Step 12: Once the leather is clipped down (except for the side with the seat belt) you need to cut your hole for the seat belt to slide back through. Line the leather up as if it were clipped on. Put the seat belt in place and using a box cutter or knife of some sort, cut a diagonal slit up the leather (refer to the old fabric for some inspiration). Start small and make it only as big as you need to in order to fit the seat belt latch through. Once you can fit the seat belt latch through, do so and reattached the seat belt latch with the T-45 screw. Then follow up by clipping that leather side onto the bottom of the seat frame. Slide the seat belt latch through the little elastic loop on the top side of the leather.
Step 13: On the other side, you need to cut holes for the lumbar adjustment knob, back seat adjustment handle and the two clips for the plastic cover. Since the leather is tight, you should see the bulge where the adjustment handle shaft is and where the lumbar shaft is. Go ahead and just cut an ‘X’ on top of them so that they will fit through the leather. For the clip holes, Take the plastic cover and line everything up. That will give you an idea as to where it will clip in on the metal seat bottom. Reach you hand under the leather and find that hole – it is rectangular. Line things up and puncture the leather with a small Philips head screw driver so that you know you are in the right spot. Now cut out a hole in the shape of a long ‘X’ to match up with the rectangle. Do this for both clips.
Step 14: Reattach the plastic cover on the side of the seat. Line up the lumbar hole, adjustment hole, the clip holes and the two screw holes on the bottom. Start with screwing in the top screw to the bottom of the seat using the Philips head screw driver. Then screw in the bottom screw. Now press where the clips are on the side until you hear it clip into place. Once everything is secure, reattach the adjustment handle. Using the T-20 bit, screw it back on – not too tight. There is a “key” on the shaft and the hole in the handle. Line this up (it is straight forward). To reattach the lumbar knob, just line it up on the shaft and push. Again, very straight forward. If I remembered all of the steps properly, the bottom seat should be complete at this point.
Step 15: Finish removing the fabric from the seat back. At this point, the fabric should be unclipped from the metal frame in the back of the seat. It is now being held on by the head rest. To remove the head rest, take a small hex wrench and stick it in the small hole on the inside of the plastic base that does not have the latch. Once it fits in, push in on it, push in on the latch on the other side, and pull up on the head rest. It comes out without any hassle.
Step 16: Now, remove the stalks that are still in the seat. From the rear of the seat where you see the foam, find the stalks. There is a little plastic clip that you will need to push in on (it only needs a light touch). While pushing in on the clip, push up on the bottom of the stalk to feed it through the seat top. You can pull it out once you get it moving a little. Do the same for the other side. Keep track of which stalk came out of where and how they went in.
Step 17: Remove the hog rings from the fabric and the foam. Similar to the bottom of the seat, there are 3 holding in the top (closer to the head rest) and 4 on each of the sides. Once removed, the fabric should just come right off.
Step 18: Attach the new leather to the foam of the seat back. Line things up and start clipping the hog rings from the top 3. Then do each of the sides. Once the leather is clamped down, wrap the leather around the foam and hook it onto the metal frame using the plastic channels.
Step 19: At this point, the leather should be fully attached to the foam. Cut holes for the head rest. To find where the holes need to be cut, take a long screw driver and stick it from the foam side through to the top. There is a small hole that the screwdriver will find. Then, using your hand, push down on the leather to feel the driver and where you need to make your slit. Take the plastic head rest stalk that you pulled out from before and attempt to stick it into the new slit. You will see that it won’t fit at first, so cut the leather as need be until the stalk fits down into the seat and clips in. Repeat for the other side.
Step 20: Reattach the two seat pieces together. Take the top section and line it up with the metal hinges on the bottom seat. Using the 13mm bolts, screw the 4 of them back in to hold the seats together.
Step 21: Reattach the plastic bolt covers on both sides of the seat. Just put in place and then push down so that the plastic latches will reach around the metal and hold it in place.
Step 22: Attached the leather for the back of the seat to the plastic covers. Stretch the leather around the plastic cover and make a mark for the plastic plug. Do so by using a small Philips head screw driver to puncture the leather where the small hole is in the plastic. Now, using a knife cut the hole to be a little bit bigger in order to fit the plastic plug. Once complete, attach the leather to the plastic cover using the plastic plug. Repeat for the other side.
Step 23: Reattach the large plastic backing to the seat back. You will be required to cut 4 more holes in the leather. First line things up and take note of where everything will fall into place. Using the old seat cover for inspiration on where to cut, start with the bottom of the back. Cut out two circles/boxes/holes (whatever shape you would like) a little larger than the size of the two black hooks. These will be cut at the bottom of the seat backing so that the plastic can clip onto the metal frame. You can see the holes in one of the attached pictures. Next, find the holes on the side of the seat. You will actually cut into the leather on this one and not just the fabric holding on the plastic channels. It will be a little bit off of the seam on the leather side where the cut will begin. There is a rectangular metal hole in the seat which is what you want to line up and cut the leather for. It is on both sides of the seat. Do this carefully so that you don’t cut in the wrong place. If you do, it could potentially be seen when everything is complete. Using the small Philips head screw driver puncture the leather to assist in lining things up. Once the 4 holes are cut, reattach the plastic backing. Start with the bottom. Then clip in one of the sides, then the top two and then the other side.
Step 24: The seats should be together by this point. It is now time to install the head rest. As mentioned in the previous write-up about the passenger seat, I used a helper to assist me in putting this head rest on. One person squeezes the foam and the other person fits the head rest on. It takes a little bit of time to work it, but it will go on. Then, to clip the head rest on, you need to squish the front and back together and then fit the plastic channels together so that they hold everything in place on the underside of the head rest. This took a while because the headrest was technically not the correct size.
