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Big Boy Factory Seat Adaption

Mattkuhn1986

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Jeep Factory Front Seat Big Boy Adaption


Tools needed:

Drill

1/4” & 1/2” drill bits

Hammer

Punch

Flat head screw driver

Needle nose pliers

3/8 ratchet wrench

T-socket (seat mounting size)

Trim puller


Procedure:


  1. Unbolt 4 bolts holding seat to body.
  2. Tilt seat back and unclip power wiring with trim puller to get slack. Undo the power clip and the yellow seat belt clip. These have the same style red retaining clips as the door do. The power clip will take a lot of pressure to get loose.
  3. Remove seat from the vehicle. Lay down some soft material so you don’t damage the seat material. Put the seat on one side so you’re looking at one of the bottoms rails.
  4. Slide the seat bracket all the way to the forward position. There is a metal retaining pin on the back of the seat rail that needs to be removed. By moving the seat you’ll be sure you have room to drill. Use punch to center punch and Drill out from the bottom. You may have to use punch to finish pushing it out.
  5. Once this pin is put enlarge this hole with 1/2” drill bit. After your bit clears, rock the drill left and right to oval the hole slightly.
  6. There is a hole approximately 1” back from the hole you just enlarged. Center punch this area and drill another 1/2” hole identical to the one you just drilled. Rock left and right as well.
  7. Slide the way back. There is a plastic retaining cover on the stationary part of the seat rail that needs to be removed. Take needle nose pliers and pull back. It will come free easily.
  8. There are two tabs that need to be bent out of the way on the slide. One is on the outside top portion of the bottom rail. The other tab is accessed from the rear and it’s located on the bottom of the rail. Both tabs need to be bent outward so they aren’t in the way.
  9. The putter glide has 4 plastic spacer bars separated by 5 ball bearings. To achieve maximum clearance you need to remove 2 ball bearings and 2 plastic spacers.
  10. To do this you need to position the seat so that gravity will help in the process. Lift up on the front of the seat and move the seat forward and backwards till you slide the ball bearings and the spacer out of the rear of the slide. It will take a few fires of forward and backward motions but it will come out really easily.
  11. Push the two tabs that were bent outward earlier back to their normal position. Reinstall the plastic cap on the rail.
  12. Flip the seat over and follow the same procedure on the other rail.
  13. Set both rails to the same position and reinstall in the Jeep.
  14. Sit in the seat and push your seat back to its new rear position.
  15. Follow same steps for passenger seat.
  16. Enjoy.

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Nice write up! So how much additional rear travel do you think this gave you?
 

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I'm 6'3 and don't need any more rear travel. Pretty sure I'm up a couple clicks. How freaking big are you?
 

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I'd say I lean more towards more torso over long legs. Maybe that's the difference
 

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Sweet, I'm 6'-6" so I might grab one of these. :like:
 

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You don’t have to grab anything, adapt your own
Lol...thanks, at first I thought it was a kit and you were just going through the installation. Even better! :rock:
 

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Finally got around to doing this mod. Loving the extra legroom.

the misch seat extender brackets raised me too high.

i ordered An extra seat frame just in case but didn’t end up needing it. Wanted some insurance in case I messed this up

If anyone is interested in the extra seat frame as insurance if you want to do this mod, I’d sell it for $125 shipped
 

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the misch seat extender brackets raised me too high.
I tried the "Seat Jacker's" and had the same problem my head needed the same space as roll bar and no vision out windshield..🙄 aka flushing of many $$ for not.
 

Puttyandnapalm

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I tried the "Seat Jacker's" and had the same problem my head needed the same space as roll bar and no vision out windshield..🙄 aka flushing of many $$ for not.
I think I got maybe a half inch of extra legroom with the misch brackets.
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