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Driver seat off-centered vs the steering wheel

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liesele53

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Hi,
First post. I'm a Belgian guy and new owner of a 95 4L, ahara model.
The differential was off (like singing all the time ;-) ) and it has been now fixed by my mechanic.

But, I noticed that the driver seat is off-centrered, vs the steering wheel. Is that normal? I didn't check yet how the seat is mounted but I guess there are bolts on the chassis an that moving the seat to the left (there is some space between the seat and the door, like one inch).

My 4 liter is a manual one. Would it be an automatic, that would bother me less.

So question... did someone change that? So yes, how?

Thanks for your time
 
Kinda how they are. Look at the base where the seats are bolted to the tub and you can see how/where they bolt down. Could you move them? I suppose anything is possible. Not sure I get your auto/manual part.
 
That's a factory thing. Many people go their whole life and never notice. My ADD made that impossible. Once you notice, you will never not notice. IMO they did it to give you more arm room with the factory hard doors,might have helped with crash testing too but not sure. When I went to Corbeau seats and their seat base on the driver's side, this eliminated that off set and I was centered in front of the steering wheel like I was with my old CJ. But I also noticed that once you do that,there is so little room between you and the factory hard doors that you can't put your left arm at your side, as your left hip/ribs are basically touching the door.
 
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