- Joined
- Dec 3, 2018
- Points
- 89
- Location
- The English Riviera - Torquay
- Model of Z
- 2.2 sport Individual Estoril
Just had a lovely couple of days sorting SWMBO's seats out! I had a good search on here for the 'how to's', so I went in with my eyes open!
I removed them one at a time, drivers seat first, the front nuts came off easily, but the rear bolts had been fitted by Garth, I almost popped my colon undoing them! Both seats needed the bottom bushes replacing to stop the rocking. Very straight forward, the only little snaggy bits were getting the drive cables back in and then the rods back into the bushes.
The drivers seat needed the seatbelt guide replacing, not too bad, the backrest needed 'skinning' to fix on the new guide, I removed the 'hog rings' and replaced them with zip ties, it went back together quite easily.
The squab needed the bolster sorting out as you could feel the spring and it wasn't as firm as it should be. So, I 'skinned' it and pushed the spring back where it should be, and glued the foam back into position with 'Sikkaflex', rubbing it in well, I then taped over the repair with lots of gorilla tape. Again the 'hog rings' were replaced with zip ties.
Getting the squab 'skin' off and back on again needed a lot of care, as it is fastened with spikes punched out of the tin base, so the less these are bent, the better.
That was the drivers seat done, the passenger seat was ok apart from the bushes.
All pretty easy really, just a bit heavy getting them in and out, it is a good idea to put an old towel or similar over the sill to prevent any damage, then it's just a bit time consuming, so leave plenty of time.
The reward - A lovely Lamb shank dinner, with all the trimmings, yum.
I removed them one at a time, drivers seat first, the front nuts came off easily, but the rear bolts had been fitted by Garth, I almost popped my colon undoing them! Both seats needed the bottom bushes replacing to stop the rocking. Very straight forward, the only little snaggy bits were getting the drive cables back in and then the rods back into the bushes.
The drivers seat needed the seatbelt guide replacing, not too bad, the backrest needed 'skinning' to fix on the new guide, I removed the 'hog rings' and replaced them with zip ties, it went back together quite easily.
The squab needed the bolster sorting out as you could feel the spring and it wasn't as firm as it should be. So, I 'skinned' it and pushed the spring back where it should be, and glued the foam back into position with 'Sikkaflex', rubbing it in well, I then taped over the repair with lots of gorilla tape. Again the 'hog rings' were replaced with zip ties.
Getting the squab 'skin' off and back on again needed a lot of care, as it is fastened with spikes punched out of the tin base, so the less these are bent, the better.
That was the drivers seat done, the passenger seat was ok apart from the bushes.
All pretty easy really, just a bit heavy getting them in and out, it is a good idea to put an old towel or similar over the sill to prevent any damage, then it's just a bit time consuming, so leave plenty of time.
The reward - A lovely Lamb shank dinner, with all the trimmings, yum.