Severian

The scope of the project is to remove the rear seats and re-carpet the back area with perlon felt.

This includes applying sound deadening and possibly a sub-woofer in the spare tire area.

I’ve started by first ripping out the rear seats and the flip down upper seat.

As soon as I finish removing the glue and padding down to bare metal, I’ll post pictures on my progress.

Until then I’m dealing with a rattle on both sides of the rear columns, specifically where the posts that latched the flip down upper seat are located.

With the post removed the bolt that it screwed into is now loose and rattles in the column.

Does anyone with experience know if there is a way to remove this bolt in order to stop the rattling?

If there is any interest among the group to see this project through I’ll continue to post updates as it progresses.

Thanks in advanced for any suggestions.

MAGK944

If it's going to end up looking as good as this I would be interested in how you do it. And if you make templates of the carpet pieces I would buy a set from you. GL

fortysixandtwo

"Gluing" the nut in place with RTV works well.

Thread in bolt (only a thread or two)
Push nut back in recess
Apply RTV where contact points are
Pull nut forward into RTV
Remove bolt
Let cure before driving.

V2Rocket

i cut a pipe to fit over the posts, now it serves to keep big boxes from hitting me in the head

nasty9er

i left my post and use it for my cargo-net ill get a better pic soon. this was before the carpet was fitted it looks 10 times better then the pic.

ernie9468

Pic of a rear seats delete,not 100% sure but I think the car belong to a Rennlister.

sparkyman215

Here are a few cell phone pics of what I did with my rear seat and interior. I will try to take some pictures with my real camera this week. Not completely done with the rear hatch area yet but close enough to start to show off.

MAGK944

You can't have much theft in your area. Where I park at work that equipment in the hatch area would have the same affect as leaving a $100 bill on the dash and I don't like cleaning out broken glass.

sparkyman215

MAGK944 - Not to much theft in the area, but also she doesn't leave the garage very much except for weekend drives.

Severian

MAGK944, Your picture of the back area is exactly what I have in mind. And I'm thinking of purchasing the carpet kit from APPBIZ, they also have a kit that does the rear seat delete. I'm assuming it's pre-cut, but I'll follow up with them to make sure.

fortysixandtwo, thanks for the suggestion of gluing the nut in place with RTV, I may end up doing just that if I can't find any other way.

sparkyman215, after seeing your pictures of the speakers in the rear I may change my mind and go that route, i bet it sounds as good as it looks.

I'm planning to start installing the sound deadening this weekend and will post some pix of my progress.

Thanks again...

MAGK944

How about something like this if you're into all the audio stuff:

tkrtape12

^^i like that one ... I have a sub in the would be spare holder that moved around sometime

reno808

do a search. there are templetes on here. i think its called like RS carpet or something like that

Dutch944

There is a original 968CS rear seat delete piece of carpet. BUT, i think it's not available anymore. BUT, there is one available at Deuthsche Nine now, but it's also expensive:

http://www.deutschnine.com/mm5/merch...-aero-dynamics

I've also deleted my rear seat. Put some sound isolation on it but there's no carpet yet; just a piece of skai (fake leather). So if some-one has an idea of what to do or just has a template of the carpet, i'll buy it!!

intrepidagent

+1 !!!