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6sik6trimming
27-04-2008, 11:25 AM
step 1; remove your seats from car ,two bolts at front the sldie seat back the two at the back then remove from car
step 2; turn seats upside down and you will see the connection of two parts of material get a screwdriver between the two and pry apart [see below]
http://img151.imageshack.us/my.php?image=002cx2.jpg
this is what it should look like once done
http://img246.imageshack.us/my.php?image=003uq6.jpg
step 3; now pull the material through the bottom at this time you should notice a hog ring holding material on the left hand side like this
http://img151.imageshack.us/my.php?image=004cs2.jpg
grab the hog ring with pliers and twist until it comes off
step 4; wiggle the material up [like you would removing jeans] once you get about five inches up from the bottom you will have to remove three different hog rings [holding the material down] shown below there should be one in middle and one either side
http://img151.imageshack.us/my.php?image=005xg7.jpg
remove these hog rings[grab hog ring with pliers and twist] ,onece removed about another three inches up is another three hog rings remove these
step 5; once these 6 hog ring are removede u should be able to keep wiggling the material upwards ,one the material is at the top gently pull the material around the headrest clips at the top of the seats
http://img246.imageshack.us/my.php?image=006cs8.jpg
step 6; now that the material is completly over the front part of the seat there is a 2 more hog rings holding the material at the back like this
http://img166.imageshack.us/my.php?image=007ae4.jpg


now that is the top half of the front seats done now on to the bottom part of the front seats quite easier



step 1;turn the seats upside down again to see bottom of the seats ,ther is two hog ringd holding a piece of vinyl down removed these rings to see a piece of red plastic srtipping get a screwdriover under it to remove it this is what it looks like
http://img246.imageshack.us/my.php?image=008qd6.jpg
step 2; now around the outsides of the seats is more of this red stripping,like this
http://img246.imageshack.us/my.php?image=009zb3.jpg
once again to remove this take a flathead underneath it and pull up ,once its off the seat frame like this
http://img151.imageshack.us/my.php?image=010zv6.jpg
put your fingers underneath it and slowly go round the seats pulling it completly off
step 3; now that the stripping is off the seats like this
http://img151.imageshack.us/my.php?image=011xr6.jpg
there should be 12 more hog rings around the sides to remove once thats done bob is your uncles cousin

this should save you taking it to a trimmers to be removed if you buy a set of covers off me or ebay if you have any probs on doing this pm me and ill help as much as possible by the way stay tuned and ill do a walkthrough on putting seat covers on as i am installing leather ones today


PEACE

6sik6trimming
27-04-2008, 11:26 AM
admin sorry can you move this to diy links please sorry bout this people

Lucifer
27-04-2008, 12:51 PM
Awesome, now I can remove mine properly to have work done to them giggity :D

TN88
27-04-2008, 01:53 PM
Glad my idea was takened up as a D.I.Y tread to do seat covers.6sik6timming you did a great job on how to do it!Well done:thumbsup:

6sik6trimming
27-04-2008, 01:57 PM
:thumbsup: cheers mate i love compliments :bowrofl:

Balkanite
27-04-2008, 02:39 PM
Very usefull friend, thanks for the effort and time put in for this DIY tutorial, keep up the great posts :)

6sik6trimming
28-04-2008, 12:55 PM
glad i could help people

GregNSyd
30-11-2008, 05:57 PM
This looks really useful, but the image links are all just reverting to the imageshack home page - any fix?

Nemesis
30-11-2008, 05:59 PM
No - 6Sik6Trimming probably took them down from his image shack account when he was banned.

GTVi
30-11-2008, 06:32 PM
Now thats what you call an "Indian gift"...don't suppose anyone saved these offline somewhere?

kj.ei
30-11-2008, 07:55 PM
What did he do to get banned?

Lucifer
30-11-2008, 08:09 PM
What did he do to get banned?
Didn't send trimming to people and such... Hard to contact or something like that. Shady etc etc?

Nemesis
30-11-2008, 08:23 PM
Poor workmanship aswell.

magna00
30-11-2008, 08:59 PM
Poor workmanship aswell.

All of the above, a general Con Artist

KING EGO
30-11-2008, 09:05 PM
Could tell that from his first post..:)

QMD///801
30-11-2008, 09:14 PM
for the record i found him great to deal with...

he even sent me a free gearboot as the first one wasn't quite what i asked for.

also quick too like 3 days delivery.

Madmagna
01-12-2008, 03:33 AM
This thread is not a debate over the workmanship of this previous sponsor. The Admin theam had to make a very hard decision here however that decision was made and is not open for discussion

The initial thread is still handy to refer to

/closed