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How To Remove Rear Seat On R33

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Step #1

The cushion is secured in place with two bolts, one on the left and one on the right, remove them.

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Step #2

Underneath the cushion are two, fairly decent size clips, again, one on the left and one on the right. You can't see them because they are hidden by the base of the cushion, however they aren't hard to find. As you can see from the picture below, they are slightly offset from the position of the bolts you removed in step #1. I found the easiest way to unclip each one was to put a hand either side of the clip, which you can do once the bolts have been removed, and pull straight up. Do this for each clip.

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Step #3

Now poke the seat belt clasp's through the cut out in the cushion, lift it up and pull it out. There are no other retaining clips or bolts.

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Step #4

With the cushion now removed, you should be able to see two bolts at the base of the back rest, one on the left, and one on the right, which secure it to the body.

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Step #5

Once both bolts are removed, you have to left the back rest up, as it sits on three hooks which are fastened to the body of the car, then you will be able to pull it forward and out of the car. When putting it back in, make sure you get it "hooked" in, or the back rest will be free to move.

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Step #6

To remove the sound deadening material, gently twist and pull the large, flat, plastic clips. Unfortunately it looks like someone had just tried to yank mine out without realising it was held in place with clips, so it was butchered.

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Step #7

You will now have an empty rear section of the car, where you can pass cables through or do whatever it is you need to.

I tidied up wiring from a previous amp install and added some more for the new head unit I bought, which is why you can see the silver duct tape, as I wanted everything secured and neat.

I also took the opportunity to vacuum and clean it of all the debris that I found.

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Putting everything back in is the reverse, of course. Some tips..

Make sure when you put the back rest back in that the eyelets in the frame do actually hook in to the hooks on the bodywork of the car, or it will be loose and free to move. The last person to work on my car didn't, might have been an issue in an accident for the rear passengers!

Getting the seat belt clasps back through the cushion is difficult, they aren't very long and the cut out is small. What I did was do one at a time, and then clip the seatbelt in to it, stopping the clasp from pulling back through while you try to pull the others through.

And when putting the back rest back in, make sure the back seat belts haven't got caught up and jammed between the cushion and the bodywork.

Hope you find this guide useful.

Mike

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nice writeup!

do you know what size is the bolt in pic 1?

i lost both of them

Hi Enka,

Thanks, thought I would repay the favour to the site, since i've used many of it's guides before :)

I'll get that bolt information for you tomorrow.

Mike

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