rocket ship!
Last edited by gold knight; Jul 18, 2008 at 10:36 AM.
JK Enthusiast
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 382
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From: hawaii
WHat am I doing wrong, when I move the horizontal part of the seat it does not affect the vertical part of the seat at all. They move independantly of each oher.
I took the bolts from the front legs out and put 1 inch spacers iunder them, all it did was raise the ass of the seat and the seats back didn't move an inch. WTF
I took the bolts from the front legs out and put 1 inch spacers iunder them, all it did was raise the ass of the seat and the seats back didn't move an inch. WTF
