Rear Seats

[DieselFJ]

Will a fold-up Jeep seat fit in a FJ40?

 

[drohweder]

I've hear that some do. Also some people have old Sami seats in the back.

 

[lone gunman]

I hate to say it but yes a heep seat will fit in a cruiser if it faces forward, thats what i did. i made a mount for it out of 1 in. square tube sits about 4 or 5 inches off the rear floor, the kids seem to like it and i use the space under it for storage.

 

[DocB]

Or, if you want to blow a lot of money, look at Man a Fre; they have a new seat built just for the 40. Theyre stuff is usually expensive, but in my experience the quality is high.

 

[nailbender]

The Jeep seats I measured are pretty small. An older Montero back seat fits all the way across, and it folds forward if you need cargo space.

 

[DieselFJ]

I like the idea of the fold away seat so I can still use the back for cargo space. I have a daughter that gets car sick, so I don't think the jump seats will work for her. Has anyone tried to use 80 series jump seats?

Scott

 

[warpdriv]

80 jump seats are 6 inches too wide if you want them to fit in the fender wells.

 

[Outback]

I have a Samurai seat being recovered right now to go in Buddy.

There are two kinds, get the one with the taller back and thicker cushion. Much nicer. Be sure and get the belts too. The retractors go on the floor *behind* the seat and out of the way. These are lap belts, but work just fine for car seats/boosters.

When the girls can ride w/o car seats I will convert to 3pt. shoulder harnesses like the front seats.

The Samurai seats fold and tumble forward so I keep a lot of my cargo space. I will position it far enough back so I can keep my rear heater and the seat tumbles up to just behind the heater. I think it is a killer option. I'll post pics when I get it installed. That will be a winter project.

Jody.

 

[flounder]

seats

I just picked up a TJ seat. I didn't think it would work but it fits like a glove in there. The mounting will be another story but the Heep seats work.

 

[DieselFJ]

Thanks for all of the great options, I will look forward to seeing the Samuri seat finished. I think I am going to attempt the 80 series seats. I have been doing some measuring and I think they could end up working perfectly. Anyway thanks for the responses

 

[CruisinGA]

I like the way Tym did his:
http://members.tripod.com/~TymP/seats.html