Front Seat Fabric Removal

Hi Everyone,



as im stripping my front seats for new fabric i thought i might aswell make a step by step for everyone wanting to do this in the future and not to sure on what to do!



Tools Needed:- 17mm + 10mm Spanners + PH3 Screwdriver + Flat Screwdriver + Side Cutters + Thin Ended Pliers + Small Hammer


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Remove headrest / Dont have mine as im not running headrests


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Use 17mm Spanner to remove bolt that holds on the seatbelt bracket holder


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Then use a small flat screwdriver to pop off the adjustment cap


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Then use 10mm spanner to undo the inside bolt of the adjustment cap


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Then pop the two plastic pins out of the side cap (make sure not to lose these) the side capping should then pop off


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Parts off one side


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Now take your PH3 screwdriver and undo the big screw from out the side and pop the c clip off the end (make sure you put your hand over the clip as these do like to fly)


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Now flip your chair onto its front and push forward the two c shaped pieces of metal (so the top half reclines forward) then remove the black plastic capping


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Now here comes the forceful bit get your long screwdriver or a prybar if you have one under the side where the flying c clip comes from and pull up with some force it should make a loud pop sound if done right then flip the seat over and do it again when sucsessful both parts of your seat should come away from one another


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Now for the dangerous bit take the top part of the seat and flip it on its head there will be four sharp teeth looking pins pull these all up straight and peel off the fabric now turn the seat back upright and remove fabric like a jumper (you need to apply a bit of force with this and push the foam from time to time)


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Then at the back of the chair you will see two black tubes where the headrests go remove these by squeezing the bottoms together and out they should pop (as i dont need these i was a bit more forceful)


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Now for the bottom half flip it upsidedown and remove metal strand from both rear corners


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Then at the back of the chair pull the fabric up out of the back groove (once when its started it will remove easy)


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Then go to the front and there will be two black plastic pins these are very easy to pop out


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Sill underneeth at 3o'clock and 9o'clock there will be another two black theeth looking clips bend these straight


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Now flip over the seat and pull off the material like a jumper (force needed again) you will then see your chair has two metal little rods holding the fabric down both ends of the rod will have a hook on the end bend the one at the front flat and pull backwards


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The material will stay inplace because there will be four metal rings on each side i then used my side cutters to carefully cut awat the fabric as i didnt want to damage the little rings


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Now as im putting my seats into storage until needed again reverse the program (but not with the fabric) and bolt and clip the seat together THEN DO IT ALL AGAIN FOR THE SECOND ONE


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Thanks for looking! hope this helps lots of people!

Make it a sticky if you like?

cheers azza

Nice one, thanks for this - think we will look to stick/how-to this  

nicely done, ive just done this before i saw your how to, good read though and very useful

thanks

Ideal to go with the one I did for later cabby seats.
Good work  

Hello mate,

 Great thread! Just wanted to ask, how do you get the plastic circle clips off where the headrest slides in? I cant seem to squeeze the clips on the inside to slide it up and out. Cheers

Excellent how to mate.  

alimalik said

Hello mate,

 Great thread! Just wanted to ask, how do you get the plastic circle clips off where the headrest slides in? I cant seem to squeeze the clips on the inside to slide it up and out. Cheers

Find a smaller size socket from your set and use that it will push all the prongs in at the same time..Simply then slide out.