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Offline Knox

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Back Seat in the TJ
« on: June 10, 2010, 09:13:02 PM »
Anyone have any experience with "modding" the back seat in a 2 door TJ?

Atm it's the typical folding bench seat, but to maximize space I was wondering if it would be possible to maybe cut it in half and make 2 folding seats with some rework?

I'm thinking if I can do that then I'd actually have enough room for the kid and the dog/stroller... that said, it would still need to be strong enough to be safe for a child seat.
Maybe this already exists, anyone seen something like this before?
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Re: Back Seat in the TJ
« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2010, 09:19:10 PM »
i've seen it.... what was it called now... Cherokee... Liberty... hrmmm something like that ;-)
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Offline Marco

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Re: Back Seat in the TJ
« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2010, 09:21:50 PM »
how old is the kid? take the tj seat right out and fab a frame up for one of those sweet racing child seats on one side ::)
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Offline fony3

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Re: Back Seat in the TJ
« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2010, 09:27:05 PM »

http://www.4wd.com/jeep-parts.aspx?cid=30&jeep-sid=362&plID=117

I've also seen a write up on how to mod a stock seat...I'll have to look around a bit more to see if I can find it.
« Last Edit: June 10, 2010, 09:32:30 PM by fony3 »

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Re: Back Seat in the TJ
« Reply #4 on: June 10, 2010, 09:27:59 PM »
try a  chicco umbrella stroller.   we can fit two kid seats and have space left over.

Offline Knox

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Re: Back Seat in the TJ
« Reply #5 on: June 10, 2010, 09:39:44 PM »
wow sweet, more common than I thought, the kid is... -a month old right now, the wife is Due early july, I just assembled the stroller tonight... (not gonna fit)

my mom bought us a Graco Tour from costco... nice stroller for sure, but it does not fold very small
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Re: Back Seat in the TJ
« Reply #6 on: June 10, 2010, 11:14:16 PM »
wow sweet, more common than I thought, the kid is... -a month old right now, the wife is Due early july, I just assembled the stroller tonight... (not gonna fit)

my mom bought us a Graco Tour from costco... nice stroller for sure, but it does not fold very small

we borrowed a Graco similar to that tour and i hated it all the time.   id return and get a jovey cabose ultralight.  its about the same size or smaller.  will hold a baby bucket and is also a sit/stand as a double stoller.   you will need it if you have a second anytime soon.  ive spent more time buying kids wheels lately than jeep parts.

on a side note i picked up two graco nautilus front facing seats that have the RECLINE option and drink holder.   so when there older i can take them wheeling