95greenbird

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I was just curious to see what people are doing with the space after the rear seats are removed.

keliente

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Use the search and type in "rear seat delete". You will pull up a ton of ideas. This was mine.

tbird31

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^^^ cleanest one i've seen.

00firebird

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Teh Juggernaut

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It is currently out of the car undergoing some modification

dustin99a4

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does that weigh more than the seats did?

SS4Luck

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i did the same thing as 00firebird

00turboT/A

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I have a quick question. Everyone removes backseats for weight I would assume ,but they put a carpeted encloser in there place that probably weighs more or the same as the seats which look fine in my opinion. Why do it?????????????

1SicV8

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i did it so i wouldnt have to take people anywhere

also the seat belts are the real weight if ur concerned about that.

keliente

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I didn't do mine for weight, but for the record it did weigh less, if only by a few pounds. The seats themselves are not very heavy, but you could lose a decent amount by taking out the rear seatbelt assemblies (I didn't).

When I converted my car to leather, I could only find front seats at a reasonable price. I didn't want to mismatch leather fronts and cloth rears, nor did I want to wait to install...so I put the leather fronts in and made the rear seat delete until I found rear seats. It turned out to look pretty nice and it was a good excuse not to give people rides.

I wanted to make one just for the sake of making one...I see the ugly two piece versions go for ~$90 on eBay all the time and thought that was a rip off. $25 and three hours later I had mine done.

ghettocruiser

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keliente... Yours is by far the cleanest Ive seen... Definetly agree that its better looking that the two piece ones. You can easily put access doors on hinges in those too for some storage. Im kicking around the idea of doing this in my 87 TA. Im probably going to need a cage in order to be welcomed back to the track, and instead of working around the rear seats, figured Ide just ditch them. Im 6'4 so there isnt room behind me anyway.

Did you just use some MDF board?? How did you get it cut out so nice so that it conforms around the plastics so good??? Just measure and cut type deal?

Justin

keliente

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No, it's actually just 1/2" plywood, I used it because it is cheap and light. That MDF is pretty freakin' heavy, and when you are building something so awkward (really long by really wide) you want to be able to remove it easily. MDF is also pretty expensive if I remember right.

The easiest way to make a template is to get a big sheet of insulation foam, the blue kind. It is rigid enough to cut & see how it's going to fit, but light and soft enough that you can cut it in the car with a razor blade. I literally just kept pushing the foam further and further back into the seat and wittled away at the corners/etc until it fit right. Then it's just a matter of tracing it onto the plywood.

neonblack

Like was mentioned before, I didn't do it for weight savings. I just wanted to do something a little different. The pics were taken before I dyed the carpet to match the rest of the interior.