What did you do to your Mirage today?

[JRB201]

Yesterday I applied some bitumen to my car, lot of work, but definitely worth it!
The car is almost as quiet as our 2015 mondeo.
I did the floor and all the doors.

Before(dont mind the wiring):


After I was done:


In total it cost me 2 afternoons, so a total of 8-10 hours.

[Eggman]

I had imported the storage compartment trunk insert from Europe late last year. I was getting ready to go for a drive around the area and wanted to toss some stuff in the back of the car. I read in another thread on the forum here that the rear seat just unclips and pops out with a few good yanks. Turns out, after you do that, the rear seats in the hatch end up paying down completely flat, at the same height as the raised trunk floor with the storage compartment.

That looks pretty good. I'd look into one of those storage compartments but it might not work with the Rockford Fosgate subwoofer.

Has anyone here tried fitting the trunk storage box with the RF subwoofer?

[Dirk Diggler]

I had imported the storage compartment trunk insert from Europe late last year. I was getting ready to go for a drive around the area and wanted to toss some stuff in the back of the car. I read in another thread on the forum here that the rear seat just unclips and pops out with a few good yanks. Turns out, after you do that, the rear seats in the hatch end up paying down completely flat, at the same height as the raised trunk floor with the storage compartment.

After 6 months, this car still continues to impress me.

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Whoa hold on, how do you get the rear seat out?

[MetroMPG]

Nip/tucked my 17

Waaaaaait a minute...

Did you really do a face transplant? Kidding, right??

[MetroMPG]

Whoa hold on, how do you get the rear seat out?

The lower seat cushion just pulls out, then the folding seatbacks lay down flatter. You have to yank the lower cushion in a specific location to release the clips. See ...

Thread: DIY: Removing the rear seats (turn your Mirage into a mini cargo van)

[Eggman]

Whoa hold on, how do you get the rear seat out?

Super easy - the rear seat bottom lifts up & out. Give a good tug on the front corners and you'll see. Underneath is the fuel pump access.

[Dirk Diggler]

Super easy - the rear seat bottom lifts up & out. Give a good tug on the front corners and you'll see. Underneath is the fuel pump access.

I just saw the pics. Looks great but I had it in my head it was like the Spark's design. The bench seat pulls up and sits behind the front seats. Lol it would of blown my mind if that was a feature and I never knew.

[7milesout]

PityOnU - I was a seat design engineer for Toyota. The Rear Seat Cushion (the part that is sat on), that I designed (and this is fairly common), had some rods that form a sort of hook shape the stuck out the rear up under the Rear Seat Back (could not be seen in normal install position. And then there were 2 wire shapes that stuck downward into some clips in the floor.

Pop those 2 from hooked wires out vertically, and the seat slid forward and removed. Probably the same in the Mirage. It does look spacious with the Rear Seat Backs folded horizontally. I'll remember this if I'm ever needing those seat to fold flatter down.

Edit - I missed this page of replies. Seems the above was already answered.

[7milesout]

MetroMPG - What happened. It looks like you were rear-ended.

[7milesout]

I did my final oil change that put the car back on the regular maintenance schedule at 7,480 miles. Tis a might clean engine down in there.