I have no affiliation with these guys, but looks pretty good...now compatible with '07/'08:



www.rearseatdelete.com/mini07

 

Ohhhh i have thought about it , i'm going to read it

 

That sure is a good looking car they used to build the prototype, whoever offered up their car to let them use it must sure be cool....

They also made me an additional cover for the "way back" to make one level surface for the whole car. Can't wait to get my car back so I can see it in person.

 

I have been reading and i'm not sure about the quality of the product, my dog probably would scrached the floor.

 

You could always throw a blanket or something down for the dog

As soon as my girlfriend gets her new car, my back seats are coming out! (no sense in both of us having practical cars)

 

now that is awesome !!!

 

I've got the one from them for the R53, and as much as I like not having the back seats there, the product was definitely not worth the price.

It's a very flimsy piece of plastic with no reinforcement underneath. It's also slick, even with the texture, so stuff slides around on it unless you add a layer of no-slip mat. It also greatly amplifies the road noise.

I've seen some really nice DIY ones, so hopefully we'll get some nice aftermarket ones soon, too.

 

That's an issue I've heard with most rear seat deletes. You definitely want to dynamat it after removing the seats. You'd be surprised how much noise they insulate you from. Just riding with the rear seats folded down I can hear a significant difference.

 

I bought a roll of Dynamat to add to the bottom of the panel, but never applied it. I originally did the delete kit for weight savings as well as additional cargo space, so the combination of the kit plus dynamat plus non-slip mat was getting dangerously close to the weight of the seats

I think I'm going to take the kit out and use it as a template to make one out of something a little more solid and sound absorbing. Either that, or just put the seats back in

 

There are a variety of soundproofing materials available from these folks:
http://www.soundprooffoam.com/index.html
I used their QUIET BATT - Acoustic Thermal Insulation Batting for the space below the floor I put in.