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back seat brace in cars with folding rear seats?
Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 8:37 pm
by scottzg
so i have a strippo L with no folding rear seats. Between the cardboard in the trunk and the back seat theres a 1" square metal bar bolted in between the strut towers, about a 1/3rd of the way up. Is this in the folding seat cars?
Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 8:58 pm
by BAC5.2
No. It's not.
I have that bar too, but I swapped in a non-folding RS rear seat. Then I got rid of the seat, and left the bar.
Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 1:10 am
by scottzg
interesting. i wonder why they bothered.
Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 2:49 pm
by vrg3
Maybe the folding seats have a more rigid construction on their own?
Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 3:05 pm
by greg donovan
vrg3 wrote:Maybe the folding seats have a more rigid construction on their own?
the bar is there to help keep stuff from flying into the backseats from the trunk.
the fold down seats have a hard back.
the non fold down seats are just foam w/the cardboard and the bracing bar behind them.
Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 5:46 pm
by Splinter
I dont have that bar
Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 6:39 pm
by Legacy777
Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 7:03 pm
by Yukonart
VERY similar to the bars in the Imprezas that don't have rear folding seats. Just a little more support for the seatback since the stationary ones are merely foam and fabric. I like that it keeps the weight down, rather than integrating the support into the seats, which would be more complicated.
