How easy is it to remove my seats?
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yes...thats my question!!! i want to remove my seats and get them sent to corbeau for a retrim, spoke to a helpful lady there and today received some colour samples!!...
it would be easier for me to post my seats up rather than drive up, but is it simply a case of unbolting my seats from the visible alan key type bolts??
it would be easier for me to post my seats up rather than drive up, but is it simply a case of unbolting my seats from the visible alan key type bolts??
Just sent my passenger seat off for re-trimming via Hangar 111. The seat was much easier to take out than I expected - took about 20 mins.
First remove the main seat belt attachment from the side of the seat using a 17mm spanner. Be careful because the belt attachment is heavy and once released could bang against the car, so tape it down.
Then remove the bolts at each side that connect the sub frame to the seat.
Then you have a choice - you can leave the seat frame in place by removing the bolts / nuts under the seat (VERY fiddly), or you can simply use a socket and hex key to remove the four floor bolts (might need to use an angled socket set because a couple of the bolts are hard to get to).
The seat with the frame still attached then comes lose - all you then need to do is remove the seat belt socket and the two bolts / nuts that connect the underneath of the seat to the frame.
The process for removing the driver seat is a bit easier because you can slide the seat to get better access to the bolts.
Althought the seat frames for the driver and passnger seats are different, the seats themselves are the same so if you want to keep using the car you can send off the passenger seat, then use it as the driver's seat while that's getting recovered.
Cheers
ps - this is for an S2, not sure if it's the same for an S1
First remove the main seat belt attachment from the side of the seat using a 17mm spanner. Be careful because the belt attachment is heavy and once released could bang against the car, so tape it down.
Then remove the bolts at each side that connect the sub frame to the seat.
Then you have a choice - you can leave the seat frame in place by removing the bolts / nuts under the seat (VERY fiddly), or you can simply use a socket and hex key to remove the four floor bolts (might need to use an angled socket set because a couple of the bolts are hard to get to).
The seat with the frame still attached then comes lose - all you then need to do is remove the seat belt socket and the two bolts / nuts that connect the underneath of the seat to the frame.
The process for removing the driver seat is a bit easier because you can slide the seat to get better access to the bolts.
Althought the seat frames for the driver and passnger seats are different, the seats themselves are the same so if you want to keep using the car you can send off the passenger seat, then use it as the driver's seat while that's getting recovered.
Cheers
ps - this is for an S2, not sure if it's the same for an S1
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