How to remove the rear seats

Stuart Aspey · June 24, 2017

Hi all. I dropped a £1 down by the seat belt buckle and can't get it back out. How do you remove the rear seat?

Farqui · June 24, 2017

Looks pretty straight forward

Farqui · June 26, 2017

Hey Stuart, did you manage to retrieve your missing £1 coin?

rayaans · June 26, 2017

I hope it was worth it!

Stuart Aspey · June 26, 2017

Lol. Just about to try it now.

Stuart Aspey · June 26, 2017

Completed and WOOHOO me. £1.10.

That was much easier than I thought.

Stuart Aspey · June 26, 2017

At least I know how easy it is to take out, I'll vacuum over the week. Off to Donington on Saturday, so that £1.10 will come in handy for extra petrol money. 😂

IS300Hdriver · June 27, 2017

I found 5p and a rusty nail, gave it a good vacuum though amazing all the rubbish that collects beneath those rear seats!

Is there a certain way those 2 hooks sticking out the back of the seat bench go when putting it back in? Just sort of wedged mine back in, looks like everything is as it should be but wasn't sure if those hooks have to fix into something.

rayaans · June 27, 2017

On 2017-6-26 at 0:19 PM, Stuart Aspey said:

At least I know how easy it is to take out, I'll vacuum over the week. Off to Donington on Saturday, so that £1.10 will come in handy for extra petrol money. 😂

Dont worry about the fuel

Just get yourself a 99 Flake - not sure you'll get much change back from £1.10 nowadays though

AlanS · June 29, 2017

Any idea what those plastic vent on the sill are for? The IS200t doesn't have it.

rayaans · June 29, 2017

3 minutes ago, AlanS said:

Any idea what those plastic vent on the sill are for? The IS200t doesn't have it.

Hybrid Battery cooling

Stuart Aspey · September 7, 2017

On 6/29/2017 at 1:28 PM, rayaans said:

Hybrid battery cooling

On 6/29/2017 at 1:24 PM, AlanS said:

Any idea what those plastic vent on the sill are for? The IS200t doesn't have it.

Only on the Drivers side, though?

Edited September 7, 2017 by Stuart Aspey
added quote twice by error

rayaans · September 7, 2017

7 hours ago, Stuart Aspey said:

Only on the Drivers side, though?

Yep. probably doesn't need 2 vents otherwise Im sure they'd have been fitted

ChrisIS300h · January 9

Hi all, I am looking to remove the side padding on my mk3 IS300h folding rear seats.

I don't wanna break any clips that may be needed when re-installing so I hope someone here has done this before and can help me out?

Greeting from The Netherlands

Notamech · January 9

4 hours ago, ChrisIS300h said:

Hi all, I am looking to remove the side padding on my mk3 IS300h folding rear seats.

I don't wanna break any clips that may be needed when re-installing so I hope someone here has done this before and can help me out?

Greeting from The Netherlands

Yes its very easy. You just pull up the seat bench as described in this thread it just needs a strong tug upwards to unclip the seat bench. Then you will see a bolt at the base of the side padding undo this bolt and lift the padding upwards there is a metal hook that gets unhooked when you lift upwards no plastic clips to break. More detailed instructions are here in this thread

ChrisIS300h · January 13

Wow, this is super! Just what I was looking for. I removed the side padding so I can fit three child seats next to each other. I have come to realize that a Lexus has too luxurious back seats for a larger family but now they fit in there just fine!

Thanks for the help.

matt8 · January 13

6 minutes ago, ChrisIS300h said:

Wow, this is super! Just what I was looking for. I removed the side padding so I can fit three child seats next to each other. I have come to realize that a Lexus has too luxurious back seats for a larger family but now they fit in there just fine!

Thanks for the help.

How do you mean you removed the side padding? Any photos?

agent_dess · January 14

On 9/7/2017 at 10:35 AM, Stuart Aspey said:

Only on the Drivers side, though?

There is only 1 fan and 1 exhaust outlet (or Inlet)

agent_dess · January 14

On 1/9/2024 at 2:17 PM, ChrisIS300h said:

Hi all, I am looking to remove the side padding on my mk3 IS300h folding rear seats.

I don't wanna break any clips that may be needed when re-installing so I hope someone here has done this before and can help me out?

Greeting from The Netherlands

You will need to remove the plastic door skirt and remove the seat belts from the clip, then its just a case of pulling.... oh before i totally forget you will need to undo the bolts that are visible when seat base is removed.

ChrisIS300h · January 15

Hello all, I managed to remover the side padding. the instructions Notamech gave were very clear), the leather upholstery and the foam material are mounted on the plastic frame with some plastic clips. In order to obtain more space for my child seats and not have all cables in sight I removed and stored the leather and foam and put the plastic part back in its place. This gives me about 10cm more space on both sides which prefents me from having to buy a new car. (NX is not really a wider car)

I am thinking of maybe having a piece of black fabric or leather over this plastic part to make it a bit friendlier to the eye.