my guess is the main issues are the rear ac and audio - which I can live with out

 

Yeah, I'm gonna stand by my original post. Not bolt on. You have to "add" the rear air vents and the mounts are not already in place. It takes some cutting to fab rear seats in.

If you were to add read seats, you would want to have rear air, it gets really hot back there in the summer.

Also, you can only transport children and midgets in them so if you're planning on using them for anything else, I'd think otherwise cause it wont be worth the trouble.

 

hmm looks like someone beggs to differ :

https://landroverforums.com/forum/sh...ad.php?t=27186

 

If I do do it, I will try to get some pics up to clarify this matter once and for all it seems like there is still a lot of confusion about it

 

sounds like a custom job to me.

Not saying it can't be done btw....

 

I guess it is somewhat custom, his mention of the seat belts is a little confusing, but I would have to cut the floor board open.

If I decide to go ahead with it I will try to clarify the confusion

 

Yeah, def keep us posted, I'd like to see what you find out.

 

I have done the addition to a D1 but never a D2. Since mine is an SE7 I do not know if the non 7 seat D2 has the points in the floor board. If you are handy with a welder then I bet you can make it work just fine. If you do not add the rear AC then at least tint the windows like nothing else back there so the little ones do not bake and make sure youc an vent the rear sunroof to get some fresh air in.

 

Agreed... not sure I would have my pups in a vehicle with non-factory seatbelts, seatbelts without pretensioners and seats that did not come with the vehicle. But heck, as I kid I remember riding in the backwards jump seat in my mom's 85 Grand Marquis wagon. At least the tailgate window rolled down so you could get all the exhaust in while driving :-) I survived back then, I'm sure a couple welded in seats are not all that bad! I was happy as a kid when the parent's upgraded to the 92 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser wagon though with real seatbelts for the 2nd row and the LT1 Vette engine Same crappy rear facing 3rd row, but at least you got to flip off people!

 

I had the 3rd row from an SE7 installed in my '99 D2. I can attest that although extremely time consuming, adding the 3rd row is simply a bolt in process.

My truck didn't come with the rear AC and I didn't have them attempt to transfer that, but even the factory seat belts, fold away seats. flip down headrests, and even the 3rd row audio tuners work.

I paid the outfit that I purchased the truck from to pull and install the 3rd row and all the trim from a wrecked D2 they were parting out. They confirmed it was entirely a bolt in process, but that it is a PITA b/c it's tough to get all the trim out of 2 trucks without destroying any of it, then re-installing it in one the trucks. Their mechanic had done it before, and told me it was a 2 day job...1 to carefully pull the interiors from both 3rd row/cargo area's and the second day to re-install everything correctly.

Ultimately, between parts and labor this cost me ~$1000, but it's nice to have the 3rd row when we've got family in town and need an extra seat (for one of my kids).