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Old 04-14-2002, 08:33 PM
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You Won't Believe What You're Sitting on!

I replaced the driver's side seat pad on my 280C this weekend. What a difference - no more feeling like I'm sitting on the floor. Senior Management can see over the wheel.

A picture of old/new is attached. A great $88 investment. Took about an hour and required a 10mm wrench a pair of pliers and a 6 mm hex key.

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Old 04-14-2002, 09:01 PM
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Love to replace mine but I'm afraid my head will polish a clean spot on the headliner after the install!
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Old 04-14-2002, 09:32 PM
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Chuck,

As Mark has expressed, being 6' 8" there is a concern of developing an entirely new relationship with the roof if I replace mine, but it is something I envision doing one day. Just out of curiosity, how much of that hour was spent wrestling the cover off the seat? was it Tex or real skin, and does the reference to the wrenches mean you took the seat out of the car in order to do the job?

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Old 04-15-2002, 12:45 AM
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ditto

Deceptively simple.

I'd like to know also how difficult it was to get the
seat out and the cover off. Thanks for the original post!!!
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Old 04-15-2002, 07:47 AM
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I'm not familiar with other models, but on the 114 coupe, here is the procedure that I used. The only difficult part to explain is how the cover is held on. There is a half-inch channel that runs around the bottom of the seat frame, and a fiber edging on the sewn to the seat cover that tucks into it. I am going to do the passenger side this week, and I will post a couple of pictures.


-Remove four bolts holding seat rails to floor, disconnect vacuum or wiring connections under seat.

-Remove seat from car. Possible with one person, but easier with two. Set seat upright on bench. I used two sawhorses and piece of plywood.

-Using 6mm hex key socket, remove bolts and spacers holding seat back to seat bottom and separate. Good to have a helper for this.

-Turn seat bottom over. Press down against springs around edges. Beginning at rear of seat, remove "edging" holding seat covering from slot in metal frame.

-Turn seat bottom right side up. Pull edges of covering to top of seat and use pliers to remove clips holding lining of cover to seat cushion, and remove seat cover.

-Pull seat cushion off of spring/frame to front.
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-Install new pad by sliding to rear, getting top edge of frame into matching slots in pad.

-Fit seat covering over new pad, pulling lining down but leaving covering sides on top. Use pliers to fasten lining to pad with clips. Pull covering down over sides of cushion/frame.

-Turn seat upside down. Beginning in rear, compress springs and re-insert seat edging into slot in metal frame. Do each side, then front.

-Reattach seat back with helper.

-Reinstall seat in car with helper.
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Old 04-16-2002, 12:14 AM
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Thanks Chuck, that puts more meat on the bones.

Good luck with the other seat

pics would be nice!!

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