great idea... hmmm a few spare hours this weekend that should be spent on the house but meh, car needs some luvin
Its pretty straight forward once the base and seat back are unscrewed. Held on just by the plastic stops.
I did this on my SS when it had some play in the base. Although i might price a new seat foam, after 11 years she's a bit worn.
PIcs of seat removal
Hey, have got round to showing you boys how to remove the seat from your SS. As I have already done this procedure before and I don't want to pull both of my seats out again, I have focussed on the driver's seat (the passenger one is the same, but less involved).
1) You need to remove the plastic trim covering. There is a phillips head screw under the petrol flap release. Undo this.
2) Snap off the clip on parts:
3) Disconnect the electrical stuff (ONCE THIS IS DONE DO NOT KEY ON - YOU WILL GET AN AIRBAG FAULT CODE):
4) Ease the long trim cover over the petrol release lever by pulling up on the lever whilst sliding the trim off:
5) Remove the rest of the trim covering and check that you have disconnected the seat electrics:
6) Undo the seat bolts:
7) Slide the seat out back first:
8) Good chave to clean it up a bit:
9) On the removed seat pop off the recliner knob (if you have one) with a screwdriver and remove:
Klick!
10) Remove the side trim from the seat. This is held on by a combo of screws and clips. One of the screws is UNDER the seat:
11) Disconnect the seat electrics:
12) Remove the trim cover at the other side of the seat:
13) Unthread the cable leading up to the side airbag (if you have one):
14) Unbolt the two bolts holding the base of the seat to the back bit on both sides:
15) Separate the two sections carefully:
16) Turn the base over on a soft surface and unclip the leather/cloth. There are 4 plastic clips you need to un hook from the seat:
17) Gently remove the foam, leaving the leather on it. Move on to the next seat and do everything you've done above. When swapping the seat base covers from seat to seat, be careful to insert the foam OVER the metal former. The former must be in the foam pocket, NOT NEXT TO IT.
18) Re installation is the is the reverse of removal. To put the seat winder back on put it in place and hit it home with the palm of your hand:
19) Put the seat back in but don't tighten it fully:
20) Sit in the seat and test that the forward and backward movement is ok.
21) Get out and tighten all the bolts and check for proper operation of the seat again. If it's a bit slow snapping into place, repeat the step above.
22) Slide the trim back into position. With the petrol flap lever, ease it over gently by raising it slightly again:
23) CONNECT the cables again:
24) Put all the other trim parts back on and you're done:
Cheers for the tut. Will def do this.
Do you have to do anything to stop faults being logged etc when unplugging the airbag?
Is there any trick to the rear plastic covers? I can't get one of mine back on.
Thanks for the pics, just need to find the time now.
The rear covers next to the prop shaft housing (the bump) are held on with metal clips attached to the plastic. You can use a bit of force on these. The door side plastic is clipped over the ends of the seat rails - if you manoeuvre it about a bit it will come free. As it's plastic, don't use force.Originally Posted by m1lky
You can knock it off in a day. Going slow, starting at abt 10am, you should be finished at the latest 3pm
Re fault codes you will need to use a diagnostic tool to clear em
I can do it for you
Happy to do this procedure for you if ur in Sydney. Just PM me to org
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