Most liked posts in thread: My Twist on a Rear Seat Delete

Pulling the seats and adding a delete is not going to give you much storage under it. You will have to build up the area to get any "contained storage", which means more weight. There is some give and take in this project.

The GP has a factory built delete kit, very, very little room for "contained storage".

 

Yup, you will hear more exhaust, but that's what products like Dynamat are for.

 

Pretty interesting. I may consider going that way when I pull mine out this summer.

 

I like....any pics with the seat down?

 

One day I'm going to do a RSD. The rear seats in a MINI are useless. Nice job, thanks for sharing your idea.

 

Neat idea, clean finish. Any pics with the seat down?

 

That works, but not for me. I never ever have to haul >2 people, but I often have to haul several duffel bags full of martial arts gear and more. So the seats have to be entirely out for me.

$250 seems excessive to me too, so I'm going to make my own seat delete kit from some kydex sheet I have lying around. I also want to be able to stow stuff beneath it, so any thoughts on latches or hinges would be appreciated.

 

That's an interesting idea I hadn't considered. I'm going to go look at that right now--well, after I pull all the martial arts duffel bags out from practice last night!

 

SCAdian, eh?

 

I would LOVE to see some pictures of detail on this from any GP owners!

 

RealOEM has a pretty good diagram of what the kit looks like. If you your looking for actual pics let me know.

RealOEM.com * BMW R53 Coop.S JCW GP Side/tank trim piece/cargo rod

 

Thanks for the link. Man, that's one expensive set of gear!

 

Haha, you aint kidding. Same reason most people that want a delete make their own. There are a few vendors out there that have kits, Helix has one that seems to be pretty reasonable.

Mini Cooper Rear Seat Delete Kit - Helix Motorsports

 

yeah, see even that seems expensive to me for what it is. Especially since I have a sheet of heat-formable Kydex in my shop just waiting for me to finalize designs.

 

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keep us up to date, I am curious to see what you come up with.

 

I bet it will help me if I can get pics of what you have.