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Well, after 15 years and 165k miles, my driver's seat back gave out in the 100 degree heat we've been having here in PA. Life is too short to f*ck around with this: I'm going to put a couple of screws through them and a call it a day!
Where would someone who needs them purchase those at? Would you be willing to share the file so I could print my own
Alex (username Sandow) is who printed me a set of carbon reinforced plastic ones when he did his own. I haven't had to use them yet as my clips didn't break when the passenger seat came off so I just readhered the original clips using 3M Panelbond adhesive.
I tried many things over the years.I gave up on trying to remount clips. I simply applied shoe goo around the perimeter of seat back, aligned back onto seat, and kept in place with multiple layers of packing wrap(Saran Wrap). Kept in place over the weekend. Has survived many years and withstands hot 100+ California summers. Only warning, it takes forever for the fumes to go away.
OK! So mine fell off about 2 months ago, finding parts here in TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA is pain in the neck and sometimes will cost you a finger or two.
Here is the much needed info on those custom new clips.
First, find an University Library that has 3D printers (usually can be used for free), I'm using University of Toronto's Library.
Then use any of these 3D models and print off what you need;
These look very nice. I made some much less attractive ones basically cut out of a piece of wood. I tried to JB Weld them in but that failed after a couple of months. So I completely removed the back from the car. I had to take the front seat loose like you do when replacing the battery so that I could get the straps loose that hold the bottom of the upholstery up under the seat. I don't think any of those straps were attached properly. For the two outer straps I think I found two silver clips on the seat rail that appear to work. But for the two toward the middle which each have two straps and a 2" long plastic hook, I cannot see where those need to be attached. Any ideas?
I am going to also post this in the battery replacement thread == hope someone can take a picture while replacing battery.
Regards the seat back itself, I tried the GE Silicon 2+ first time and it failed. It think it may be because the bottom clips came loose. Once I had the seat back out of the car, I drilled holes in the side of the remnants of the bottom clips and continued the holes through the wood pieces I made. Then I put zip ties through the holes and pulled them up tight. No way they will come loose now. Then I scraped off and sanded where I had put the Silicon 2+. This time I used the JB Weld Plastic Epoxy. Put plenty of it on the upper brackets. After positioning the seat back, I cranked the back down so that it was pushing against the back seat. Left it overnight. Seems to be holding.
My '06 Cayenne driver seat back fell off this summer. I tried all sorts of glues to repair the broken bottom plastic clips, but they all failed. Spray adhesive for the top 3 glue points didn't hold either. I found this idea on another forum and it's worked so far!
I drilled holes (9/64" bit) in each side of the remaining plastic clips.
Used zip ties through the drilled holes and the center hole of the metal plate where the clips used to sit. After making sure the bottom "fabric" sides were attached to the seat, I used 2 zip ties per hole. The 1st from drilled hole to metal, the 2nd on the opposite side of the metal and back to the 1st zip tie... which acted as an anchor holding the back loosely in place as I worked on the other 3. Slowly tightened the zip ties until all were tight and bottom of back was in place.
Next I took 3M adhesive tape for moulding and covered the surface of all 3 top plastic pieces where the glue had failed (mine were in place and intact). Peeled the red backing and pressed the back into place.
I leaned the seat all the way back for about an hour so the backseat pressed on the 3M tape area.
Even if the tape eventually fails, the bottom clip area isn't going to drop out of place anytime soon! Hope this helps someone!
The 3M tape didn’t last long and was replace by Gorilla Glue back in 2017.
This last weekend the Gorilla Glue failed after 6.25 years. Stuck back on with Shoe Goo this time. Hopefully this puppy isn’t moving again anytime soon. Crossing fingers!
07-22-2019, 07:07 PM
