Dodge Dakota bucket seats in FSJ

[fulsizjeep]

Wrong? I dunno if anything wrong actually happened.
Maybe I am just grumpy like that other guy you and Carl were talking about.

[hutcho]

Sorry to get off topic thats mostly my fault. I really like those seats though!!!

So back to the topic at hand. Do the dakota seats fit? How about pictures? Also do they have a console/flip up seat option?

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[fulsizjeep]

This is a picture from the mothership that mattparliament posted. I have seen rstep's but it has been a while since I paid much attention to it as a solution for us. As I hear, the seats bolt directly to the FSJ seat mounts.

[hutcho]

I work with a guy that has an 12-13 dakota. If I get on another job with him I will take as many measurements as he will let me. May be several months from now but eventually people will know lol!

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[Dusty]

Flint do you use the Dakota sliders, or the FSJ ones?

And yes! Those seats are what I am thinking of installing as well.

[fulsizjeep]

As far as I know, you remove the Dakota sliders and bolt the seat to the FSK bracket and slider assembly. More to be revealed...

[derf]

Related question.

If you have the bench seat in a J10 what does it take to get those Dakota seats to fit?

[fulsizjeep]

Related question.

If you have the bench seat in a J10 what does it take to get those Dakota seats to fit?

Can you verify if the floor has the stud holes on either side of tranny hump for buckets? I never checked on the original Phoebe body. It had a bench but the 78 body we used for Phoebe Too had factory buckets. The frames in the 70s FSJ buckets are kind of crap after 30 something years.

[hutcho]

My j10 had a factory bench and I only remember seeing holes for the bench. Just planned on adding for the buckets. Theres nothing in it right now so I can look closer and get pics if theres interest. Its a 79.

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[fulsizjeep]

The threaded holes fit a stud that has coarse thread for mounting in the floor, then the top half is fine thread to bolt the seat down. I am thinking they would have put them in all floors to accept either seat but I know where my thinking gets me sometimes... A truck cab may be different because many of them had bench seat. Our 77 J20 has factory buckets though. Good questions.

[nc wagoneer]

The threaded holes fit a stud that has coarse thread for mounting in the floor, then the top half is fine thread to bolt the seat down. I am thinking they would have put them in all floors to accept either seat but I know where my thinking gets me sometimes... A truck cab may be different because many of them had bench seat. Our 77 J20 has factory buckets though. Good questions.

Reminds me of how we were going to get a 3rd row seat for my dads suburban, we were about to go pick it up and my dad lifts the carpet to find no mounting holes for a 3rd row seat, so the guy who is basically the Jake's of square body chevys goes to the one suburban in his yard that didn't have a factory rear seat and what do ya know, they used a different floorpan which seems like a total waste to me to use a different one in 1 out of every 2,000 trucks or so

[derf]

Related question.

If you have the bench seat in a J10 what does it take to get those Dakota seats to fit?

Can you verify if the floor has the stud holes on either side of tranny hump for buckets? I never checked on the original Phoebe body. It had a bench but the 78 body we used for Phoebe Too had factory buckets. The frames in the 70s FSJ buckets are kind of crap after 30 something years.

It's been a while since I looked but I do believe there are no inside holes. Just the ones for the bench seat brackets by either door. But I'll be out digging around the truck tonight and I'll check for sure.

[blue beast j10]

Had to go check the 79' j10, it has two holes both sides of the tunnel with plastic plugs in it (looking from under truck) so looks like all I need now is the mounts for buckets and some seats.

[jaber]

Every one I have come across has had both sets of holes in the floor. The bench seat'ers have plugs in the center holes...

[derf]

So I forgot to check last night. Something came up and I didn't get out to the garage like I'd hoped.

Assuming I have the holes there, what does it take to get the Durango seats bolted in? Do I need to reuse any of the Jeep hardware or do the seats bolt right in? If I need Jeep seat brackets, what does it take to find those? There aren't a lot of FSJs in the bone yards around here.

[fulsizjeep]

I guess I just need to call Bob and get more back ground on his seats. Roy, you would probably be looking for 80 and up bucket bases. GW tilt bases may work as well.

[derf]

I guess I just need to call Bob and get more back ground on his seats. Roy, you would probably be looking for 80 and up bucket bases. GW tilt bases may work as well.

Any buckets or would I need manual buckets specifically?

[rstep]

Sorry Flint just saw this post.
The seats in the Cherokee are early model GM's they did fit right in .It is the console that is out of a Durango.
What I have found out is with some standard tab you can fit almost anything in the Fsj's it took Beca a few minutes to get the mustang buckets to mount in the J-truck.

[Dusty]

Sorry Flint just saw this post.
The seats in the Cherokee are early model GM's they did fit right in .It is the console that is out of a Durango.
What I have found out is with some standard tab you can fit almost anything in the Fsj's it took Beca a few minutes to get the mustang buckets to mount in the J-truck.

Bob what kind of GM vehicle were they out of?

[rstep]

I'll try and find it. but I think Monty or Cutlas type.