I have four point harnesses. To make things easier, I just removed my rear seat backs and left the bottom cushion. The seat backs weigh 15 pounds each It looks fine as far as I am concerned. Cost of project $0 If you want to see photos, let me know and I'll snap some.
I did a seat delete in my 06 MCS and it turn out great. The worst part was trying to matching the carpet. I did mine a thick cardboard first as a template then in 3/4 plywood in a front and rear section then I carpeted both sections on the top and bottoms for a real finished look. I could take it out and the seats back in the car, in under 15min. It also would hold my 200lb dog too. I have a clubman now and don't need the old delete kit so if you are close to the South East Tennessee area you can have mine for free.
Did mine several years back on a 2003 and found a great carpet color to go with a dark silver. I got the one to hold the schroth harnesses. here is a pic. Cheers MINIC
I find my delete kit to be way more usefull than the seats which are only good for headless teenagers with less than a size four shoe. I can now carry @ 8 bags of cedar mulch. I also got a 4' X 6' doormat at Costco that fits quite well. The extra length folds into the well and when needed folds out to cover the bumper. I'm happy!
I did the delete a few months back, and LOVE it. I have a delete kit that makes it easy because it is heavy duty plastic that the cargo net hooks right on to. no need to match carpet
I plan on deleting mine soon. Think I will go the plywood route, and rather than carpet, I'm thinking some kind of rubber/vinyl flooring. All that goes back there are tools boxes, garden supplies and dogs. I figure things will stay put better. Mark
Thanks for the offer, where in TN are you. I am only about 3 hours from Sevierville. Thanks to everyone for the info.
Did when we installed mine. Note how nicely this is cut out for fuel tank acess insuring I'll never have a fuel pump problem. Besides on the floor we lined the underside of the panel as well.
Just in the Clubman I think. :ihih: In my R53 they designed a nifty "race tire holder tub" between the front seats and the boot that holds my Hoosiers very nicely en route to the track. :devil:
Nate - that is slick. Thanks for sharing. Jeff - Is it so flimsy that it sags? I am thinking I may have to add some braces if it is too flimsy.
It doesn't sag so you should be ok. I used dynamat and also foam matting to fill up some of the empty space. At some point I might just use it as a template and use something more durable that I can throw stuff on without worrying if it will get scrapped up. Its not bad but not perfect. It does look great.
It's pretty tough stuff. If you're going to put anything really heavy on it just pay attention as you do it. Even if it sags, it's not going to break easily, so you have a safety zone before complete failure. Here's a pic (lifted from Helix) to give you some idea. It can be gouged, but I haven't seen that happen much to mine and I've had it in there for something like four years now (I think) and I haven't exactly been kind to it. Recently I decided to start cutting holes in mine for harnesses, etc, and wanted to raise it to make some add'l space, hinge it along the back and mount an amp to the bottom of it. I figured that was taking away too much strength while adding stress, so I decided to reinforce it with some pvc boards (made to be used in place of wood on outside surfaces of houses, etc) and an aluminum brace skeleton. Here are a few crappy pics taken in lousy light (plus they're from before I finished the project). Since then I've covered the hinge and, because I raised it and I therefore changed the geometry a bit, I also had to add some gommets at the sides for the Schroth harnesses to come through. The sub enclosure is from RoadsterSound. It's a great unit but now that I've had it in there for a while I've decided I don't need that much sub so I'm going to remove the enclosure soon (and I have another, less conspicuous and much lighter solution to replace the big 12" sub :wink5. FWIW, those aren't scratches or gouges you can see, it's just dirty.