Remove 2nd Row Seats in Toyota Highlander (Camper Conversion)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ย. 2024
- How to remove 2nd row seats in 2004 Toyota Highlander or similar mid SUV.
We fully removed 2nd and 3rd row bench seats and rails in our 2004 Toyota Highlander to gut the interior to make room for a bed and storage as we convert it into our camper car.
It's simple once you know where to look.
To remove the 2nd row seats:
- Pull off plastic covers (2 covering the ends of the rails in the front, and 2 in the back for each of the solo right side seat and the dual left side seats)
- Unscrewing 14mm bolts
- Removing the seats and rails from the car
*Check out our part 2 video removing the 3rd row seats too.
Please "like" this video and let us know if you have any questions!
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Thank you for this video! I wouldn\t have been able to get the seats out of my 2006 Highlander without your directions!
I watched this video because of the stupid look on your face for the thumbnail. I don't think you were trying to do it but you got me. Great video.
thanks for the video! fyi, turns out it’s a 14mm bolt, apparently japanese cars use metric system. noting bc i busted a 9/16 adapter trying to get out a particularly stuck bolt, but a 14mm adapter with additional leverage got it out okay 👌
Great job in real time.
Not so easy nice sharing love from Jammu Kashmir India ❤️👍👍
Thanks for sharing, I would love to see pictures of final camper version of highlander.
Thank you for this video. I am getting ready to do a conversion as well.
Thanks, Robin. That's exciting! We're still in progress with many updates to come. I hope yours goes well too!
I really want to see what the back looks like and how much space there is after the seats are removed, in case, for longer trips, you can use if for say two bikes, with front wheel on or off. Do you have other vidoes that show this, thanks,
Is this different than 2005 model? Having trouble seeing the same view for 2nd angle of back bolts
This is gonna sound weird, but I have the same hackey sack, and I bought it on a beach on Costa Rica. You?
Why didn’t you go buy a ice cream 😁
Great video
I have a hybrid, i wonder if it would work
How did you angle the seats upwards to access the bolts in the back? My middle seats are still flat and i can't quite get to the back side bolts on the middle seats
Hey, good question... It was surprisingly tricky! I had the seats flat and thought for a while that I was missing something because I couldn't quite get it. However, with my socket wrench's extender and several attempts at getting it wedged in at the right angle, I was able to fit it over the bolt and get it out. The extender was crucial, but even still it barely fit, was a really tight squeeze fitting it and my hand close enough, and I could only do about a 1/8th turn at a time. It took forever, but ultimately got it.
@@wayoutwandering I cannot believe how tight those second row rear bolts are!
did your back seats not have a cable attached underneath? Mine do for sliding the seat forward and back, but they run clear under the carpet by the rear mounting brackets
That's interesting - ours didn't have a cable, nor did they slide (the middle and back rows). Maybe we had a different model edition of the 2004 Highlander.
I have the same problem. 2008 Highlander. Not sure how to safely detach the cable
I think that's a feature on the Limited. Another guy has a video about removing the cables.
@@catpatrick3838 Do you have a link to that video? I'm trying to remove the middle row seats for my 2014 Highlander but can not figure out what to do with the cable.
@@Aldrea333 th-cam.com/video/RP4eNz60TzE/w-d-xo.html
Great video, you won't have an acting career, but you can teach. I watched, went outside and did it, EZ Peazy...
Note;The passenger side, middle seat does not lay flat when folded, so if you are only removing one (so my wife can put her ski boots on in this crazy covid world) be sure to select which seat will meet your needs. Wide and no table, or narrow with a flat folding (table) next to you.
do you just replace the bolts to keep water from coming up. Or, do the bolt holes not go through to the bottom?
We're still working on other features, but for now replaced some of the original bolts back into their bolt holes, and covered some with supports for the bed, etc. Looking into them, it doesn't seem like water would be an issue, but I'm not totally sure if it would be.
You sure its 9/16 sae bolt? Not 14mm? How much weight do you think you pulled out with seats removed?
Hey, good catch - every bolt I met in the highlander was either 10, 12, or 14mm. I must not have caught myself mentioning 9/16 standard in here. Thanks for flagging that
Could you please answer my question, it would help me a lot. Does this and the part 2 for the 3rd row seats, work for a 2018 Toyota Highlander XLE
No look up 3rd generation on TH-cam this is 1st generation
@timeless4495 I needed this answer a while back, but I appreciate it 🙏
@@jesusduran1059 yeppers well you are most welcome... I just looked at this site today for my 04 highlander AFTER being shown everything but 1st generation highlander 🙄when I'd searched for 04🥴....
I hope you were able to get information for your highlander 🤗🙂
@timeless4495 I ended up not taking the seats out, but it's still useful Information what you told me so now I know thanks
@@jesusduran1059 Good 👍
How much did those 2nd row seats weigh?
Hey, I'm not sure of the weight. From a handling perspective, they weren't too heavy (maybe 50lbs?) - more bulky and awkward.
I did it faster and you didn’t even tell me how to get the cabal off