2004 S40 1.9T Removing Rear Seat Backs

[SecretSauce]

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to fix up my car a bit and want to remove the rear seat backs. I have looked all over various sitess and can't find instructions on how to do this. It looks like all i need to do is remove some Torx bolts on both sides, but there is not enough clearance to fit a tool to remove them. Does anyone have any tips?

Thanks

[shanegtr]

To remove the seat backs, you need to remove the whole pivot assembly, not the bolt at the pivot point. One bolt on each outer side of the backrest pivot - follow the visual part of the pivot down to the floor, then 3 at the inner backrest pivot- you'll need to move the lining in the boot thats behind the seats to get to one nut, then theres another two bolts down below the seat buckles. If you need I can snap a pic and post up of the removed seats so it gives you some idea