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Old 12-13-2008 | 08:37 PM
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Hello first off please dont tell me to leave it in because im not going to

I want to know how to remove the center seat the one with the arm rest attached to it i need room to put my subs and i hate the arm rest and center seat if anyone knows how to do this or a easy way to do this please let me know.

thanks, josh
 
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Old 12-13-2008 | 08:57 PM
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Old 12-13-2008 | 10:13 PM
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The seat is held in by 4 bolts from the bottom. There is one on each corner and you can reach them from below. The problem is the 4 bracket arms that it mounts on. They are part of the other 2 seat frames and must be cut off to give you a clear area where the seat was. The easiest way to do that is to remove the other 2 seats one at a time. They are held in by 2 bolts in the front and 2 bolts in the rear.
 
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Old 12-13-2008 | 10:13 PM
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Unbolt the 4 bolts and... VWALLAAAAAAAAAAAAA
 
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Old 12-14-2008 | 11:05 AM
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it looks like its spot welded i have no idea about the 2 brakets you are talking about
 
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Old 12-14-2008 | 11:15 AM
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you don,t need to cut the brackets i made a custom box for the middle of my seats and i drilled holes in the sub box and bolted to the brackets it is a nice setup because it never moves this is a picture of wat i did it has the amp under neath the brackets hold the box up and allow me to mount the amps underneath
 

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Old 12-14-2008 | 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by cia24
it looks like its spot welded i have no idea about the 2 brakets you are talking about


The four bolts (two in front, two in back) screw up into the seat. They are quite difficult to see and get at, but its simple once you know where they are. The brackets he was talking about are the four that will be sticking out once you remove the seat. There will be four pieces of metal sticking out that the seat rests on.

What are your plans once removed? If you are building something (sub box or storage box), maybe you can incorporate the brackets to hold your newly constructed box. If you are not putting anything there, you will most likely want to remove them.
 
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Old 12-14-2008 | 11:35 AM
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Yeah i am putting a sub box there as i have no back seat and my alpine plt-5 system doesnt sound as good as i want it to i see this as a have to do operation
 
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Old 12-14-2008 | 11:41 AM
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Well the brackets are up quite high (several inches off the carpet) so you will most likely want to remove them for room. The front two are riveted on the two bucket seat brackets from the factory, so you will have to cut the rivets off. The back two are simply bolted on. Just remove the nut, take off bracket, and reinstall the nut. Pretty simple operation.
 
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Old 12-14-2008 | 12:01 PM
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Oh, and I have my 2 12" subs in a box I built which fits behind the seats. If I remember correctly I think it has 4 cu. ft. of air, which was about the biggest it could be with still being able to put the seats back and have the center council go up and down. My amp is below the center seat. Just a thought.

If you want pics let me know. I will have to try to figure out how to post pics on this site.
 

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