Whether you are the new owner of a Lexus IS, have been lent one, or have rented one, you may not yet know all the specs of this motor vehicle. This is precisely the subject of this short post, we will help you to accomplish a common but useful task on 3-door cars to be able to travel with more than 2 persons. That’s why we are going to show you how to fold a front seat on a Lexus IS, for that, first of all, we are going to talk about the different settings of the front seat of your motor vehicle, and, in a second step, the different methods to fold the front seat of a Lexus IS..
The different front seat configurations settings of an Lexus IS
Firstly, we’ll start our short post by describing the different adjustments existing on the front seat of a Lexus IS. In reality, whether or not you want to fold one of your front seats on your car, you should know that depending on the model of your car and its packages you will have have the possibility of using different adjustments, here are most of the settings you can find on your Lexus IS:
- Basic and fundamental adjustment for driving without taking risks, this configuration settings of the front seat of your Lexus IS enables you to adjust the distance of the seat to the pedals to be able to adapt to the size of each person’s legs.
- This setting enables you to have a better ability to see of the road, for tiny people we tend to bring up the seat and for big people to lower it.
- Finally, the last “classic” setting is the seat inclination, not to be mislead with the control to fold the seat of a Lexus IS, this setting will allow you, according to the length of your arms, to have a perfect driving position without tiring to reach the controls
- The lumbar support: On some finish, you will in addition be able to adjust the lumbar support provided by your seat by pressing down on the backrest, a very pleasant adjustment for long trips.
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How do you fold the front seat down from a Lexus IS?
After discovering all the seat adjustments, we will now help you to fold down the front seat of your Lexus IS. Please bear in mind that according to the number of doors on your car the process will not be the same. Whether you want to fold down a front seat to transport a passenger on a 3-door Lexus IS, or whether you want to fold it down to transport bulky stuff on a 5-door Lexus IS, it will not be the same technique, here are the different ways to do it
Fold down the front seat of a 3-door Lexus IS.
As we informed you before, whether it’s to get a person in the back seat, or to carry bulky items, understanding how to fold the front seat down from its Lexus IS is essential. This step is quite common, and according to the year of your Lexus IS the lever to fold down the front seat can be in different spots, here are the 3 possible places for this command:
- At the top of the seat back near the headrest
- On the side of the seat in most cases in the middle of the backrest
- On the side of the seat in the middle of the seat
Pushing this lever will completely fold down the front seat back of your Lexus IS and free the seat from its location on the rail that allows you to move the seat forward or backward, this will allow you to save even more space for an easy passenger in the rear.
Folding down the front seat of a 5-door Lexus IS
As for folding the front seat of a Lexus IS 5-door, the technique is not the same because since it is not intended to receive rear passengers through the front doors, your seats don’t have the same features we just talked about earlier on. Folding the front seat of a 5-door Lexus IS will generally only be useful if you want to carry bulky things. To do this, you’ll need to use the recline control to fold your seats. Depending on the year of your car, it can be in the form of a knob to turn, or a lever to operate to choose the inclination of your car. If you don’t have enough volume and want to fold the rear seat of your Lexus IS, don’t hesitate to read our short post dedicated to this procedure.
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