After searching for stock Bucket seats and console to swap in with no luck I finally decided to do some "custom" work. This swap is Cheap and easy.

I had my seats out to swap the carpet when I got to thinking how the 60/40 split bench had one bucket already. So I flipped up my seats and looked to see how hard it would be to remove the brackets. I found they bolt up the same. So I unbolted the drivers seat bracket and bolted it to the passenger seat bottom then bolted it into the drivers spot and it fit perfectly. At this point I went out and grabbed another 60/40 bench of Craigslist for $20 and bolted in just the passenger seat giving me 2 Bucket seats. As for the center console I just used a $5 special plastic one from fleet farm. (I'm planning on getting a stock one when I can find a nice one.) The only possible downside to this is that the handle that leans the seat back is on the right side of the drivers seat. This doesn't bother me since I'm right handed anyway.

Onto the Pictures.

Here are the seat brackets removed and laying side by side.


Here is the bottom of the drivers seat showing where the bracket was bolted to it. Held on by 4 7/16th Bolts (Passenger seat is the same.)


And here is the finished project

 

Cool. You might be able to swap the reclining mechanisms from the old seat to the new one. It might have to be customized a bit.

 

Nice job! I'm thinking about doing this myself, now that my drivers seat is in a permanent recline position.

 

What are the seats out of? 96-01 Jeep Cherokee seats are an almost direct swap with the base. Just have to weld in a stud. Dunno about height/width because I haven't personally done it, but ZJ/WJ (93-04) should swap just as easily because the bases are the same.

 

they are the two passenger seats from the 60/40 split bench.

 

^^^ This Guy knows What He's Talking About.

 

Bump.

I'm wanting to get leather bucket seats for my '93!

 

I'm a little bit late to the party here but this is precisely what I've been wanting to do - swap out my split bench seat for two bucket seats, especially since the recliner handle on my driver seat is giving me a lot of problems. My question is, if I find a vehicle like mine at a junkyard would I be able to remove just the passenger seat part of the split bench or what I have to undo the entire 60/40 split bench, take it with me, and disassemble it at home?