Reviews for Smittybilt Factory Style Reclining Seat for 76-06 Jeep CJ, Wrangler YJ, TJ & TJ Unlimited
Seats look good. Adapters were reasonable. So often Adapters are much to high.
Very good but just arrive ond seat
Smittybilt factory seat for my Jade Jeep Wrangler TJ 1997' factory replacement is soft foam and very great for legs comfortable best wiggle & squish lots of soft seat foam for the money value best recommended and the adapter bracket lines up all in one day bolt in the seat just add a seat cover . James west Allentown Pa
The seats are great; they are higher than stock, I think its because of the new foam. I hope over time they will get a little lower. I like the reclining ability, I can get the passenger side almost flat to sleep if I had to. The instructions say to use the existing hardware. That is false for the 1990, the OEM hardware is metric. The seats are standard 5/16 course thread. I had plenty on hand so no issue.
As one would expect, this makes the 97 Wrangler look like new. Why did I wait so long?
These are nice seats. The fabric is spill and water resistant (kind of like gore-tex or sunbrella texture). The side bolsters are designed to hug your thighs and keep you in place, but some may find them narrow. Another seat that may work better for wider bodies are the "Rugged Ridge XHD Reclining Seat ".
Bought these for a 1995 Jeep Wrangler Saraha edition. They're very nice seats, but they raised the height of my seat from factory height. Like about 3 to 4 inches. Not a big deal for most folks, but I'm 6ft 2in tall and now I have a serious head room problem. My head hits the roll bar now if I tip my head at all.
To be clear, I have factory seat brackets and no other modifications to the seat, floor or roll bar.
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Look great, but the original factory bolts do not fit. They stop after about 1/4 of a turn because of I believe to be a slightly different thread pattern. I do have a random bolt in my garage that does fit it perfectly, so headed to the hardware store to figure out its specs.
These seats look and feel great! Would have given five Stars but I had a few issues. I had trouble installing the passenger adapter as the instructions could be better or the company should upload an in depth video. Also the seat reclining knob does not allow the seat to adjust fully back and is almost impossible to recline while your seated. If you adjust the seat before you sit inside your fine and if you're over 6ft tall the passenger might be tight.