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Old May 8, 2009 | 12:55 PM
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Rear Seats - Is this how yours is?

So, I have the IY Leather/Cloth seats in my R57, and I just happen to notice this today, but the actual rear seat bottom is about 1.5 inches shorter than the actual body part they rest on. I don't know if I'm describing this correctly, but take a look at this picture, and you'll see what I'm talking about.

Is everyone's else R57 the same, or is this just common with the leather/cloth combination?
 
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Old May 8, 2009 | 06:54 PM
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They are all like that. I'm sure it's due to structural design to help stiffen the topless version. I think the rear seat cushions are the same length as the R56 but that bulkhead/cross-member type structure beneath is moved forward by that little bit.
 
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Old May 8, 2009 | 08:16 PM
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Thanks. That sounds about right. My only concern was that since my R57 was originally a week 6 and then moved to a week 10, I might have gotten one of the very early one and they improved on that for the following week builds...
 
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Old May 9, 2009 | 05:29 AM
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Mine is the same.
 
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Old May 9, 2009 | 06:30 AM
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So is mine
 
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Old May 10, 2009 | 09:23 PM
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Excellent. Thanks Mullman, NotPortlyNJ.
 
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Old May 11, 2009 | 02:26 AM
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Nice RECARO car seats My 3 yr old son loves his.
Originally Posted by zanary
So, I have the IY Leather/Cloth seats in my R57, and I just happen to notice this today, but the actual rear seat bottom is about 1.5 inches shorter than the actual body part they rest on. I don't know if I'm describing this correctly, but take a look at this picture, and you'll see what I'm talking about.

Is everyone's else R57 the same, or is this just common with the leather/cloth combination?
 
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Old May 11, 2009 | 08:08 AM
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Yeah. I had to pick up four of them, as I have twins and each vehicle needs two car seats. Kids love them as well, and two of them fit just perfectly in the Convertible.
 
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