Rear seatback 99 F-250 extended Lariat
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Rear seatback 99 F-250 extended Lariat
I can't find a strap to fold the rear seatback down, after folding the seat bottom .
This is in the back seat.
The manual says it folds, maybe.
Is it supposed to?
This is in the back seat.
The manual says it folds, maybe.
Is it supposed to?
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Yes, it folds down. 99 is a one-year-only rear seat design on the extended cabs that actually folds down to a perfectly flat platform. There should be a black strap to pull. Maybe it is tucked up behind something.
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My strap is hidden on the extreme right side of the seat back.
It was very hard to see, about 3/4 inch dark strap.
My carpet is two colors, that match my interior.
It was very hard to see, about 3/4 inch dark strap.
My carpet is two colors, that match my interior.
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I didn't find a way to fold the bottom seats. 
GUess mine's one of the non-folding types. Everything looks hard bolted to the floor.
GUess mine's one of the non-folding types. Everything looks hard bolted to the floor.
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The 99's have a one-year-only rear seat style for the extended cabs. It forms a flatter, more uniform rear platform than all of the later ones. I'm not exactly sure how the 2000-and-up seats fold, but on the 99, the seat bottom is hinged in the front, so you're pretty much flipping the seat bottom upside-down into the floormat area. Then, the seat back is hinged at the bottom, so you fold it down. The back side of the seat back and the bottom side of the seat bottom then form a perfectly flat platform that fills the entire rear area.
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Well I found the handle on the seats today. They flip down and lay flat as a pancake. Nice! I took the seatback off too thinking it would lay down as well but nope, just unbolts. I used the time to fix the seatback as it was pulling away from the foam.
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Glowplugger, what year is yours?
I see the difference between what you have and what I have. Your seat bottom flips down into the floor so it's back matches the metal it's hinged to. My seat bottom flips the same direction, except it DOESN'T fold down into the floor- so when my seat back folds down, it forms the platform.
I see the advantages and disadvantages to each design:
YOUR ADVANTAGE / MY DISADVANTAGE is you get more cubic feet of space because your platform is lower. YOUR DISADVANTAGE / MY ADVANTAGE is that my seat-back is tucked safely away when folded into a platform.
Another way to look at it is- don't get one like mine if you have BIG dogs.
I see the difference between what you have and what I have. Your seat bottom flips down into the floor so it's back matches the metal it's hinged to. My seat bottom flips the same direction, except it DOESN'T fold down into the floor- so when my seat back folds down, it forms the platform.
I see the advantages and disadvantages to each design:
YOUR ADVANTAGE / MY DISADVANTAGE is you get more cubic feet of space because your platform is lower. YOUR DISADVANTAGE / MY ADVANTAGE is that my seat-back is tucked safely away when folded into a platform.
Another way to look at it is- don't get one like mine if you have BIG dogs.
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Glowplugger, what year is yours?
I see the difference between what you have and what I have. Your seat bottom flips down into the floor so it's back matches the metal it's hinged to. My seat bottom flips the same direction, except it DOESN'T fold down into the floor- so when my seat back folds down, it forms the platform.
I see the advantages and disadvantages to each design:
YOUR ADVANTAGE / MY DISADVANTAGE is you get more cubic feet of space because your platform is lower. YOUR DISADVANTAGE / MY ADVANTAGE is that my seat-back is tucked safely away when folded into a platform.
Another way to look at it is- don't get one like mine if you have BIG dogs.
I see the difference between what you have and what I have. Your seat bottom flips down into the floor so it's back matches the metal it's hinged to. My seat bottom flips the same direction, except it DOESN'T fold down into the floor- so when my seat back folds down, it forms the platform.
I see the advantages and disadvantages to each design:
YOUR ADVANTAGE / MY DISADVANTAGE is you get more cubic feet of space because your platform is lower. YOUR DISADVANTAGE / MY ADVANTAGE is that my seat-back is tucked safely away when folded into a platform.
Another way to look at it is- don't get one like mine if you have BIG dogs.
LOL! Yep, big dogs are a demanding bunch, but we love 'em.
Mine's a 1999 model, I'm told an "early 99". Apparently Ford tweaked the model a bit in the middle of the year. Do you have any pics of how yours works?
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