I've found a good deal on a black cloth solid rear seat replacement for my TA, but I've got the split rear option in here. If I replace the busted split rear section with a solid section, will the seat back mush into place with the little latch post back there or will that ruin everything and be a pain? I don't want to saw it off if possible, but finding a good split rear in black is almost impossible so I'm weighing my options. Thanks!

 

Youll need to tremove the litte middle part that is spot welded to the body. It allows the split seats to fold but i think it would get in the way of the solid seat

 

That's correct. The hinge post that's mounted to the floor tunnel will need removed.

 

How about removing your old rear seat upholstery and bringing it, and the new upholstery to an Upholstery Shop and pay them to make the correction?

 

I can get a whole ebony front and back set from a fourth gen for 400 bucks - The upholstery alone costs over 400 in black for the Trans Am. Plus, the foam needs to be repaired as well, and nobody is going to sit back there anyway so I'd rather save a buck than have it perfect.

I've read conflicting things from searching - Namely that some people have it squish down just fine but others can't get it to line up. It's hard to find a consensus, though.

 

Id remove it... the the bars that the seats ride on might eventually rip through the seats if you put them up and down enough. Just save it and spot weld it back if you choose to go back with the dual seats again.

 

Just because some people have been able to force the seat into place doesn't at all mean it's an acceptable way of doing it. If you care enough about how your seats look and want to change them, there's no reason to even try shortening the life of the seats you are paying $400 for. It doesn't cost anything to remove the center post, just a little bit of time.

 

Well its finally time to get this done. Without causing too much damage, what would a tried and true method be of removing the posts? I was thinking of just dremeling them out because removing the entire plate looks like it might cause some stress on the surrounding area. If that's insane though, I really don't know.

 

Drill out the spot welds and remove the entire plate: ( You can find these things at Harbor Freight tools too. )




You can usually get the whole spot weld, but sometimes a little of the spot weld remains intact and you've got to deal with that,...... a dremel to cut away any remainder will work just fine.