hey all,
just found a way to get rear folding seats in my '01 RS sports coupe. went to a junk yard and got some folding seats from a legacy wagon, pulled off the cloth of the back seat portion and installed them in my RS. so far, haven't had to do any drilling of holes (holes for the brackets/hinges are already there, but some are covered by black tape circles), although for now i have only rigged up some wire to hold the seats until i get some lock/release system set up for holding the seats as the seats don't sit all the way back yet as is for the brackets the seats lock on to grab hold. not sure if i'll replace the foam rubber yet before redoing the cloth to match my interior. the other cool thing is the bottom part of the seat fits/folds up/locks just fine, although i had to push down a little hard to get the latch to lock into place. since the back seats area are a little smaller, thinking of putting in some arm rests of some sort that fold up and down, and need some headrests since the seats are also shorter than the stock seats. the hardest part will be getting stock cloth for the folding seats for a fair price, so maybe if enough people are interested we can set up some group buy of the cloth to bring down the cost. i will try to take some pictures and add more details on how to do this the rest of the way soon. if anyone knows how to get the cloth cheap, or wants to start a group buy, let me know. other than finishing the project off, i pretty much now how a good way to carry big/long things w/o removing my rear seats, etc., and hopefully once i get more cloth to match and have finished arm/headrests, it will look like the car came that way. email me w/ ?s at kstigggerRS@yahoo.com.

 

for those of you who are interested in converting your seats, post here, maybe we can do a group buy for the cloth to bring the cost down.

 

I am interested in this MOD for sure! Please take some pictures. What year Legacy did you salvage the parts from? Please take some pictures. Did you use the upper and the lower seats from the Legacy? Pictures please. Oh yea, in case I forgot to mention it, do you think you take some pictures for us?

 

I bought my 01 RS slightly used a year and a half ago, and to this day am amazed that the rear seats don't fold down. Completely useless.
I am all about this! Let us know what year Legacy, and what issues you encountered (if any besides what you mentioned).

As for the cloth, is it a ridiculous idea to try and remove the cloth from the stock rear seats and re-use it? I am an upholsery newbie so forgive if that is a stupid idea...