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xjsc rear seats

Started 11th June 2026 at 21:49 · Shane Ferguson
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is it possible to fit rear seats in 1986 cabriolet  iam newbie to xjs world

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    • #25946
      Brian Buxton
      Participant

      Hi Shane
      Yes it is possible i have attached a Photo of my 1986 XJ-SC with fitted rear seats
      Regards
      Brian

    • #25947

      thanks Brian will have a look about whats involved in fitting (parts and fitting)

    • #25955
      Brian Buxton
      Participant

      Hi Shane
      I forgot to say that the actual seats shown in my photo are for sale on e-bay as I sold the car to a specialist Jag Breaker, who has removed them and put them up for sale. which may or may not be of interest to you.
      Brian

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      Thanks Brian will have a look for them

    • #25984
      Laurence Jones
      Keymaster

      Hi Shane,

      Fitting rear seats is relatively straight forward – because our Cabriolets were once Coupe before they were modified by Jaguar.

      You’ll have to remove the existing Cabriolet rear locker box, and the left and right side’s “modified” armrest.

      Then source a set of XJS Coupe rear seats (see below).

      You will also need the corresponding armrests (these have a padded arm rest rather than the tray the Cabriolet has). This link will take you to eBay, where some are for sale – you can easily clean the colour off these and recolour the leather whatever colour you want or leave them black…

      eBay link

      You will find under the Cabriolet’s rear parcel shelf that the rear seatbelt mounting points are already there – as i said these were Coupes before the roof was cut off and other modifications undertaken.

      There are lots of rear seat combinations, that went with various models and years of XJS, so try and find a set which have low rear seat bits – so they don’t get in the way when the Cabriolet’s roof is folded down. Not certain, but a good call might be Convertible rear seats (many convertibles came with rear seats as standard, so not all have the locker box which is similar to the Cabriolets).

      Laurence

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