Spooky Back Seat

[KenB]

This is more of a rant than anything.
When I bought this CJ7 , the back seat had been "lifted" about 2". Wood blocks were placed under the mounting feet. I sat back there once, parked, and saw that in a panic stop, a passenger would probably crack their skull on the roll cage. And the roll cage didn't cover the back seat. Anyway, didn't like the set up, and needed cargo space, so decided to pull the rear seat out. That's when it got spooky. The wood blocks were a combination of 1x4 and 2x4 pieces. The 1x4 was on the bottom, screwed to the floor with 2 #8 self drilling screws, the 2x4 was fastened to it with wood screws, and the seat screwed down with a 1/4" lag screw and large washer. On the front legs, instead of the lag screw, the blocks had been drilled and a 1/4" bolt run through the original mounting holes, again with washers. The seat belts are anchored to the seat frame, so if there had been a panic stop/collision, the combined weight of passenger(s) and seat would have probably ripped everything out by the roots. Just find it hard to believe anyone would be stupid enough to think that was an acceptable setup. The rear seat is now in the barn.

 

[Cheepjeep85]

good call, i wouldn't put anybody i cared about back there on a death trap like that

 

[Old Dog]

just goes to show you never know what the PO did.

 

[IOPort51]

I would have to say that natural selection was making an honest effort here but missed the deserving subject. Ken I am glad you did not get caught in the back lash of this.

 

[BajaEdition]

we need this posted in the thread, the PO did what.

 

[BrockGrimes]

Saw a J10 for sale a few months back. The owner mounted 2 bucket seats
in the cab and used a stack of 2x4's are the seat brackets. I asked the guy,
you do this? He said "yeah ain't it cool mounts the seat at the right height."
I said yeah just the right height to go through the fooking windshield you tard.

Maybe they are brothers.

 

[KenB]

Could be. They need to stick to the balsa wood models.
"Pass me some more glue, cuz. I done sniffed up all of this."

 

[scrambler]

I've never heard of seats being lifted with 2x4's but I've seen a mini-van that had a 2x4 lift kit.... hahaha lifted about six inches too

 

[essexmo]

This is more of a rant than anything.
When I bought this CJ7 , the back seat had been "lifted" about 2". Wood blocks were placed under the mounting feet. I sat back there once, parked, and saw that in a panic stop, a passenger would probably crack their skull on the roll cage. And the roll cage didn't cover the back seat. Anyway, didn't like the set up, and needed cargo space, so decided to pull the rear seat out. That's when it got spooky. The wood blocks were a combination of 1x4 and 2x4 pieces. The 1x4 was on the bottom, screwed to the floor with 2 #8 self drilling screws, the 2x4 was fastened to it with wood screws, and the seat screwed down with a 1/4" lag screw and large washer. On the front legs, instead of the lag screw, the blocks had been drilled and a 1/4" bolt run through the original mounting holes, again with washers. The seat belts are anchored to the seat frame, so if there had been a panic stop/collision, the combined weight of passenger(s) and seat would have probably ripped everything out by the roots. Just find it hard to believe anyone would be stupid enough to think that was an acceptable setup. The rear seat is now in the barn.

he could of built that seat for his mother in law . ex wife or back seat drivers was there an eject function too ?