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I replaced the six Torx drive M10 x 1.5mm x 22.5mm bolts holding down the plastic panels beneath the rear seats. The first time I had to remove these bolts, I had to press a Torx bit out of its 3/8" drive holder, then use a small ratchet to drive the tool from underneath the seat bars.

The new bolts are internal hex drive M10 x 1.5mm x 25mm with washers. Now I can install or remove the bolts with an Allen ball driver - much easier. I have to wonder why Ineos used such large fasteners (with thread locker!) here - a small screw with a fender washer would have worked quite well.

New and OEM fasteners shown here:

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Here's how a ball driver fits in one of the new bolts:

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Neat idea @Glen. Thanks for posting
 
These work quite well too from Agile, got a set when I was installing my under-seat compressor kit from them...

That's cool - I had no idea those were available. AO has a lot of nice stuff - I have a fair bit of their kit on my Grenny.
 
Once I got mine out, I just left them out. Probably going on 20k miles since and no deleterious effects and notice no rattling.
 
I haven't done the side by side comparison but I wonder if these large fasteners are for the hard lid that is used for the two seater commercial version? Agree they are overkill for the plastic trim.
I speculated something similar - they had to have originated from a different application. Each bolt can supply about 23 kN/5,300 lbs of clamping force - that's a lot to hold down a plastic trim panel :)
 
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