After weeks of waiting and monkeying around, finally got the sucker in there. Really only took a few hours to do including removal, cleaning, de-rusting, and installation.

The good: fold-down seat on a car that it was not offered in. Helps with long items that simply won't fit in the trunk. Little Bazooka bass tube can now sound off freely into the passenger compartment without being dampened by foam and plastic.
http://www.SERCA.org/hawaii/misc/DC_RearSeat1.jpg

The bad: Fold-down seats have big metal pans that hold the latches and give the seat back strength for when you put heavy items on them. Sadly this adds quite a bit of weight including the hinges. I estimate at least 25 pounds (probably more). The seats I got from the salvage yard was a bit rusted so I used rust converter to clean it up.
http://www.SERCA.org/hawaii/misc/DC_RearSeat2.jpg

The ugly: You won't find 4-door seats with matching SE-R interior cloth. I used an upholstry paint to give it a dark grey hue. It didn't turn out the way I would have wanted it. Material dye would probably be much better to retain the nice feel of fabric. The wheel wells will show when the seats are in the upright position. In 4-door cars, they would be covered with plastic trim. I have these but it will need some cutting to get them to fit with the inside panels.
http://www.SERCA.org/hawaii/misc/DC_RearSeat3.jpg

Conclusion: User friendly but performance hindering. If I get tired of it and feel it is too much of a burden, it'll be going into my other SE-R. Cross brace will remain but with loosened screws for easy removal. Random Thoughts rSTB will remain until Josh's rSTB unit arrives.

Looks good, an easy way to cover the humps is to use some carpet and 3M that shizzit down. Could work nicely.

BRent

2 answers. Buy SE-R fabric and have them reuplohstered. Get the wheelwell cover and dye it/ interior paint it the same color or use left over material from rear seats and cover it the same to match. Nice find.

Wow someone actually did this. Fast91ser and I have contemplated this idea many times!! It actually look pretty good. Like mentioned above a little carpet and some cloth could make the turn out quite pimp!! Good job bro!

Do you actually need the crossbrace?

Originally posted by llaprad1
Do you actually need the crossbrace?



it adds chassis strength...keeps things stiffer..i wouldn't take it off...you'll most likely notice a big difference

Originally posted by llaprad1
Do you actually need the crossbrace?
That's an arguable point. I think the main reason for that cross brace was to give more support to the stock seat back. The reason I didn't just remove it entirely is because the interior was OEM painted with the brace on. I could hit it with some dupli-color paint I have left over from painting my speaker grilles. The Random Thoughts rSTB helps with rigidity. I think the main stuctural support for that area is actually the rear deck. The Sedans do not have the crossbrace. With Josh's rSTB in there, it will be absolutly stiff.