Seat ReUpholstery - Step by step, Here's how I did it Options

[turk22]

I wanted to put together a little overview of my experience in Seat Upholstery.

I started with some very brittle and ripped seat and center cushion.



I purchased my seat upholstery on ebay, but there are several vendors.


Remove your seat, I did one at a time, in case I wanted to refer to the other seat to see how something was done. The first step is to remove the two screws on the back of the headrest


Then the two screws in red behind the headrest flap


There are three metal points at the base of the back rest that need to pry'ed up with a flat screwdriver and pliers to release the bottom of the backrest


Here's the backrest removed, and you can see what it consists of on the back. On my car the headrest cover came off quite easy.


Next you can see the points that hold the side bolsters on, these need to pryed up and straightened as well


But first, you need to remove the seat rails by removing the 4 allen head bolts from each rail



There are 2 metal points under the front seat, holding some tucked fabric onto the seat botton, release the fabric and straighten these points as well


Now you release the points holding the bolster down, there are 10 or 12 on each side



The bolster comes off like a jacket, and will go back on the same way