Question about rear seat safety.

[BigMatB]

Hi All.

I'm about to undertake boarding my floor. Plenty of good info on here about that so many thanks in advance, you've set me on the right path already.

My question though is about the rear seats. We have the split rear seat version, and I intend to keep the rear seats. Now in the examples of boarded floors I've seen everyone has removed the floor brackets on these to give a smoother rear floor. While this is great I'm not sure how safe the back seats will be to use if we do this. They are only going to be for occasional use anyway, but I wouldn't get on a motorbike without lid no matter how short a trip. Are the seats still safe to use without these brackets?

Thanks in advance all.

[Mark Elvin]

In a word, NO

[helen&tony]

Hi
Simple, really. When you put the board in place before fixing, cut a slot for each seat runner to fit through and engage on the loops, and when the seats are folded up, put the cutout piece of floor in the hole and hold in place with velcro underneath. If you cut carefully,you can make a tight fit around the locating loop. You then get a fully floored Bongo, with a removeable section when needing the chair. In the gap caused by the cut, you can fit pre-made rubber piping to neaten it up!
Do you need a diagram?...I should have thought it easy.
Alternatively, I had some ultra-thick rubber mats made, as we have 3 large dogs...it might suit your purpose?
Cheers
Helen

[BigMatB]

Hi Helen.

Thanks for that. I did see some of the thick rubber mats on eBay. They were about £50 which is quite reasonable. Especially with dogs in side! Did you find they levelled out the floor much or is it still a two step process?

Mat.

[helen&tony]

Hi
If my experience is anything to go by, I ordered some Extra Heavy Duty rubber mats, and there seems to be no issue with the level, but they are VERY thick. If that would suit you, try some out, and if you don't like the bumps (which I don't notice) , then remove the mats come autumn, and fill the grooves in the floor with P40 (the filler with chopped-strand mat in)...then put the carpets back, and the rubber mats!
I like the mats because they go over the carpet, and give a bit of sound-deadening with the carpet underneath.
Cheers
Helen

[Diplomat]

i don't fully understand the need for adding to the floor.

I wouldn't want to carry that extra weight around and cause all the minor complications that come with it.

I just put loads of rubber mats down on the most used area of the existing carpet. I can pick them up and shake them outside when crumbs get dropped and wash them when the shewee gets knocked over!


Frank