Whenever we go off roading and Wendy wants to drive she has a hard time seeing over the hood of the jeep on technical parts. Jeep had to lower their seats to meet the airbag target requirements put forth by DOT. For someone like Wendy, who’s 5′ 1″, this made it very difficult to see and therefore navigate the tight areas found off the roadway.

We found a solution from Northridge 4×4 , Buchanan Seat Risers. They come in 3 sizes (1″, 1.5″, and 2″). We chose to go with the 1 1/2″ size because I’m 6′ tall and still need to fit in the jeep.  If I was the same size as Wendy then we probably would have gone with the 2″ risers.

The above picture shows that items that come in the package. It’s a fairly simple concept. You’re placing a block of steel alloy under the seats to raise them the desire height.

The tools needed (shown above) are a rachet drive, 13mm socket, 5/8 socket, an extension (for the back passenger side bolts) and a T-50 Torx socket.

Passenger side seat first. Just remove the bolt shown here (and on the other side as well). Swing the seat forward and remove the two bolts in the back. Place the risers underneath the seat (as shown below). I put the back ones in first, only doing the bolts finger tight so it would leave some wiggle room to get all the risers and bolts aligned before tightening them down. Below you can see the seat riser after the install.

With this shot I tried to show the difference between seat heights before I installed the driver side.

The driver’s side was easy to do. You could reach all the bolts from the front of the seat. Again just remove the four bolts holding the seat in and place the risers between the seat and the floorboard.

The package of 8 risers (two seats) cost $70 and will make driving the jeep offroad so much easier for Wendy that it’s definitely money well spent. It took my about 10 minutes to do all the work and didn’t even scrape a knuckle.

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