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Old Jun 10, 2022 | 11:58 AM
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Driver seat bottom R/R tutorial?

Hey all!

Had the dreaded center seam split in my driver seat, then had my oldest borrow the car and finish off the bolster with a nice cut down the middle. Limped it along for a year with seat repair tape (worked very well BTW) but it's time to fix it correctly. Found a pristine console cover and seat bottom on eBay for a great price so I'm set.

Question is...is there a tutorial out the on removing and reinstalling the seat base/cover? I did the center console cover and it was a 10 minute job. Know this will be significantly more involved.


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Old Jun 11, 2022 | 07:23 AM
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Here are the procedures.
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Old Jun 19, 2022 | 07:37 PM
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Thank you so much!!!!!

Got the console and seat replaced and the interior looks as good as new. Amazing.
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