Disco rear folding seats into 90????

Hi people.
I was just wondering if anyone had put the small discovery 1 rear folding seats into the rear of a defender before. I have some spare but haven't had a look yet to see if it will work, as I work away during the week.

Can this/has this been achieved?

Cheers
Alex

Seats 6 & 7?

SteNova said:

Seats 6 & 7?

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Yes the ones that fold into the sides in the boot.

You can get custom brackets to fit them from a 4x4 place but I can't find it now

Did it, had to cut the wheel box though. Piece of **** and I opted for the forward facing ones. The bracket for the floor is a bit cumbersome though and I've had to raise it up a couple inches otherwise it wouldnt be very comfortable for anyone sitting in it and it would interfere with wheel travel. Works fine though, even if it doesn't look pretty

the_wolf said:

Did it, had to cut the wheel box though. Piece of **** and I opted for the forward facing ones. The bracket for the floor is a bit cumbersome though and I've had to raise it up a couple inches otherwise it wouldnt be very comfortable for anyone sitting in it and it would interfere with wheel travel. Works fine though, even if it doesn't look pretty

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Awesome do you have any pictures?

SteNova said:

You can get custom brackets to fit them from a 4x4 place but I can't find it now

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This is good to know, if you find it let me know please dude

Try this

https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...79.114766795241810&source=49&__user=508849920

alexr said:

Awesome do you have any pictures?

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Here y'are. Not very neat or pretty as I did it in a hurry for a reason but its solid and very secure. Might tidy up the box I've cut at some point in the future but it'll do for me. I was talking to Doc about an alternative to the cumbersome bracket on the floor but haven't got round to a solution yet, as I said it needed to be raised up slightly for comfort and wheel travel

the_wolf said:

Here y'are. Not very neat or pretty as I did it in a hurry for a reason but its solid and very secure. Might tidy up the box I've cut at some point in the future but it'll do for me. I was talking to Doc about an alternative to the cumbersome bracket on the floor but haven't got round to a solution yet, as I said it needed to be raised up slightly for comfort and wheel travel

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Ahhh I see, these are from a disco 2 aren't they?

Yup. I figured they would be much easier to fit in and more user friendly than the sideways facing ones. I originally had a 3 point belt on it before I took my hardtop off and it was perfect for a kid to sit in lol. Got a lap belt on it now but with a truck cab it might be a bit chilly, still useable though for the rare occasions that I need to have 3 passengers

OK - now try and insure it with non-standard DIY seats !!

Can be unbolted if need be, its only 4 bolts. Plus its no different really to bolting in transit seats, benches or forward facing seats from a newer defender

SteNova said:

Try this
https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...79.114766795241810&source=49&__user=508849920

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Thanks for finding that mate these could be what I'm looking for!

the_wolf said:

Here y'are. Not very neat or pretty as I did it in a hurry for a reason but its solid and very secure. Might tidy up the box I've cut at some point in the future but it'll do for me. I was talking to Doc about an alternative to the cumbersome bracket on the floor but haven't got round to a solution yet, as I said it needed to be raised up slightly for comfort and wheel travel

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Err I may be missing something here but why did you need to cut into the "wheel box"?

Because of the way that the seat folds in when its stowed

the_wolf said:

Because of the way that the seat folds in when its stowed

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Looking at wildmans pictures in this thread is it just so they touch the floor when deployed? Could you fit them on the standard boxes and extend or adapt the seat legs to cope with being mounted higher instead?

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f16/defender-seats-237550-2.html

Link didn't work, could you post pics?

You could bolt it directly to the wheelbox if you wanted but then its going to sit within the load area. Also I raised my bracket up a few inches from the floor so that someone sitting there had a bit more leg room and also to stop the wheel hitting the wheel box recess should it travel up that far. However I have since noticed that with 750x16 tyres they're skinny enough to just miss it.

I cut and fitted mine so that it would fold in out of the way and so that I can fit another one on the opposite side if I wanted so that two can fit side by side. I've got the other seat, just haven't got round to fitting it in yet.

alexr said:

Hi people.
I was just wondering if anyone had put the small discovery 1 rear folding seats into the rear of a defender before. I have some spare but haven't had a look yet to see if it will work, as I work away during the week.

Can this/has this been achieved?

Cheers
Alex

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This would be a good idea as the dickie seats would fold away better and even if you had four of these seats fitted in the back of a 90 they wouldn't take up to much room either

cornish rattler said:

This would be a good idea as the dickie seats would fold away better and even if you had four of these seats fitted in the back of a 90 they wouldn't take up to much room either

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Exactly my thinking mate, that way I can get a cubby box in the front and have 2 extra seats in the rear if needed that can fold away neatly or possibly even 4 at a later date.