Backrest have two hooks. Just hanging. Looks good. Quality is fine. Delivery (production) tooked ages it was realy long (7 weeks). I ordered form ebay SJS-CARSTYLING Angebote - Auto Teile Artikel in eBay.de Shops zu günstigen Preisen

 

Cool,

I just did that recently and if you look in the owners manual you'll see your seat belts are reversed.

According to the manual the passenger sitting on left buckles it's seatbelt into the RIGHT passanger side buckle. Difficult to explain, but look the owner's manual and you'll understand.

Cheers

 

The hard part is getting the outer seat belt mounts bolted in. I had to remove my entire side panels, but I replaced the rear shocks at the same time, so I didn't mind.

I have a task list of what it takes to remove the side panels posted somewhere. (I'll plan on editing this post linking to that list.)

EDIT:
- Task list to replace the rear shocks (including the side panel removal): http://www.benzworld.org/forums/r-c107-sl-slc-class/1549113-ride-height-r107-9.html#post4644337
- Some pictures from my rear seat installation, at least the parts where I had questions: http://www.benzworld.org/forums/r-c107-sl-slc-class/1578083-folding-rear-seat-installation.html

 

Is there a kit available with headrest? I've considered doing this in my 450SL but was concerned about safety without headrests. Thoughts?

 

I've never seen one.


Folding seats have lower buckets, so maybe you'd need them less with folding seats.

Have you ever tried sitting in one of these? If you can get the front seat far enough forward to fit yourself in, you will find that you have to sit in the cannonball position. That made me realize that there's not exactly a lot of risk of things moving around much back there.

I'm sure there's a size person that could benefit from a headrest, but I'm not sure what size that would be. I'm squeezing my 4-year-old and two year old into identical child/booster seats with 5-point harnesses. I plan on continuing that as long as possible. I (too) am worried about the can of worm I'll open up when I let my 4 year old daughter sit in there with no booster seat for the first time (and I have no 3-point seat belt back there). So I don't even want to have her sit in there to determine where her head will be.

I'd hate to think that someone could really be driving behind me and forget to hit their brakes. It's not exactly the type of car you completely miss on the road. (My 450sl is much louder than a 560sl.)

Why can't we ride around in the back of pickup trucks anymore like we did when we were kids?

 

Is she sitting on the parcel shelf? If so, take note that the bucket seats sit several inches lower (not as if that would change everything).

EDIT:
I just added the pictures. Take note that the seat belt hole and that flat area at the back of the side panel are normally entirely covered by the parcel shelf.

Also:
Dig the sweet kid seats in the back. My son won't ride in the red one on the passenger side. He's got to be in the gray one. (If I hadn't already had these extra seats laying around from a neighbor giving them to us, I would have attempted to buy something better looking. Instead I recycle.)

EDIT#2
I forgot to mention the reason for my lack of embarrassment posting that picture of the gray seat in my car. I believe it is soon to be replaced with the red one pictured below. (Added pics). At least that's the deal that's been agreed upon anyway.

 

Were you got plastic insterts? Those were seat belt goes throght side panel?

 

The OEM gray leather used set in my car came with a very comprehensive hardware kit, including those rings. They were very difficult to install, being a very tight fit to the oval cutouts of the plastic side panels. I think pictures of the cutout are in one of the threads I initially linked in my first post in this thread.

EDIT:
This thread: http://www.benzworld.org/forums/r-c107-sl-slc-class/1578083-folding-rear-seat-installation.html

 

mknmike,

what will you be doing with the spare gray ones once you get the red one? are they original?

Thanks

 

Breng:
I thought you had picked up a red set. Right?

The gray set I have I picked up on eBay for a good price considering it came with all the hardware, including the top clip (that I've not installed since it appears to require cutting the back wall carpet, and using rivets). My kid seats hold the seat up.

I picked up a can of red interior paint expecting to re color the leather, but another member bought the non-oem folding seats shown, and he was looking for tan. I found a tan set, and picked it up. It includes different hardware which is not nearly as comprehensive. No seat belt rings for the side panels, no bars to hold down the leather strap(s), no top clip (as it is designed for two straps instead). It does have seat belts, bolts, and a single leather strap that can be bolted to the soft top tray which will hold up the seat. I believe that's the original design of these aftermarket folding seats.

So I'm splitting the purchase of the tan seats with a guy that owns a 500sl AMG 5-speed. I'm pretty sure that since the tan seat is not oem, this gray seat is going into his parts pile for a full reconditioning. If it weren't for the gray carpet on the back, I'd think it might be easy. But that plus the dent, makes it a project.

I don't have the red seat yet, but have the tan, and the gray (obviously).

 

Oh I see.

Yep I got hold of a red set but I would like to find the original stuff so I'm still on the hunt...

You were lucky ;-)

 

Old pictures I never uploaded of OEM folding seat parts

The clip that holds the seat back up. (JJProducts does not have this and uses a strap.)

The bumper that I believe gets installed on the rear wall. (Not sure about this.)

The seat belt grommets.

The seat belts.

Also, there is a bar that screws into the vertical metal in front of the seat onto which a strap (just like the JJProducts one) is attached. This is to hold down the seat when it is folded down.

 

Thread revival! Can anyone measure the seatbelt lengths in the rear of an R107 as i want to purchase the rear belts but in the correct length? Thanks, Jason

 

Tough to do for an adjustable belt.

 

Another question chaps. My 107 doesn't current have rear seats and there is just the false carpeted floor behind the front seats. Any idea how this false floor is secured? I can't see any fixings but it won't lift out?

 

There are concealed clips on the front edge, just need to give it a good tug upwards.

 

I should have added that there are a couple of small recesses that you can put your fingers in the aid the tugging.

 

I've managed to find an second hand OEM rear seat from a 1982 car. My plans are to have it retrimmed in the correct MB grey perforated leather. Aside from seatbelts (which i assume the mounts are already in the body) - what else am i going to need to think about?

 

See posts 4 and 8 above. Determine whether you have a true OEM seat or not too. The gray one in my posts above was OEM.

 

Yes, it's the same as the grey one. I guess i'm going to need this bracket? Which i assume can just be screwed to the body? Any idea where i can pick one of the brackets up from?

 

You can achieve the same function as the clip with a strap, like the one intended to hold the seat folded down. I believe that’s how the JJProducts one (one-piece-seat- base folding version, like the maroon one I show) works.

 

Thanks. I think I've managed to find a bracket. SL shop want over £160 but they're on Ebay (OEM part) for £85

 

So, my second hand OEM rear seat has arrived. Now i need to get this retrimmed in MB grey leather and get some rear lap belts ordered. Any suggestions for OEM rear lap belts? I can't find any in the UK

 

It’s a shame to loose that rare fabric insert which appears to be in good shape. Oh well.

 

Yes, but needs retrimming to match the front seats. The great news is that my OEM Ebay rear seat came with the backrest bracket that i needed. Just need to get some rear belts nor. Can anyone recommend a supplier (US or UK) or does anyone know where there's a used set from someone breaking a car?

 

The OEM seats fit like a glove as you'd expect. Just need to get them retrimmed in MB grey leather, fit the rear lap belts and install the back rest latch and we're done

 

Update on this. After trying many different lap belts i finally received some that fit perfectly. I'll post some pictures as i removed the rear quarter panel trims and fitted them at the weekend and they went in perfect. I also opted not to cut out the rear quarter panels for the belt to pass through as i want to be able to revert to standard no seat configuration if i wish to and the belts neatly run under the quarter panel trim. The belts are Securon 210C

 

If you revert to the parcel shelf, it will cover the oval holes in the side panels.

Without going through the panels, you might want to be concerned with tension on the belts causing the side panels to bend and crack. Could be a lot worse than just cutting out the perforated ovals.