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E60 Rear Fold Down Seat Retrofit - Possible?

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Old 04-02-2019, 03:22 PM
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Hi,

I've got a 2010 E60 without the fold down rear seat option. LKQ has a bunch of these cars popping up and I've been considering swapping out the rear backrest with a fold down version and pulling the related parts.

Has anyone done this? Do I need to stick with an LCI donor vehicle? Any issues pulling the parts out and converting?

Thanks for the help everyone, appreciated.

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I did this between a 2007 530 and a 2008 535 without issue
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Good to know, and in another thread someone provided this DIY video. Very helpful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5Tw...ature=youtu.be
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Originally Posted by vernors
Hi,

I've got a 2010 E60 without the fold down rear seat option. LKQ has a bunch of these cars popping up and I've been considering swapping out the rear backrest with a fold down version and pulling the related parts.

Has anyone done this? Do I need to stick with an LCI donor vehicle? Any issues pulling the parts out and converting?
Just did this conversion on a 2010 E60 550i. Not sure what year the donor car was (picked up from a wrecking yard in Rancho Cordova, CA), but it was a very easy conversion.
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