I couldn't install the carpet because I can't get the rear seats out. Not my pic, but these little bolts:
Are a pain. I needed to find a place locally that sells drag link sockets like this:
so I could rattle-gun 'em off. I've beat on them, heated them, juiced 'em, taken a prybar and hammer and large slip-joint pliars and tried to make an impact screwdriver... Ain't nothin' workin'. And of course, no place nearby had the appropriate tools. So, if you can't find them... Build them! Here we have a 1/2" screwdriver bit from Harbor Freight that a grinder has happened to slide across a time or two, narrowing the bit enough to fit into the slot.
The impact gun took this guy off without a single care in the world:
Finally, I could remove the rear seats:
And gag from the smell. Nope. That's gonna air out. I opened up the garage door, turned on a fan, and went downstairs to do something else.