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Sorry, don't have experience with fixing the rear seat latch, but I do have some info on the plastic. In the 80s and early 90s, all auto manufacturers used a polycarbonate blend plastic that was great for about five years. After that, the UV baking and continued high temps in the summer "dried" out the plastic... a slang term for breaking the long polymeric chains into short itty bitty things with no strength. Ergo, brittle plastic.
I had an 81 200SX hatchback in 89 with maroon interior. One day I had to pull out the spare to replace a flat, and the carpet/board hit the plastic sides behind the rear struts. The plastic on both sides shattered into small bits like safety glass. Since they were a hundred bucks a side, I just vacuumed up the dust/crystals and forgot about it. Roughly six months later in January (Ohio), I left the car parked outside overnight. In the morning, every last piece of maroon interior vinyl tore itself into 1/4 inch wide strips. This is the absolute worst interior I have ever run into. In comparison, old 240s have their plastic issues, but they don't compare to that 200SX POS.
jorrell
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92 245 245K miles, IPD'd to the hilt, 06 XC70, 00 Eclipse custom Turbo setup...currently in pieces
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