TD5 Rear seat conversion

Has anyone on here fitted forward facing rear seats to there defender?, I know there is various kits on the market but I am thinking about fitting a couple of standard bucket type seats from the front a perfomance car.

Any advice, pros and cons and pics most welcome Khan done a lovely conversion which used the whole width rear compartment with what appears to be enough space between seats to fit through.

cheers

Paddy.

58 Views and no replys Someone must have done this conversion and have wisdom to share

If not, I will post a how to guide when im finished.

My old NAS spec '94 90 had a rear bench that fit between the wheel boxes. It was hard to get into. Very hard particularly when carrying gear.

I believe there are some other options as well (exmoor lock-n-stows, puma folding, come to mind). Most would say do a search.

Cheers Jabber, I have my seats and seatbelts, I know what fixings I am needing and I have a mind map of the custom bracket construction i need to make to fix the seats in, the plan is to use the space on top of wheel arch with a slight overhang on the forward facing seats, this should give enough space in the centre to pass between the seats.


when im finished i will post up the how to guide (if it works well)

You had 58 views and no replies because this topic has been covered dozens of times. Do a search

ChelseaTractor said:

Cheers Jabber, I have my seats and seatbelts, I know what fixings I am needing and I have a mind map of the custom bracket construction i need to make to fix the seats in, the plan is to use the space on top of wheel arch with a slight overhang on the forward facing seats, this should give enough space in the centre to pass between the seats.


when im finished i will post up the how to guide (if it works well)

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I have seen pics of what you are describing on this forum so your answers here somewhere.

I've just bought a late td5, it had forward facing fold up seats fitted by the previous owner but I had them taken out, they didn't leave much room in the back when folded up, I just preferred the space above the wheel arches, they were good ones though. Give Nene a shout, they'd probably do them at a good price.

Thanks for the replys everyone, Wolf im sure everthing has been covered at some point we should just shut the forum down now and search old post.