M-Sport seats; refurb
Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2022 11:11 am
Hi all
I picked up a set of M-Sport seats in need of a bit of TLC. As I saw a few guides where pics had gone missing I thought I'd pop a new post up.
Will be in different parts.
The seats in question were Nappa Champagne from an 07 coupe. Electric but no heating.
I decided to retrofit heating pads, repair the leather (which wasn't too bad), look at the foam and recolour.
Part one is how to get into the backrest:
Remove the plastic side covers from the lower part of the backrest to reveal two silver T30 bolts- undo and the backrest will separate from the seat base.
I needed to get the leather away from the foam base. Tools needed here are either a set of needle nose pliers OR good snipping pliers to cut the hog rings.
When you have the backrest face down you will see at the base of the seat there are two hog rings that secure the leather to the foam- snip them off
Working from the base, start to free the seam from the seat, its rubber/plastic beading that will pry away using either a screwdriver or trim tool, if you compress the foam this will help too but be careful not to damage the leather
Better view of that hog ring
Work around the edge of the seat working the bead free
Once the beading is free you can separate the back rest (a shell outer and a polystyrene inner) and the leather faced foam.
I picked up a set of M-Sport seats in need of a bit of TLC. As I saw a few guides where pics had gone missing I thought I'd pop a new post up.
Will be in different parts.
The seats in question were Nappa Champagne from an 07 coupe. Electric but no heating.
I decided to retrofit heating pads, repair the leather (which wasn't too bad), look at the foam and recolour.
Part one is how to get into the backrest:
Remove the plastic side covers from the lower part of the backrest to reveal two silver T30 bolts- undo and the backrest will separate from the seat base.
I needed to get the leather away from the foam base. Tools needed here are either a set of needle nose pliers OR good snipping pliers to cut the hog rings.
When you have the backrest face down you will see at the base of the seat there are two hog rings that secure the leather to the foam- snip them off
Working from the base, start to free the seam from the seat, its rubber/plastic beading that will pry away using either a screwdriver or trim tool, if you compress the foam this will help too but be careful not to damage the leather
Better view of that hog ring
Work around the edge of the seat working the bead free
Once the beading is free you can separate the back rest (a shell outer and a polystyrene inner) and the leather faced foam.