Georgesb2
George Borrelli
I would simply remove the seat cushion.@WheresMyKeys
I tried your solution. Sourced some foam material similar to yours. Tried installing it all today.
First steps all went OK, until I got to:
"The metal bars are your seat springs, they clip up and over the exposed rear structural bar and clip in at the front. This is a bit finnacky but you can push the white pieces up and off of the bar, then slightly forward to drop the whole support spring from the rear."
I pushed the white pieces up so it was not clamping the bar anymore. However I never could get the white clamps to go enough forward to have the metal frame drop below the bar. It really needs to drop below the bar, otherwise there is no room to add the new foam.
Do you have any ideas to get the frame to drop? I removing the seat a better option? Where can I find a good instruction to remove the seat? (do I need to disconnect the low voltage battery?/how to handle the seat tensioner, and so on?)
Appreciate your efforts!!
Or perhaps just loosen it enough to pull it up to a side, exposing the metal springs top.
1) **Remove the four floor bolts.
2) **Rock the seat backwards
3) **From the front seat floor in front of the seat do the next steps underneath the seat.
4) *Disconnect the gray cable that is near the back, trace the wire goes up into the seat bottom. Just press a tab, holding both ends of the connector, pull apart. Don't pull wires.
5) *Disconnect the tiny black connector. It is located underneath the metal springs, kind of in the center. That is the person in seat sensor. It usually pulls apart. You may need to unclip it from the white plastic support first to get it to come apart.
6) You might need or want to loosen up the seat controls side panel (black) to give more room to work.
7) With a small torx unscrew the front screw holding the black panel near the front, from underneath. You many need to adjust seat height for access. Be careful not to drop small parts in the holes in the floor.
8) The side of the black panel is attached by a press / snap plastic near the center. It pulls apart. I've broken them, be careful. You may need to squeeze on the inside when you pull the panel loose. Or try to do the next steps without removal.
9) With a skinny screwdriver start at the driver's door end at the front of the seat and begin to leverage pull the long black plastic clip holding the front of the faux leather to the metal base. It is wrapped around the front skinny edge of the seat metal base.
10) Repeat for the side closest to the driver's open door.
*You might be able to bypass disconnecting connectors, if you leave the seat in place and just disconnect the faux leather cover clips from front and door side.
**But It might be very difficult without removing the 4 floor bolts. You can try if you wish. I think the floor bolts are very easy, so why not?
You shouldn't need to do, the long black skinny clip holding the faux leather cover to the metal base, other side near the center console. Once the front clip and door side clips are removed, the seat cover should open like an alligator's jaws. To the limit of the wires (especially the seat sensor little black wire) of course.
This should give enough access to the springs top.
Regarding the metal springs.
They easily lift off the back bar.
But they are press fit in a plastic holder in metal clips in the front. They may be in there pretty good and may be difficult to remove and to put back in. IF they get loose, you will have issues and noises and such with the seat later on.
Sincerely,
George Borrelli
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