Dismantling a sport seat

Wed Mar 09, 2005 9:52 am

Just bought a set of original E30 sport seats last night. Very good condition, no tears or rips. However, on closer inspection the drivers seat cushion could do with replacing or beefing up as it feels very soggy under the fabric. Also one of the bolsetr cushions has broken down a bit so I'd like to take them off also.

Any tips on how the do this properly without breaking anything would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Kevin.

Wed Mar 09, 2005 10:40 am

Ooooh, thinking of doing this to my drivers seat as well. Not had chance to look at it myself yet, so I'll be interested in the replies to this too.

Giles.

Wed Mar 09, 2005 10:51 am

Me too, I've got a bit of play in the mechanisms and would like to overhaul them.

Wed Mar 09, 2005 11:45 am

Try this for size

http://www.esatclear.ie/~bpurcell/318isseat.html

Ian.

Thu Mar 10, 2005 9:37 am

Thanks Ian. I think the seat base is for a standard seat though. It should give me some ideas anyway, so I don't mess up

Thu Mar 10, 2005 2:11 pm

It's dead easy actualy, when i get my frame back i will try and do an article when i put my drivers sprot seat back together if you guys are interested. It's pretty easy to workout, but you do need circlip pliars to seperate the seat back and base.

Thu Mar 10, 2005 2:54 pm

How is the seat back panel attached? I didn't have time to look at it in detail, but I couldn't see any screws. On the standard seat, there are a couple of screws at the bottom of the panel.

Thu Mar 10, 2005 7:08 pm

Don't know about the comforts seats, but IIRC there was two screws at the bottom, and then you have to pull the plastic handle off and then the panel should come off.

Hope this helps.

Fri Mar 11, 2005 9:25 am

Thanks, had a good look last night and found the screws. Hopefully I can get the work done this weekend.

Tue Sep 16, 2008 3:34 pm

star man Ian, this has been troubling me for weeks!!

Tue Sep 16, 2008 3:39 pm

lol - a 3 and a half year old thread. Nice!

Tue Sep 16, 2008 4:15 pm

G, how was the classic Le mans?

Did the scumbag chavs make it down to this as well?

Tue Sep 16, 2008 4:31 pm

Classic Le Mans was great this year. Couldn't take the Jetta though as I had a small incident in it resulting in the loss of the front bumper, so had to take the Mk3 - not as much fun though.

The Classic is great because there are no scumbag chavs that go... they wouldn't understand why there's no fair, topless dancers or beer mountains.

Make sure you go next time (2010) - it's well worth it.