Faizaan

@Faizaan it's usually best to email or call Amber and mention you are from the 86 Drivers club.
email: sales@amber-performance.co.uk  
tel: 01582 664 735

Oh cheers, not that I asked first or anything... honorable...

Firstly, thanks to @Twigman for posting this http://www.gt86.org.uk/forums/topic/3364-folding-rear-seats-down/ and inspiring me to make life easier when I'm putting in my golf clubs. Also @Brig for the critical info.
For this mod I had to order a suede effect 3mm thong and a leather thong. The suede effect was for the mod, the leather one was just for wearing whilst doing the mod. I also ordered a couple of fabric Subaru key rings, given the size of these when they arrived, I have no idea who would use them as an actual key ring.

 
I also grabbed my long bendy grabber thing and trim removal tools for popping clips. Please excuse the mess in the boot, I should have hoovered before instead of after.

 
I started by laying the seats flat (hopefully for the last time via the buttons) and removed these two press clips. I don't think it was strictly necessary to undo the left hand one, but it gave a big more room to work. The blue shaded area is approximately where there is a square cut out of the backseat, behind the fabric, I used this later.

 
Most of the effort is focused around this hole in the fabric where the backseat mechanism latches, it's just below the button and impossible to miss. Fold this back a touch to get a view in there.

 
Close up.

 
I lowered a doubled length of cord down into the hole and used by grabber to grab it and pull it back up the other side of the metal rod. You can check which is the right rod by operating the push button in the seat, the rod will move slightly. Once I had the cord around the bar, I looped the other end through and pulled it tight. This material seems to have the right amount of friction to get purchase on the rod. Dropping the cord in and then grabbing it from the other side is a PITA and easily the most infuriating step, it took a few attempts and some coarse language.

 
I did initially just leave the cord coming through the factory fabric hole but I found that up there it interfered with the latch when the seat was locked into position.

 
A better solution is this is the lower hidden hole, which is behind where I marked in blue in image three, I used the grabber to pull the thong through here.

 
I then took a scalpel and made a very small incision in the fabric and threaded the cord through. I tested it a few times, one I confirmed it was good I fitted the Subaru key rings as a finishing touch and to avoid the cord getting pulled back through the hole. Pop the clips back to complete.

 
Do this on both sides. All done.
 

I have some feedback which might be useful for the people above or anyone else that is interested. Stupidly I forgot to make a picture of the kit lying on my table, but basically this image will show you exactly what you will get, including the terrible manual which does not help. There is an av/extender included where you can connect the two cables to. The top right cable connects to the camera, goes through the car back to front, which connects to the bottom cable. The red wire gets the power from the headunit. The holedrill that comes with it is too small for the camera, so be prepared to sand quite a bit more off to make it fit.

I used a dremel to create a little notch in the back for the cable to sit in, so you get a better viewing angle (you can see on the last image why)

It is hard to see what is up or down on the little camera so don't start taping and bolting everything down before it is aligned.

Once it's installed it looks very discreet and snug. there is a little indent at one of the sides as you can see, hence I made the notch in the back so you can actually move the camera that far in.

I used this youtube video to get me through the installation of it all: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daiDH2v4wUg
It is my first time doing such an install and with trial and error (and using the dremel afterwards to increase the viewing angle) it took me around 3 hours to complete.

Happy motoring.....enjoy the blue beauty. Hope to meet you at a club event! 😁

In Harrow, like a minute away from Halfords Ruislip

Welcome onboard!
Hope to see you around or at club meets.

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Welcome to the club, your just down the road from me

Hey everyone,
Been wanting a BRZ for a quite a long time, finally pulled the trigger last week and got one in a got one in a gorgeous blue, and I think it’s safe to say, I’m absolutely loving it! Bought it stock and probably will stay stock-ish for the foreseeable future as living in London, I’m still recovering from that insurance payment I just made 🤬
Nevertheless, happy to be here, and looking forward to hopefully getting to know some of you lovely people
Faizaan
 
 

First fuel stop after a whole 20 seconds of driving after leaving the dealer with about 2 miles worth of fuel in the tank 🤣

Welcome along! Agree the dealer was a bit tight with the fuel on hand over.

Welcome aboard.

Great colour, dude!

Hi. Another Londoner here. North. Enjoy miles of smiles


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Hey everyone,
Been wanting a BRZ for a quite a long time, finally pulled the trigger last week and got one in a got one in a gorgeous blue, and I think it’s safe to say, I’m absolutely loving it! Bought it stock and probably will stay stock-ish for the foreseeable future as living in London, I’m still recovering from that insurance payment I just made 🤬
Nevertheless, happy to be here, and looking forward to hopefully getting to know some of you lovely people
Faizaan
 
 

First fuel stop after a whole 20 seconds of driving after leaving the dealer with about 2 miles worth of fuel in the tank 🤣

Welcome, nice colour as well...


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Hey everyone,
Been wanting a BRZ for a quite a long time, finally pulled the trigger last week and got one in a got one in a gorgeous blue, and I think it’s safe to say, I’m absolutely loving it! Bought it stock and probably will stay stock-ish for the foreseeable future as living in London, I’m still recovering from that insurance payment I just made 🤬
Nevertheless, happy to be here, and looking forward to hopefully getting to know some of you lovely people
Faizaan
 
 

First fuel stop after a whole 20 seconds of driving after leaving the dealer with about 2 miles worth of fuel in the tank 🤣