Leather front seat disassembly

VFRMark · 12-15-2011, 04:30 PM

Hi guys, newbe member but had the rex for a whileand just upgraded the cloth seats to leather heated ones (heavier but winters coming!)

These have the plastic clamshell on the back with a leather panel which I managed to push in and need to refit by removing the plastic back to the seat.
I've searched this forum and about 6 others from around the world and I can't find any instructions or DIY help on how to take apart the top half of the seat (I found a few on taking the cloth version apart where you can just unzip and roll up the fabric but that doesn't help me). I think I have spent 12hours on the web and another 6 on the seats so far. I managed to pull off the silver plastic rotor, but after breaking one plastic joint at the bottom of the plastic shell

I really need some advice.

Can anyone help me with instructions on how to get that back plastic clamshell off? Pictures and/or workshop manual would be amazing. I'm pretty sure I can do it if I know where to tug/pull/push/unclip, I just don't want to break off any tabs or whatever is holding it on and after a reasonably thorough inspection and searching, I need some help.

Many Thanks!

VFRMark · 12-15-2011, 05:19 PM

I managed to find a posting about dismantling the cloth seats but nothing about the leather ones.

for those interested in cloth instructions try this link by 7aull (Stu Aull in alaska,) its a RX7 page but hes fitting a rx8 set of seats to it and needed to strip it right down to weld new rails on
http://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=802427&page=2

so if anyone has every taken their leather ones apart please let me know the trick to removing the leather seat back.

thanks

12-15-2011, 04:30 PM	#1
VFRMark The Newbie Join Date: Dec 2011 iTrader: (0) Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Leather front seat disassembly - help Hi guys, newbe member but had the rex for a whileand just upgraded the cloth seats to leather heated ones (heavier but winters coming!) These have the plastic clamshell on the back with a leather panel which I managed to push in and need to refit by removing the plastic back to the seat. I've searched this forum and about 6 others from around the world and I can't find any instructions or DIY help on how to take apart the top half of the seat (I found a few on taking the cloth version apart where you can just unzip and roll up the fabric but that doesn't help me). I think I have spent 12hours on the web and another 6 on the seats so far. I managed to pull off the silver plastic rotor, but after breaking one plastic joint at the bottom of the plastic shell I really need some advice. Can anyone help me with instructions on how to get that back plastic clamshell off? Pictures and/or workshop manual would be amazing. I'm pretty sure I can do it if I know where to tug/pull/push/unclip, I just don't want to break off any tabs or whatever is holding it on and after a reasonably thorough inspection and searching, I need some help. Many Thanks!

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12-15-2011, 05:19 PM	#2
VFRMark The Newbie Join Date: Dec 2011 iTrader: (0) Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	I managed to find a posting about dismantling the cloth seats but nothing about the leather ones. for those interested in cloth instructions try this link by 7aull (Stu Aull in alaska,) its a RX7 page but hes fitting a rx8 set of seats to it and needed to strip it right down to weld new rails on http://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=802427&page=2 so if anyone has every taken their leather ones apart please let me know the trick to removing the leather seat back. thanks