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Oakseywick



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Installing individual 2nd row seats advice needed
Hi guys I have just bought a set of individual second row seats for my 110. I want to change from the 60/40 seat in the td5 to 3 highback classic seats from Exmoor trim. Who has done this any pictures, advice list of parts needed would be very helpful. Thumbs Up
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bankz5152



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They are very uncomfortable. Id avoid them imo Instagram @defender_ventures
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Oakseywick



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Surely they are better than the 60/40 low back and better for the kids?

Here’s a picture of what I have

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Do the outer brackets match the holes on the td5
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bankz5152



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Thats exactly what i was going to do for the same reasons. After testing out the seats they are just so uncomfortable, even for a child, equally are not car seat safe.

My plan is to fit Renault Scenic seats in the rear, its a reasonably easy to fit to the 60/40 frames. Instagram @defender_ventures
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Oakseywick



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Are you referring to the premium high back which have high side bolsters or the older style classic highback which have smaller bolsters
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Oakseywick



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These are what I am going to fit to the single frames
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LandRoverAnorak



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I fitted those seats to my old TD5 station wagon and they were great. I did fit the recliner kit too, though, which moved the backrests slightly further back and allowed a good degree of adjustment. My kids used them with booster seats for about a year and then on their own afterwards without any issue.


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I vaguely remember the instructions being rubbish but it generally not being a difficult job to install. Darren

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miker



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I put a retrimmed set of front seats in mine, after reading a lot of people that weren't so pleased with the comfort of the exmoor trim ones. I do have a set of low backs in the boot however that do the job.


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Oakseywick



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LandRoverAnorak wrote:
I fitted those seats to my old TD5 station wagon and they were great. I did fit the recliner kit too, though, which moved the backrests slightly further back and allowed a good degree of adjustment. My kids used them with booster seats for about a year and then on their own afterwards without any issue.


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I vaguely remember the instructions being rubbish but it generally not being a difficult job to install.


Hi LRA did you have to drill all new holes for the seat brackets and did the centres have spreader plates behind upstand?
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LandRoverAnorak



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It was a few years ago now, but I seem to remember only having to drill for the additional bracket in the middle of where the '60' seat was. I don't remember a spreader plate - I think it was just some decent sized washers. The seats themselves don't take any particular loads, of course. It's the seat belts that need to be solidly anchored. Darren

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JWL



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I'm sure when I swopped out my 60/40 seats it was just an extra hole or two for the centre seat, as regards to the seatbelts I didn't touch the originals, I just used them as before.
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miker



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No spreader plates or anything required, the brackets just bolt to the 2nd row floor upstand with 4 M6 Bolts per bracket. Use duralac or similar, or they'll do what mine did and dissolve all the aluminium around them!
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