[Shotimes] Re: parting out 94 MTX - leather removal

[colin cooney]

It is a fairly easy job- first, of course get the seat out of the car, then 
take off the trim pieces, there are a couple bolts on either side at the 
pivot of the seat, thus you can pretty much separate the backrest from the 
seating cushion, except for the tubing for the bolsters and lumbar. I'm 
pretty sure you can just disconnect that and then reconnect when and if you 
put the seat back together, otherwise grab your Recaro milkcrate and throw 
it in there.

There are white plastic clips on the cushion area underneath lip. These 
pretty much secure it onto the frame surrounding the cushion, the two major 
ones are the front and back, and they also run up either side. BE VERY 
CAREFUL with your hands under there feeling around because the metal edges 
from the factory press cuts are still razor sharp! Trust me , you won't even 
feel the cut, and then you'll pull out a very messy hand.

Pretty much the only thing that is holding the leather to the cushion once 
you have the material unsecured are hog rings at the bite lines of the 
leather seams. Just cut them off with wire cutters. You can get a  large box 
of them for 8 bucks or so.

For the back, remove the headrest. The bottom of the backrest has a zipper 
that you can undo and then just roll the fabric up to the headrest area. I 
don't belive that there are any hogrings in the backrest area. The only part 
you want to be careful with are the tubes for the lumbar and bolsters. IIRC 
there is a t-junction where the tubes meet that you can undo to prevent 
damage to the tubing connections as you do the pushing and pulling of the 
various pieces, fabric, etc.
Hope this helps.

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