jayc67

Hi all,

Searched in the archives for this, but could not find anything.

How do I remove the leather panel to allow me to staple
the new seat belt rose piece from 928 Intl in place?

Any help would be appreciated!

Marc Schwager

Be forewarned, it's a struggle - starting with removing the back seat. An allen rachet would come in handy. See

http://www.nichols.nu/tip239.htm

The Nichols site is excellent and will often help you through projects. Take some time and browse around in it.

http://www.nichols.nu/tips.htm

Good luck

SteveCo

I have the rear seats out of my car right now to refinish the leather. Let me see if I can remember the steps.

1. The lower and middle parts of the seat cushion are glued in place (foam of the seat glued to the body of the car). Carefully pull the leading edge of the seat cushion upward and use your hand or a small knife to release the glued parts.
2. Fold the seatback forward and remove the screws holding the seatback carpet to the rear cargo deck.
3. With the carpet released, fold it forward. Between the seatback and the rear deck, on the outboard side, there is a hinge on the seat with socket head bolts retaining the seatback pivot (two for sure, three I think). Remove these...cannot remember the size but an allen socket and a short extender are helpful...mine were in tight.
4. With these fasteners removed, the seatback pivots forward and to the center of the car to release it from the inboard side.
5. With the seatback removed, the outboard trim piece with the rose in question is secured with a couple of phillips head trim screws and trim washers at the lower edge (one at the front and one at the back I think)...and a couple of "ears" along the upper edge. Remove the screws and tilt the bottom of the panel inward and pull toward the center of the car to release.

The roses on my car had been removed previously to recolor the leather. The PO simply sliced the inner side of the rose with a knife and then simply glued the exterior part back on when done. This looked fine and was a servicable repair, but certainly was not the best approach.

Not sure if I will replace them or simply reglue as the PO did. I have not really figured out how to restaple a new piece if I had one. I'd be interested in your experience and technique when you are finished!

Regards,
SteveCo in St. John's

Greg86andahalf

I cheated and used a hot glue gun to attach the rose to the panel on the front side. Looks good, works well. "Someday" I'll remove the panel and do it with staples.

SteveCo

Looks like Greg and I were on the same wavelength on this one. I was going to do the glue job...even though I had mine apart!

Jayc67;
Did you get a new rose or was it a used one? I have not even checked the price of a replacement. Maybe I should reconsider, if it is not too expensive.

Regards,
SteveCo in St. John's

jayc67

I bought 2 new roses for the rear from 928 Intl for a whopping 3 bucks each I believe.

I too cheated in the end

Broke off the tabs and hot glued them in place. I never have any
passengers in the back anyway, so going through all that heartache to replace the things for purely cosmetic reasons just didnt sound like fun.

So, hot glue in hand, I now have 2 brand new installed pieces.

Thanks for the tips guys!

SteveCo

928 trim parts for $3? Well, at those kind of prices, I think I will buy a couple and replace mine....seeing I have all the parts abroad already!

Regards,
SteveCo