Rear seat removal
 

I need to remove the rear seat on my 93 LS400 to remove the struts and change the springs but cannot get the base out. According to the posts I have read there should be 2 tabs which are pulled to release the seat but I can't find these on mine. I've had a really good look and felt all along the slight gap between the floor and seat base but can't feel anything like a tab. Anyone have any ideas as I am struggling. The car is standard - no power rear seat - and doesn't look to have been messed with.

TIA Andy

They are there - at least on a 1991 - but they are quite small and do not protrude on as a handle or something like that. If you run your fingers between the floor and seat bottom edge you should find them.

Take a look here:

http://www.lexls.com/tutorials/body/rearseat.html

The tabs may have been deleted beginning with the 1993 LS400. My 1990 had the two release tabs but the 2000 I have now doesn't have them. The tabs were a problem in that they could cut people's legs if their rubber caps came off.

On my 2000 I have to force my fingertips under the lower front edge of the seat cushion and pull up sharply. The first time I removed the seats in 2003 I had to use a steel "flat bar" to pry up the seat cushion - probably had never been removed before. The rear seat cushion was a lot easier to remove after that.