folding rear seats complete Reply #15 – January 29, 2015, 10:02:20 AM Quote from: CoogarXR;443542After looking at the gutted pic, I wondered: why do the seats need to fold down? Why not just put the hinge point on the top, and have the seat flip up? You could even engineer a little set of hatch struts on the sides to keep it open, hehe.You are limited ultimately by the opening size. I think any fold-down option slightly block the bottom. With a flip-up option, the back would be up and out of the way, and the bottom would be unobstructed. Just a playful thought.that puts something pointed at your head if in a crash.... the thought occurred to me but for safety, it bothered me enough to not go that route.we are adding uni-strut along the package tray anyway to stiffen it up so it would be an ideal design, in this case I couldn't stand the picture of decapitation Quote Selected
folding rear seats complete Reply #16 – January 29, 2015, 02:27:57 PM If you have unsecured items in the trunk, and not much in the way of fastening the seats down at the top, stuff will come forward in the even of a head on impact anyway, but at least it would be lower down and you'd have the seat backs to cushion the hit(s). Still, given the likelihood of a crash occurring in the first place, I'd say it's not something I'd concern myself with beyond having items like jacks and other small, heavy stuff secured or at least inside a tote. Diggin' the folding seat idea...keep it up. :) Quote Selected
folding rear seats complete Reply #17 – January 29, 2015, 04:58:29 PM Hit the boneyard and find some latches fro the top from a car that already has fold down seats. Quote Selected
folding rear seats complete Reply #19 – January 29, 2015, 10:54:45 PM Got the heavy duty pivot bracket completedWill post pictures of the bracket tomorrow right now here's a photo of the completed seat folding downThere were several adjustments and re-considerations to the bracket so that's why pictures come tomorrowChance is about 6 foot and 1/2 inch tall to give you an ideaThe next challenge is to try to think how we deal with the built-in head rests that are in the back seat up rightI am for leaving them alone and dealing with itFabric and a transition board to the trunk will come nextWith the backrest folded down it offers an opportunity for a secondary cubby storage spot Quote Selected
folding rear seats complete Reply #20 – January 29, 2015, 11:24:53 PM Was gonna ask...how forward does the seat have to be for the rear to fold down and not contact it? Quote Selected
folding rear seats complete Reply #21 – January 29, 2015, 11:34:47 PM In this photo it is contacting it right now barelyActually the seat will fall down by simply folding it down and if it bumps the back of the front seats then you know what to doIn our case we just simply tilted the driver seat forward and fold the back downI'm pretty sure you just identified a pain in the ass because I would think it'll hit both driver and passenger seats slightly as it's coming downNo problem though because the s fold now Quote Selected
folding rear seats complete Reply #22 – January 29, 2015, 11:41:37 PM I think the power seat photo I have now shows the seat in the middle position Quote Selected
folding rear seats complete Reply #23 – January 30, 2015, 07:33:38 PM Here is the bracket Quote Selected
folding rear seats complete Reply #24 – January 30, 2015, 07:44:23 PM In order to duplicate it I have to use my fancy 3-D copy machine printer Quote Selected
folding rear seats complete Reply #25 – February 01, 2015, 06:53:33 PM Our second bracket broke so we switched up to stealThere is an illustration of it and the length of the bracket Quote Selected
folding rear seats complete Reply #26 – February 01, 2015, 08:03:30 PM Here are two new folding seat pivot brackets Quote Selected
folding rear seats complete Reply #27 – February 01, 2015, 09:18:43 PM You have to egg out your mounting holes for the bracket and drill another hole in the fender well to keep the seats from not folding too far forward Quote Selected
folding rear seats complete Reply #28 – February 01, 2015, 10:42:20 PM folding rear seats are done as far as i can tell. below are the brackets being cut out and the final product. Quote Selected
folding rear seats complete Reply #29 – February 01, 2015, 10:43:39 PM folding seats are now complete Quote Selected
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