Diesel Data: Automotive Repair

Rear Seat-Back Cover Replacement (2-Door)




Rear Seat-back Cover Replacement

2-door

NOTE:

- Put on gloves to protect your hands.

- Take care not to tear the seams or damage the seat covers.

1. Remove the seat-back. Rear Seat Removal/Installation

2. Remove all of the head restraints.

3. Remove the screw, then remove the center belt guide (A).






4. Release the lower hook strips (A) and the side hook strips (B).






5. Pull back the seat-back cover (A), then release the hook strips (B).






6. Pull out the seat-back frame (A) from the pad (B), then remove the head restraint guides (C) and the center head restraint guides (D) while pinching the end of the guides.

7. Remove the seat-back cover and the pad from the seat-back frame.






8. Pull back the edge of the seat-back cover (A) all the way around, and remove the upholstery rings (B). Release the hooks (C) of the horizontal wires (D) from the vertical wires (E) on the pad, and remove the remaining upholstery rings, then remove the seat-back cover.
NOTE: The seat cover except the leather seat cover is shown; the leather seat cover is similar.






9. Install the cover in the reverse order of removal, and note these items:
- To prevent wrinkles when installing a seat-back cover, make sure the material is stretched evenly over the pad before securing the upholstery rings and hook strips.

- Replace all of the upholstery rings (A) fastening the seat-back cover (B) and pad wire (C) with new ones using commercially available upholstery ring pliers (D).