How To Remove The Rear Seats In A MK6 GTI | Both Bench and Upper Seat Backs
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.พ. 2022
- A lot of people have shown how to remove the rear bench in a Volkswagen GTI, but not many show how to remove the upper seats. So we decided to film a video on how to do it!
We were in the process of filming a Butt Dyno Report video about weight reduction when we ran into this conundrum. Hopefully this video proves useful to the VW community!
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Nothing like having a “ good tug” in the back of your car. 😂
But seriously, great tutorial dude, I’m gonna do this myself. 👍🏻
Thanks bro, came in clutch
Happy to help!
You're a mind reader! I've been thinking about doing this for the summer and I assumed there would've been tons of videos on it, but now I'm glad to know there's at least one on it. Thank man!
Omg too funny! You can find the bench removal all over the place. So we wanted to add a video of the upper backs as well.
Thanks for the how to. I used this to help me reinstall the seats that I had taken out about 4 years ago. The bench cushion was the most difficult to get back into place, but I was eventually able to coax it in.
Glad to help! The bench was for sure difficult to get back in, especially those clips. Not my favorite design.
I knew how to remove the bottom, just never did about the back rest. Thank you 🤘🏼🤘🏼
Rock on mah dude!
With a LPFP acting up 🙄. This was an ideal tutorial to get the bench part of seat out. Ty from the 🇬🇧🇬🇧
Happy to help!
Mad props. Fantastic lighting and video work too. I wish all technical walkthrough videos were this good.
Any idea from the ol bicep scale of how much they weigh?
Thanks, I really try! And I actually got it all on a scale, and it was about 130 pounds (spare, seats, etc.). Just the seats were probably 90 pounds.
Awesome!
Life saver. Thankyou
I got you ;)
I love you thank you so much
If the plastic tabs are too difficult to come out on the back section.. especially the outer tabs of the seat, I found it easier to lift the bottom section first to get more leverage.
Was there a bracket along with the 8mm triple square bolt because my seats just pop out now after reinstalling them 😅 3:59
Hi, I just replaced my regular GTI interior with leather, and your vid helped a lot with the backseat. I was wondering what that horizontal bar is that you have in the back?
It's the ECS rear interior brace! Helps stiffen the car to reduce body roll. It's actually quite lovely! Here's the link to it: bit.ly/3g3en41
Thanks for your contribution to the VW community…..just using this now on a 2012 golf R project car.
Glad we could help! :)
Thanks for the video.
Do you know if the GTI seats are a plug and play for the same model/gen on mk 6 TDI
I think they would be. May need some fiddling but since it's generally the same car just different engine (and some body pieces), I can't see it being too different.
Do you think Jetta hybrid will have same easy access?
At the very least it will be similar with a very close use in parts and bolts. Can't say if it'll be the same but it's probably similar.
Thank you for the video, just wondering is there any harness connect to the rear seats?
Yes, the lower harness point is located right at the break in the seats. One 13mm triple square bolt if I am not mistaken.
Where did you buy that rollbar?
Are you able to just remove the back of the seats and leave the bench part in place ? I’m thinking of doing this on my mk7 golf r but leave the bench in place until I can get some flooring for it and just remove the back of seats from the rear ???
You might could be able to. Maybe try skipping to the upper seat removal section and see if you can get at the bolts from there. You may have to remove to lowers to get to the bolts (can't remember clearance off the top of my head), remove the uppers, and put the bench back in afterwards.
Got the black clips out of the bench and now I’m stuck. Can you do a video that shows what you’re doing and what you’re pulling
Totally can! Quick fix is the swiftly pull up on the ends of the seats to undo those clips and on each extreme rear side of the bench: push in towards the center then back then up and out. Should come right out!
Did you notice a difference in exhaust noise when removing the trunk liner and rear seats?
Yes, louder and much more drone. Definitely #fullracecar
where is this strut?
Let me know know if your are selling the rear bench seats
What about the middle seat belt
Should be a 12mm triple square!
Lol
I love the reminder at the end that Jesus loves us!!🤍🤍✝️✝️🙌🙌 I also was having difficulty finding rear seat backs removal until coming across your video. Thanks!!
Amen to that! And I am glad to be able to help!
What about the middle seat belt
12mm triple square if I remember correctly!
it’s not a 12mm or a 10mm like he said in the video. both are too large. 8mm is too small