HOW TO: relocate back seat Release Poper
alright we all know these things rattle and jump around with any size sub and make the sound system sound like crap.
also mine keep falling off.. we cant just remove them cause the seats would never fold down.... so lets MOVE THEM!

tools need
flat head screw driver
nothing more.

will take about 15-20 mins of time

Step #1
Pop the trunk and release the back seats and then hop in the back and fold them down. at this point it mite be a good idea to move your drivers seat forword as well as the passenger seat..


Step #2
stick a screw driver in long side of the back part of the seat to release it .... the release is closest to each side of the car (repeat on other half of theseat)
the next few pics will give you a better look at what the hell im talking about. many people have an issue finding this release. hope this makes it clear.
as you can see my seats have been out a few times the release tab is scratched really badly. it just lightly pushes in as you pull up on the seat back
the green shows where to stick the screw driver... look at the next few pics as well.





Step #3 remove back seat seat part...lol
the area you see in blue is aprox where you want to smash up agasint with your knee wile slightly pulling up the seat... yes this sound retarded but its the only way i can think of to remove the seats. dont be scared to really put a bit of foce into it.

these next few pics will give you a better understanding of how its attached.


the green shows where the metal latch bar would normaly sit under the clip

the orange shows how it connects to the clip


Step #3 and 1/2
ah yes you have removed the back seats.. aint it pretty .. mind you mine has extra wires and things that most likly arnt in your car.. ignore those..lol

note i also removed my rear deck for a unrelated project. you dont have to do that.

Step #4 .. remove these clips


Step #5
go in the trunk pull down the clips holding the cable to the release button

Step #6
look to the side of the car over each wheel well. (from the trunk)
you will see a hole that goes into the back of the car. feed the release cable /button thur hole

Step #7
go into back seat and grab the cable



Step #8
feed it behind the plastic panel and carpet. this was hard in my car with the sub boxes in. yours will be much easyer.

keep feeding it under the plastic side panle just tuck it up under there best you can. it should hold faily tight
--See my video for a better look on how i tucked it under the side plasic piece.

Step #9
make sure the black ring thingy is still in the slot that it should click into (blue dot on part im talking about)


Step# 10 -- repeat on other side.

and then your done



Video shows in a bit more detail as well as finshed and working
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_HBxBf1ur0[/media]

 

Wow, lol ill be doing this tomorrow

 

holy shitkabob, this is amazing. not because they rattle, but because it was a real bitch move on GM to make us have to get out to lower the seats.

 

AWESOME! simple, yet genius. Will be doing this asap.

 

hmmm i hate those things they rattly like crazy for me but im 4 door gonna have to take a look and seen what can be done with that good job man e-prop

 

I will definatley be doing this. Nice how to.

 

wait... you can remove the back of the seats without unbolting the whole damn thing???? thats awesome! now i know how to easily get my big ass sub box out of my car when i get new subs... oh and relocating the seat release is pretty sweet too. good job homie!

 

just did this today its awesome

 

Will def. be doing this.

 

doing this tomorow

 

just did it and its awesome! for me i have to glue the driver side release handle in place cuz otherwise it doesnt sit nicely but otherwise perfect!

 

might have to do this tomorrow if i get time.

 

They did this for "security". So that if you give a valet key to a valet he cant get into the trunk and take your ****.

 

I did this and I am unable to unlock one of the seats. Is there a way to unlock this?

 

you can still pop the trunk by pushing the button...

 

Yeah but it takes a minute or 2 to unplug that button... so you could do that and then use the release on the fob. And then unless your valet guy wants to rip your dash pieces off to plug the button back in...

 

Thank god u did this tread.....cuz i hate having to pull the release and then almost crawling in the trunk just to push the seat forward hittingmy head on the damn car.

 

Hey SV513.
Myself Millermccullum and I read your entire posting. Welcome to the forum SV513. You can relocate back seat Release Poper as follows:

1. Pop the trunk and release the back seats and then hop in the back and fold them down. at this point it mite be a good idea to move your drivers seat forword as well as the passenger seat..

2. stick a screw driver in long side of the back part of the seat to release it .... the release is closest to each side of the car (repeat on other half of theseat) the next few pics will give you a better look at what the hell im talking about. many people have an issue finding this release. hope this makes it clear. As you can see my seats have been out a few times the release tab is scratched really badly. it just lightly pushes in as you pull up on the seat back the green shows where to stick the screw driver... look at the next few pics as well.

3. the area you see in blue is aprox where you want to smash up agasint with your knee wile slightly pulling up the seat... yes this sound retarded but its the only way i can think of to remove the seats. dont be scared to really put a bit of foce into it.

4. ah yes you have removed the back seats.. aint it pretty .. mind you mine has extra wires and things that most likly arnt in your car.. ignore those.

5. Go in the trunk pull down the clips holding the cable to the release button

6. Look to the side of the car over each wheel well. (from the trunk)
you will see a hole that goes into the back of the car. feed the release cable /button thur hole

7. Go into back seat and grab the cable

8 Feed it behind the plastic panel and carpet. this was hard in my car with the sub boxes in. yours will be much easyer.Keep feeding it under the plastic side panle just tuck it up under there best you can. it should hold faily tight. See my video for a better look on how i tucked it under the side plasic piece.

9. Make sure the black ring thingy is still in the slot that it should click into (blue dot on part im talking about)

10 -- repeat on other side.

Anyways Thanks. Stay Connected.

 

omg lol im doing this right now

 

Did this 2 days ago. Great idea and How-to. One problem... now my passenger seat won't lock (the middle seatbelt actually holds it in place surprisingly well tho). Tried moving **** around to get it to work but no dice. Oh well, still more practical than it was before.

 

Did this a few days ago and everything works brilliantly. Just need to stop the other trunk rattles.

 

hey i didnt know this got aproved as a how too... glad its of use.

 

just wondering if anyone else had problems doing this on a 4door? passenger side went fine but driver side is too short. had to put it back

 

just did mine...no more rattle

 

Best. Mod. Ever.

Sorta.