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Bit of a strange question - the rear bench seat on my ‘06 Gen 3 does not tilt, it just pulls out. My previous ‘03 Jimny had proper split folding seats. Is there a way to make the bench seat into a folder or can you retro fit tilting split seat pads?
Don’t ask why - I have reasons to want rear seats some of the time.
The base of my rear seats don’t tilt, just pulls out. I don’t use the rear seats much, so made a plywood load carrier to sit over the [folded down] seats. I also made a tool box to sit in the boot, so with the load carrier it is nearly flat in the back.
Robin
2020 blue SZ5 (one of the last to be registered in the UK)
Ex 2011 Blue Jimny SZ4
Northumberland Jimny Blog
The seats from 05 to 09-ish are awful. You can fit 99-04 seats that fold flat but there is lacking fasteners in the floor for the front pivot bracket for the rear seats. I put rivnuts there, not sure how it is from factory. I swapped front seats as well as the 04 all had leather here in Norway.
I recommend you swap it all. They cost me 2-300€-ish and sold the old seats for 100-ish.
this and the leather steering wheel from a 2012 is my favourite mods.
