For those of you who don't know, the rear seats in the MS6 do not fold down like they do in the mazda6. The MS6 has a rear trunk liner & bracing which prevent you from loading large cargo from the trunk to the cabin. The seat release buttons are also hidden.
Stock looks like this:
So I pulled out the rear liner and used an exacto knife to cut the opening (& cut an opening for the rear seat releases). The rear bracing was painted flat black from the factory, so I unbolted those too and painted them metal flake aluminum. Came out pretty good! Now I can use the whole trunk!
Boring day, modified my trunk (MS6)
Boring day, modified my trunk (MS6)
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dommo_g wrote:So did you make it to where the seats now fold down? In that picture, I can see the seam where the seats make their 60/40 split.
Yep I cut an opening in the top of the liner so the seat release buttons are now exposed. Pull on them and the seats fall forward
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Interesting, Eric. Now you can carry large, preferably triangular cargo!
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SURE Full3 Aeros ID300 SRI, SURE Torq R6 RMM, SURE Shortcut/Countershift, SURE Anchors, Dunlop Winterspot M3s (Winter Shoes), "O" Series Stubby Antenna, Red LED Dome & Door Lights, Whistler Pro-78 RD Hardwired, SURE Dreadnaught, Juggernaught, SURE Flow M6 TP, SURE Charge Tubes, Hawk HPS F/R Pads, Technafit SSBLs, StopTech Rotors, Cobb AP, SURE Ventus in 50-50 Hybrid Mode, [color="Lime"] PERM Tune[/color] (Stratified Auto) Coming soon: Autotech FP Internals, S6 Mounts
Stealth01 wrote:Interesting, Eric. Now you can carry large, preferably triangular cargo!
lol I was wondering when someone would point that out.
I bet I could remove the bracing and still drive around just fine if I needed the extra space
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Regulator wrote:lol I was wondering when someone would point that out.
I bet I could remove the bracing and still drive around just fine if I needed the extra space
How much weight would that save?
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