BarneyRubble wrote: will I be able to fold the seat up and keep it up after?
I couldn't fold it up so I had to remove the seat
So again my question if I perform the mod and have a net there will i still be able to keep the seat in the up position when needed?
Yes.
Strap.
Yes.
Fold the base up and keep the base in the up position? I assume you are talking about the base not the back?
When the base is up, you use the strap that you pull on to release it, to secure it in the up position. This is the same as if the seat was not modified, nothing changes in that regard.
If you could not fold the seat base up, perhaps the strap in the middle of the seat, underneath, was not protruding enough for you to be able to yank on it to engage the release catch? When you lift the seat base, it is a bit of fussing about to get all the seat belts up so they will be where they should when you lower it back down; equally the release strap under the seat base at the front, facing the center console, often swings underneath the seat as you lower it. It is this strap that you also use to keep the base in the up position. This is the same with the 2009 SR5 I had and my current 2010 SR.
The modification does nothing to the base, it works as it always did, it is about making the back section able to fold down instead of remaining up right. As has been answered before, the back still locks into place (upright) as it always did, after the modification.
If you thought you could fold the seat back, not the base, to be able to modify it, then no. You have to unbolt the lot to be able to do the the modification to the seat back, not the base.