ADVICE BMW 420d
ADVICE BMW 420d
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A.karim

Original Poster:

71 posts

95 months

Friday 8th December 2023
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Hi I have a BMW 420d coupe 2 door
It has two seats in the back but a good space in the middle of the two seats and my questions is it can I convert it to 3 seats?

paradigital

1,078 posts

176 months

Friday 8th December 2023
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Pretty confident that the answer is “no”. There’s no place to anchor a seatbelt, the car hasn’t been type approved for 3 rear passengers, etc.

I’ve got a 440i and I wouldn’t want to put anyone in the space between the rear seats, they’d have to be thin as a rake and short (due to the hump between the seats).

Pica-Pica

16,126 posts

108 months

Friday 8th December 2023
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paradigital said:
Pretty confident that the answer is “no”. There’s no place to anchor a seatbelt, the car hasn’t been type approved for 3 rear passengers, etc.

I’ve got a 440i and I wouldn’t want to put anyone in the space between the rear seats, they’d have to be thin as a rake and short (due to the hump between the seats).
This. Unless it has seat belt anchorages, and the relevant accompanying sheet metal reinforcement, don’t even think about it.

MitchT

17,089 posts

233 months

Friday 8th December 2023
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The four-door F36 Gran Coupé has a centre seat belt in the rear. Slight change of car perhaps? There's still a hump but it doesn't have the plastic tray built in that the F32 two-door version has so, while not ideal, it will take someone.

helix402

7,913 posts

206 months

Friday 8th December 2023
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No.