A picture is worth a thousand words… or something like that.
Here’s a breakdown with some photographs on removing the driver side (the steps are identical for the passenger side seat).
Quick Tip: you might have to slide the seat forward or back to have a better angle to reach some of the plastic inserts.
Tools used to remove the seat:
13mm socket
T50 bit socket
Ratchet
13mm ratcheting wrench
The T50bit/13mm sockets and ratchet were used to remove the two bolts behind the seat while the ratcheting wrench was used to remove the two bolts to the front seat.
*Might need to use penetrating fluid pending how difficult the bolts are.
Tools used to remove the cover/foam seat:
Cutting Pliers
90* Pick
Once the seat is off you’ll remove the plastic insert at the front of the seat. I grabbed a handful of the material from the base of the seat and pulled towards the plastic insert and using the 90* pick pulled the plastic insert off.
Using the same method, locate the plastic inserts on each side of the seat inbetween the seat base and foam seat:
At this point you can pull up the seat cover starting at the front and cut the hog rings 2 at a time as you move your way to the back. You’ll find 3 hog rings on each side 6 total all marked in red arrows. You’ll notice the hog rings are wrapped around a long wire that’s attached to the seat cover giving the cover a tight fit to the foam seat, keep this in mind when it comes time for the installation of the new hog rings with foam seat.
The blue arrow indicated a strip of Velcro that’s attached to the seat base. Carefully remove the felt from the seat against the Velcro.
While working the seat cover back you’ll have to work around the seat belt and lever. I ended up removing the plastic inserts found at each side towards the back of the seat (only took photos of one side):
Finally there’s the large plastic insert found at the back which likely took me the longest trying to reach it with the 90* pick through the seat base and again pulling the material towards the plastic insert:
At this point the foam seat should be able to be easily removed:
Here’s a breakdown with some photographs on removing the driver side (the steps are identical for the passenger side seat).
Quick Tip: you might have to slide the seat forward or back to have a better angle to reach some of the plastic inserts.
Tools used to remove the seat:
13mm socket
T50 bit socket
Ratchet
13mm ratcheting wrench
The T50bit/13mm sockets and ratchet were used to remove the two bolts behind the seat while the ratcheting wrench was used to remove the two bolts to the front seat.
*Might need to use penetrating fluid pending how difficult the bolts are.
Tools used to remove the cover/foam seat:
Cutting Pliers
90* Pick
Once the seat is off you’ll remove the plastic insert at the front of the seat. I grabbed a handful of the material from the base of the seat and pulled towards the plastic insert and using the 90* pick pulled the plastic insert off.
Using the same method, locate the plastic inserts on each side of the seat inbetween the seat base and foam seat:
At this point you can pull up the seat cover starting at the front and cut the hog rings 2 at a time as you move your way to the back. You’ll find 3 hog rings on each side 6 total all marked in red arrows. You’ll notice the hog rings are wrapped around a long wire that’s attached to the seat cover giving the cover a tight fit to the foam seat, keep this in mind when it comes time for the installation of the new hog rings with foam seat.
The blue arrow indicated a strip of Velcro that’s attached to the seat base. Carefully remove the felt from the seat against the Velcro.
While working the seat cover back you’ll have to work around the seat belt and lever. I ended up removing the plastic inserts found at each side towards the back of the seat (only took photos of one side):
Finally there’s the large plastic insert found at the back which likely took me the longest trying to reach it with the 90* pick through the seat base and again pulling the material towards the plastic insert:
At this point the foam seat should be able to be easily removed: