OEM Seats left & right
03-25-2007, 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by fltsfshr' date='Mar 25 2007, 04:12 AM
Ok Here's your answer.
The bottom part of the seat is interchangable. You could remove the seats take the bottom off and switch them.
The problem is that within each seat is a metal bolster that holds up the side of the seat where you get in and out. Switching the entire bottom would put these bolsters to the middle not on the door side.
If you want to keep the seat bolsters on the correct side, then you need to remove the skins from the bottom and switch them. They're held on with hog rings and easy to work with. When you get the sides off be careful as there is a metal bolster under each seam in your seat insert. you have to remove the hog rings there as well.
Then just reassemble.
The top part of the seat is not interchangable because of the seatbelt hardware and the way it attaches to the frame.
Good Luck
fltsfshr
The bottom part of the seat is interchangable. You could remove the seats take the bottom off and switch them.
The problem is that within each seat is a metal bolster that holds up the side of the seat where you get in and out. Switching the entire bottom would put these bolsters to the middle not on the door side.
If you want to keep the seat bolsters on the correct side, then you need to remove the skins from the bottom and switch them. They're held on with hog rings and easy to work with. When you get the sides off be careful as there is a metal bolster under each seam in your seat insert. you have to remove the hog rings there as well.
Then just reassemble.
The top part of the seat is not interchangable because of the seatbelt hardware and the way it attaches to the frame.
Good Luck
fltsfshr
I didn't go to the extend of removing the side bolsters, I basically stopped when I realized there was a metal bar that help keep the side bolsters from folding.
Good luck and take some pictures if you can.
03-25-2007, 04:05 PM
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I've swapped the seat bottoms in my car. It's pretty easy, but the slider on the passenger's side will not quite fit on the 'old' driver's side seat bottom. I used a hammer and pounded a dent in the bottom of the seat pan to make it fit. No other problems.
03-25-2007, 05:39 PM
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Originally Posted by geoff2005' date='Mar 25 2007, 02:43 PM
or restitch ur seats red
03-26-2007, 10:21 AM
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If you live in a decent sized town, and the wear on your seats doesn't involve severe - scratch that - If you live in a town with a few leather-repair places, take your car to one of them. I took an old BMW to an upholsterer in Chicago and was very happy with their results (and the cost).
Upholsterers routinely refinish and re-dye leather, they can match leather, whatever you want.
Upholsterers routinely refinish and re-dye leather, they can match leather, whatever you want.
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