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1st October 2013, 03:57 PM
#11
I've considered the seat extensions. Driving the car as it is feels fine so far. I have it one click forwards from the back too. Just so whoever is behind me has some leg room. Being a scout leader and scout 4x4 i take a lot of kids out on trips. Always a full car. I might get them installed for my bigger touring trips though.
This afternoon i had a look at the car again. Sitting in the back is quite uncomfortable as the head rests are low down and pushing in my back. I tried to raise them and found that with them up the seats would not click back into place. So that confirms they have been changed over.
Is anyone with a 130 Dual Cab able to take a photo of there seats. I would like to see what they are suppose to look like.
In the future i might change them back over. I'll wait and see what Mulgo has to say first about them.
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1st October 2013, 05:36 PM
#12
Those are definitely 110 puma rear seats, as they have the extra slant on the back piece.
If you hop on carsales.com.au and have a look at puma 130's, you can see the rear seat is pretty much 90degrees, and does not have that slant.
My guess is they bought a set of 110 puma rear seats and retro-fitted them to their 130. Which is awesome, as the older defender rear seats are horrible!
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1st October 2013, 08:33 PM
#13
Another opinion on what may or may not have been done to your seats- The seats are the same as what's in my '08 Puma 130. With the standard setup, the seats sit very upright, uncomfortably so (doesn't worry me as I never sit in the back). Your seats appear to have been installed with the base mount moved about 4" forward, to increase the angle that the seats lean back, presumably to make them more comfortable. This has obviously been done at the cost of 4" of leg room; also I think your front seats must need tpo be all the way forward for the rear seats to fold forward? Those plates that bridge the big hole look like they have been fitted to give the rear mounting business something to be bolted to- in the standard configuration, the mounting is about where these plates are bolted down, just in front of the rear bulkhead.
In the Puma models, there is no opening in the top of the big rectangular box under the seats, it is an inaccessible void. Some have put water tanks in there, others have made an opening in the top or the end for stowing odds & ends. I'm undecided whether to do either of these things on mine, having an opening in the top is a bit pointless if you have to unbolt the seat backs to tilt forward for access.
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1st October 2013, 08:41 PM
#14
Another thought on those rear seats, having looked at the photos again- the mounting point at the top has been omitted; in the Puma 130 there are brackets bolted to the rear bulkhead just below the window, and the seat backs bolt to these. They are a pain as they have to be unbolted for the seats to fold forward, but presumably they are necessary for the seat-belt forces.
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