chromiumuk
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Fraid not old bean but good luck anyhoo.
Northern Irelander
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the bolt holes are all there under the plywood lining, you will need the bars bolted on to the floor, that the seat latches on to. If you don't have these seat doesn't upight.
even the seat belts fit, slight pilot hole needed for actual backing plate on each seat belt assembly.
Switching the L seat belt to RHS and R to LHS allows them to slot straight in.
Getting the cage out is fun
even the seat belts fit, slight pilot hole needed for actual backing plate on each seat belt assembly.
Switching the L seat belt to RHS and R to LHS allows them to slot straight in.
Getting the cage out is fun
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Hello N/I
Thanks for the information.
Got the seats yesterday out of 3 door scrapper, (need a good scrub but ok). I am going to strip the van floor etc. & cage today. One thing is puzzling me when removing seats from scraped Freelander was the mounts at the top/rear of seat that hold it upright, have you to make brackets to fix them on to??
Regards. Willie. :clap2:
Thanks for the information.
Got the seats yesterday out of 3 door scrapper, (need a good scrub but ok). I am going to strip the van floor etc. & cage today. One thing is puzzling me when removing seats from scraped Freelander was the mounts at the top/rear of seat that hold it upright, have you to make brackets to fix them on to??
Regards. Willie. :clap2:
Northern Irelander
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Ideally the brackets should be there for the seats to lock into, the salvage yard should have given you these with the seats.
Can be fabricated, more or less the same as a door lock striker, it helps if you have all the brackets
Can be fabricated, more or less the same as a door lock striker, it helps if you have all the brackets
I might be interested in taking these off your hands if you're getting rid of them??
Northern Irelander
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BMW - In that case get all the trim brackets, carpet,, underfloor locker lid, odds and sods that you can.
To save you some heartache, the cage has to go out the passenger door, it doesnt fit through the rear door, neither the drivers side because of the steering wheel. (You paying attention to this Hypoboy)
The cage may touch the header trim, its a tight squeeze, was exactly 7 years ago when I did a conversion, still haunts me with getting that cage out LOL.
It got angle grinded into nice small sections when it came out
The plywood will need trimmed slightly, for the side panels behind the seats and the door pockets in the boot. it got ditched it anorl, it's quite heavy and gives good weight reduction when out.
The HD rubber matting is worthwhile keeping
To save you some heartache, the cage has to go out the passenger door, it doesnt fit through the rear door, neither the drivers side because of the steering wheel. (You paying attention to this Hypoboy
)The cage may touch the header trim, its a tight squeeze, was exactly 7 years ago when I did a conversion, still haunts me with getting that cage out LOL.
It got angle grinded into nice small sections when it came out
The plywood will need trimmed slightly, for the side panels behind the seats and the door pockets in the boot. it got ditched it anorl, it's quite heavy and gives good weight reduction when out.
The HD rubber matting is worthwhile keeping
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Northern Irelander
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IIRC it came out with ease, think the trim panels were removed and it came out diagonally???
Have you tried lifting the roof a little.
Someone put it in there, so it has to come out in one piece, wouldn't have thought there was too much difference between the early and 06 models.
If all else fails try the passenger door route
Have you tried lifting the roof a little.
Someone put it in there, so it has to come out in one piece, wouldn't have thought there was too much difference between the early and 06 models.
If all else fails try the passenger door route
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Optimus Prime
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surely the key is to remove the rear roof section ?
