It should probably read "What made me feel stupid today?"....
So my Prado is very 2nd hand and when I bought it from the used car lot I got A owner's manual ... not THE owner's manual, so I had NO information on the 3rd row seats ... in addition to this, the service book I bought from Supercheap doesn't even mention the seats. Oh well, who needs instructions anyway ... right?
So having looked over the seats locked in place and raised to the side, removing hinge covers and tugging and pulling at various things .... on the car, I read the few threads on 3rd row seat removal and still couldn't figure the damned things out. So I got home from work a little earlier this afternoon and said to myself "Self, let's unbolt them 3rd row seats". So as I was unhooking them from the 'Jesus Bar' i notice a little tab/lever that I hadn't noticed previously, gave it a pull and heard an audible click where the hinge is. Yay! me thinks, lowered the sead 95% of the way down, pull the lever again and remembered one of the threads saying 'push forward' (I swear it was in the voice of Obi Wan). Low and behold, the seat came out! only took over a month of head scratching and procrastination.
The feeling of stupidity didn't end there! When I bought the car they spent a day locating the second row seat headrests the went walk about whilst the vehicle was being detailed and they told me the 3rd row seat headrests never came with the car .. no biggy. So I am lifting the first seat out to put on my work bench when I hear a ripping sound .... SHIIIIIIIIIT! But noticed it was velcro. I don't know why, thinking it was to remove the seat cover for cleaning I still continued to open the flap on the back of the seat (velcro strip and two zippers) and what do you think I found .. well of course YOU know .. the 3rd row headrest stowed neatly IN the seat.
Well I am chuffed. Seats removed and complete! Just in time for the missus to get home to go do groceries :cry:
Confused Fool.
So my Prado is very 2nd hand and when I bought it from the used car lot I got A owner's manual ... not THE owner's manual, so I had NO information on the 3rd row seats ... in addition to this, the service book I bought from Supercheap doesn't even mention the seats. Oh well, who needs instructions anyway ... right?
So having looked over the seats locked in place and raised to the side, removing hinge covers and tugging and pulling at various things .... on the car, I read the few threads on 3rd row seat removal and still couldn't figure the damned things out. So I got home from work a little earlier this afternoon and said to myself "Self, let's unbolt them 3rd row seats". So as I was unhooking them from the 'Jesus Bar' i notice a little tab/lever that I hadn't noticed previously, gave it a pull and heard an audible click where the hinge is. Yay! me thinks, lowered the sead 95% of the way down, pull the lever again and remembered one of the threads saying 'push forward' (I swear it was in the voice of Obi Wan). Low and behold, the seat came out! only took over a month of head scratching and procrastination.
The feeling of stupidity didn't end there! When I bought the car they spent a day locating the second row seat headrests the went walk about whilst the vehicle was being detailed and they told me the 3rd row seat headrests never came with the car .. no biggy. So I am lifting the first seat out to put on my work bench when I hear a ripping sound .... SHIIIIIIIIIT! But noticed it was velcro. I don't know why, thinking it was to remove the seat cover for cleaning I still continued to open the flap on the back of the seat (velcro strip and two zippers) and what do you think I found .. well of course YOU know .. the 3rd row headrest stowed neatly IN the seat.
Well I am chuffed. Seats removed and complete! Just in time for the missus to get home to go do groceries :cry:
Confused Fool.
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