So just making a list of all the bits I need to fix on my Octavia estate and as I wanted as much rear space as possible I worked out you need to remove the rear squabs so the seat backs go flat. The there must be storage for the squabs ? I know, under the gap left in the rear floor when the leveling kit is employed? No!  The squabs do not fit in the gap so have to be discarded elsewhere. Is this correct?

 

 

 

 

 

they just rock forward and rest against the backs of the front seats don't they? The headrests need extracting and hiding somewhere, there are holes in the back edge of the seat base to push them into, but I find they are a very useful packing pad - wrap a towel round them if its something dirty or unpleasant

i don't think you need to remove the squabs to get the seats flat. You may need to move the front seats forward in order to get the squabs forward enough for the seat back to go past. Once that's done, put the front seats back where you want them

Yes, pull seat bases forward and slightly upwards and then swing them into the vertical position. Head tests need to come out of the seat backs for them to rest flat. On the back of the seat bases you'll find round holes in the foam. The head tests slot into these if you want to store then neatly. However I usually put them in the rear footwells before swinging the seat bases into position.

I never noticed the heard rest holes, in all the crap ive moved with the octy... including 2 Seater sofas!

Must investigate this witchcraft tomorrow

You need to pull out the rear head rests, and maybe slide the front(s) forwards a bit, then the rear squabs will fold forward til they're vertical, and the backrests will drop horizontal. Of course, even then you won't get a true "flat floor" unless you have a model that has the false floor in the boot (Elegance and L&K only as standard I think).

My elegance doesn't have the raised boot floor - although my mk4 golf estate did..

My elegance doesn't have the raised boot floor - although my mk4 golf estate did..

Someone's taken it out then.

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..possibly not standard on the 4x4s?

 

It doesn't make a sausage of difference to me, but i do like how the ageing boot carpet gets held in place by the spare wheel (plus all the carp stuffed in with it) 

 

If you do need a level load the full length, maybe two lengths of 3"x2" would make up the difference? a bit gypsy-tech, but a cheap andsimple solution to a problem...?

..possibly not standard on the 4x4s?

It doesn't make a sausage of difference to me, but i do like how the ageing boot carpet gets held in place by the spare wheel (plus all the carp stuffed in with it)

If you do need a level load the full length, maybe two lengths of 3"x2" would make up the difference? a bit gypsy-tech, but a cheap andsimple solution to a problem...?

If the mkI is the same as the MkII the 4x4 is nearly elegance spec but with a few bits left out.

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If the mkI is the same as the MkII the 4x4 is nearly elegance spec but with a few bits left out.

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Actually, the mk1 4x4 may have had a different boot floor to the FWD models; certainly it has a different rear suspension (full independent rather than torsion beam).

Actually, the mk1 4x4 may have had a different boot floor to the FWD models; certainly it has a different rear suspension (full independent rather than torsion beam).

Having compared them from memory it looked the same in terms of upwards of the spare wheel well and the raised boot floor sits above this.

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Thanks for the replies. I do have the raised rear floor which leaves a space underneath. Good for "thin stuff". But leaving the squabs in place means the fragile foam is left exposed to any gear pushed into the load bay? Just seems a little short sighted. Anyway I am now going to post about the next problem to solve

What do you put in the boot? Spears?

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The foam aint that fragile, if yours is, id sa someone replaced it