Thread: D4 Rear seat { 7 seat } removal

Originally Posted by rasinater

Has anybody removed the rear seats [ 7th seat ] to make rome for more storage . Any idea's ,as LR stealers want $2300 to make it a 5 seater

Just remember though that as its registered as a 7 seater, the removal can only be temporary.

Its not a big job to undo the torx bolts, but quite heavy to lift out on your own.

Then a false floor can be made up with some access hatches.....there are some pics on previous posts.

Brett.....

Cheers Brett , I'll see if i can find those photo's

Originally Posted by rasinater

Cheers Brett , I'll see if i can find those photo's

Here are a couple. 2nd one is not a disco.

Brett....

It's a pretty straight forward job to remove the "extra" seats - took me about an hour (including the seatbelts) about eight big bolts from memory then I notified "VicRoads" of the removal - filled in the paperwork & had the vehicle inspected at our local rego branch (two minute inspection) and I now have an "official" five seater and lots of storage room for my camping stuff ... and I sold my "extra" seats to a member on here who wanted some for his five seater so a "win win" for me (and him)
Do it yourself and save $2300 ....

The trick is to have the correct sized torx sockets and to remove the side trims that cover the outer seat bolts. You remove the tie down points and the side floor panels are clipped into the floor and near the seat release buttons. I can't remember what else had to be undone to remove these panels but once removed it is easy to access all the bolts. I found the instructions using a Google search on the internet.

Note that all the bolts that hold the seat are vertical into the floor. The horizontal bolts that look like they might be holding the seat in do not get undone. You remove the floor panel and then it is obvious which bolts you must undo.

It is even easier to remove the centre row seats if you want lots of storage and lighter weight. I removed all except one of the rear seats on last year's Cape York trip which made storage for 4 weeks away very good. I left the last seat because we had three people in the car.

Bob
2010 D4

Something i have been thinking of doing for a while.

What is the ply coated with,is it some type of glued carpet?Does the ply also need something under it, along the edges so it does not mark the the interior floor of the vehicle.

The ply has support down both sides & across the front - it's coated with a "marine" grade carpet. Easy project really and under the false floor you get some extra storage for items that you carry but don't need to get at very often eg spare fanbelt/hoses etc...
and those rear seats which you remove weigh about 40 kgs so a saving there as well.
cheers

Hi BobD

Do you remember the internet URL or website where you found the instructions for removal of the third row seats?

I could not get the instructions when I searched Google

many thanks

GD4