At 6’5â€, I need to move the driver’s seat back. A tilt wheel is out of the question, but I’ve read about other owners who have “notched†their driver’s side wheel well to allow the seat to go back.
I haven’t been able to find any instructions on doing this.
Can anyone help?
BTW, this is for a CJ5, not the CJ6 listed in my profile.
Richard, I saw that post while i was trying to track down some procedures for moving the driver’s seat back. If I saw the same post you did, the op had cut the seat frame as opposed to “notching†the wheel well.
In my case, I’d like to cut the wheel well, if I can find out how to do it.
I haven't studied much about the CJ-5 wheel well size nor how the seat fastens, but here are some options:
Remove the seat back cushion (definitely try this first):
https://www.thecj2apage.com/forums/doing-actual-work-with-the-jeep-add-your-photos_topic11762_post480210.html?KW=move+seat+back#480210Cut up the seat frame:
https://www.thecj2apage.com/forums/moving-seat-to-increase-driver-leg-room_topic42570_post420243.html?KW=cut+wheel+well+more+leg+room#420243Cut a notch in the wheel well:
https://www.thecj2apage.com/forums/rear-wheel-well-modification_topic21938_post188565.html?KW=cut+wheel+well+more+leg+room#188565This last link had a reference to a D&L Bensinger kit for a seat that sat back further. That link must be old. I searched on his website and found this:
https://www.dlbensinger.com/ufaqs/what-is-the-xl-conversion-kit/It seems at least one post indicated a template. Most seemed to kind of guess at it. I think I also read that after cutting the notch (from both sides), they are inverted and swapped (driver/passenger) and welded back in. This allows the seats to sit at the same position and the weld-in plug is already the correct dimension/gauge.
