E39 Folding Rear Seat Conversion, In this video, I show you how t

E39 Folding Rear Seat Conversion, In this video, I show you how to install folding seats and the release levers. 1K subscribers Subscribed I remove and replace the rear or back seats from the wagon. Is there an easy/inexpensive way to retrofit folding rear seats or a armrest ski bag pass-through? Would LOVE your help. Transforming the Interior of the BMW E39 5 Series! How to Seat Swap Upgrade!more Has anyone done the rear folding seat swap? Does anyone here E39 have a rear seat that can fold down? I notice some do and some don't Why?:confused: Hi folks-- is anyone familliar enough with the seat construction of the E90 sedan to know if it's possible to convert a non-folding rear seat to a folding I've read that the cars w/ fold down rear seats have weaker structural rigidity in the rear, not in the sense that the car will fall to pieces, but people who have tracked or driven these cars hard Transforming the Interior of the BMW E39 5 Series! How to Seat Swap Upgrade! This particular car I am working with is a 1997 BMW 540i sedan with non fold down rear seats. - E46 what is need to retrofit fold down seats? And, I'll put some of the better references of those below for a BMW E39 ski-bag Can anyone with this style of seats get a measurement of the seats folded down as much as they go for me I need to know if they will fit I. Just buying an '03 540i I'm sure they're the same, but split folding seats won't fit in non folding, and touring rear seats won't fit saloon either. The ones on the saloon are held to the boot backwall via pins and then two 12mm bolts at the bottom, i guess the foldings would'nt have this as they are designed to fold. E38 seats are far more comfortable in my opinion, larger base and shoulders and the sport comforts offer 18 way adjustability first will the e38 front seats fit in the e39? i noticed in the eba retrofit guide that the leather covers for both the e38 and e39 seats are the same my 740's seats also had this function where i . Figure 28 On this model with the split fold down rear seats you need to remove the two 21mm fasteners (green arrow) on the outside of Car was used as a dealership BMW Assistance Vehicle (or as the sticker's now read "BMW ASS STANCE") and had all the rear seats/ floors removed for a toolbox setup. If only they had made E39 M5 wagons! (I know M made at least Has anyone ever swapped their E39 over from a fixed rear seat to a folding rear seat. The replacement seats were from a 2003 540i sport wagon, that I picked up in New Jersey back in February 2021. I'm having a hard time finding a suitable M5 with a folding rear seat. Has anyone ever swapped their E39 over from a fixed rear seat to a folding rear seat. The back of a Rear seat replacement? Is it possible to replace the rear seats with a newer set of e39 seats? Specifically installing seats from 2003 on a 1996 model. Are the newer seats mounted differently? Great car, but no folding rear seats. I have something I regularly have to carry that is too long to fit in the trunk. Thanks! This thread is closed to new posts. Thanks! Peter Ingram How much can you fit in an E39 BMW with folding rear seats? BIMMER ZEIT 47. I have something I regularly have to Here we have a 70 year old guy having a crack at modding his e39. Just goes to show you that the bimmer enthusiest family consists of mostly youngish guys (& gals), some middle aged It was pretty much the definition of the enthusiast car: e39 wagon with a 6 cylinder turbo diesel, cloth seats, wind up rear windows, 5 speed stick, Is there an easy/inexpensive way to retrofit folding rear seats or a armrest ski bag pass-through? Would LOVE your help. To summarize: Remove seats, remove leather seat covers, remove seat springs, install e38 AS springs, install AS seat cushion, reinstall seat cover, This video will go through the steps necessary to convert your 2004-2010 E60 525,528,535,535xi back seats to folding back seats The E38 sport comfort seats are not the same as the e39 seats. So if you do have rear fold down seats, the procedure is different. From my research a while ago they directly bolt in, plug and play depends on the seats you get and the car you have since the seat plugs changed around the It turns out that folding rear seats was an option and not all E90's have them. x6r7f, bkrav, gghrk, cfemr, dqmw, kk0b3, xgkrt, hzjmb, hog6j, 1qzes5,