One of the biggest issues with any 2+2 car is the rear seats. Unless you’re Danny DeVito, nobody is getting in the back, and there’s not much use in them. My previous Supra had the seats out, and a huge sub box put in, but this time around, we’re being more mature and sensible and doing a rear seat delete!
I went down to JC Clubsport in Herefordshire to have my car templated as the first MkIV Supra that they’ve built a rear seat delete package for. Straight away, it was a doddle to deal with them. James, the founder and owner, was very commuicative. We set a time, and I went down (early start from the shores of the River Mersey) to their HQ, and thankfully it was a lovely sunny day once the morning fog had burned off.
The trim and carpet was removed to reveal the bare metal and boot surrounding trim in the car, and this is where the massive amounts of measuring started. Everything was measured, checked, trimmed and checked again before a cut was made – and at each point I was kept in the loop and given options and choices regarding how it could work based off their previous experiences in templating over 300 other makes, models and variations of cars.
Once the measurements were completed and the first cuts were made, each again was double checked and iterated on.
With the cuts all being in place, it was off for trimmings. I chose the OEM carpet match, despite wanting to be different, I don’t want to be THAT different. For the netting and the bar, I chose the carbon and the blue netting. Unfortunately, JC didn’t have a carbon bar in stock, so that’s coming up to me in the next few days, but suffice to say, it still looks great with the black temporary bar.
Another nice touch is the bungee fasteners on the netting, which gives me a nice little secure cargo space for anything that could go flying around the car!
I’m very, very happy with how this turned out, and it was great to meet James and his team and see their tireless measuring and iterating around to make sure things are perfect.
