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Old Nov 29, 2019 | 10:59 PM
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Broken seat back repair

The plastic on the back of my seats that holds them up at the top broke and had them hanging off the back of the seat. Looked really trashy and I've been wanting to get them fixed for weeks now. I went to the dealer today and they quoted me $25 a piece for those 4 cheap little plastic pieces that would eventually break again. It bothered me to pay $100 for something that was so poorly made, so I went to Home Depot to find something to fabricate this. I ending up getting long pieces of 90 deg aluminum pieces and cut them to fit into the brackets glued to the back of the seats. I would love to post the pics but after 30min of trying to upload them to this post with no success, it's time to go to bed. Wish you could see it. Good night.





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Old Dec 4, 2019 | 12:26 AM
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Originally Posted by shawndh
The plastic on the back of my seats that holds them up at the top broke and had them hanging off the back of the seat. Looked really trashy and I've been wanting to get them fixed for weeks now. I went to the dealer today and they quoted me $25 a piece for those 4 cheap little plastic pieces that would eventually break again. It bothered me to pay $100 for something that was so poorly made, so I went to Home Depot to find something to fabricate this. I ending up getting long pieces of 90 deg aluminum pieces and cut them to fit into the brackets glued to the back of the seats. I would love to post the pics but after 30min of trying to upload them to this post with no success, it's time to go to bed. Wish you could see it. Good night.
Agree. Post some pics please
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