lblackonblackl

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saw this and just picked up mint rear 01 black maxima seats got the hinges just incase and the black metal bracket. wish me luck!

max_dreamer

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its too easy dude! glad someone else is taking the dive! and most definately a worthy ride of the upgrade! as for the hinges, you cant use the outer ones but the inside ones to the metal bracket are what hold up the seat. if you run into any problems just let us know! should be able to knock it out in an hour or so with an extra set of hands

floydthedog

very nice. now i can fit even more stuff in my car!!

lblackonblackl

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forgot about this thread.

i did this as well......

maxprivate

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I'm picking some I30 2000 rear seats to do the fold down mod in my 97 and was wondering if I need the rear metal bracket from the i30 to get this to work or can I use my existing 97 metal plate? Also I'm guessing the plastic trimming Is just to make it cleaner but not needed?


Any info will help guys.

Half Assed

The hole in the metal plate on the 97 is the same size as the the hole in the seat which is too small. Get the bracket from the 00, and might as well get all the fasteners just in case.

I've been thinking of doing this mod, I guess I just have to pull the parts and change it on a rainy day.

If you've never removed the rear seat, the bottom half is held on with pull tabs that are underneath the front of the cushion. The rest I think is just bolts.

maxprivate

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It's really easy to remove the rear seats. Two pull tabs on the bottom of the buckets seats and it pulls right out. Then 2 bolts to remove the back rest. But fold down seats are sooooo much coooooler plus the I30 seats are waaaay nicer. Yea I'll make sure I get all the hardware. I found it for 175 no where near the 30 bucks the OP got them for :/ what a steal.

Half Assed

I did a full leather swap from a '98 into my '99 including the door panel inserts for $150 from a junkyard. Are you buying private party or from a junkyard?

The dumb thing is I saw this thread before I got the seats and figured I didn't really need it. Well it would've been helpful several times since I did the swap a few months ago.

IIRC the back seat cushions were only $30. A 5th gen seat with a bracket and trim might fetch about $50.

maxprivate

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A friend of a friend is getting them from a Junk yard for me. I've searched around eBay and online all seems to be about same price when you consider shipping.

What was it that you figured you didn't need?

Half Assed

the folding rear seat from a 5th gen with a bigger hole

maxprivate

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I see, Yea I don't like the 5th gen seats anyway. In my opinion the i30 seats are far superior.

Post some pics of yours.

ptatohed

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Now I have two rear car seats (sons 2 and 5) so rear folding seats aren't a reality for me like they were when I started this thread - lol.

maxprivate

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Haha I hear ya man. My daughter is 14 so no baby seats back there