i have done it. i broke every bolt pulling them out too! if you do it use pb blaster or something, plus the clips that hold in the bottoms of the seats are near impossible to remove with out breaking. i broke 3 of the 4 of those. the reason i did this was to make room to build a amp rack and hold batteries for my sound system. then i bought a motorcycle instead. seats are now welded in and the bottoms are just sitting there because i cant find the right clips. iv tried twice though xterraparts.com both times they sent me the same thing even though i ordered two different things each time.