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Post by Aries326 » Thu May 29, 2014 9:54 pm

Thanks for the tutorial! Installing my M-Sport seats now.
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Post by Rich61 » Sun Aug 03, 2014 5:10 pm

Hi Great Tutorial,
Just a few points for coupe owners. Put the headrests back in the seat before you bolt the seat down or you will have to unbolt again as there's not enough head room to feed the headrest into the seat back (you need to tilt the whole seat assembly), but make sure you attach the seat belt through the shoulder guide as its a lot harder to do with the headrest fitted and you could easily damage the headrest leather.
Also, a point on disconnecting the battery on the coupe, make sure you leave the boot open as there is no manual override on the boot lock.

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Post by sasker » Sat Dec 27, 2014 10:17 pm

I am going to be removing my seats this weekend and I wanted to know can I leave the passenger one out for a few days as i'm giving the carpets a good clean amongst other things. Would I get the airbag light come on driving round with the connector not connected to the seat once I reconnect the battery up?
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Post by Swiftly » Sat Dec 27, 2014 10:21 pm

Yes, the airbag light will be triggered if you do that
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Post by sasker » Sun Dec 28, 2014 1:29 am

Swiftly wrote:Yes, the airbag light will be triggered if you do that
Looks like i'll have to get me mate to turn it off again, he only did it for me last week but not going to get my seat in the same day.
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Post by Buzz » Sat Oct 17, 2015 2:12 am

One small problem. I followed this post to pull my drivers side seat today and it worked well! Only problem is now the top won't go up. The button just flashes with very little action. You can hear the windows start down and then, nothing. Could it have to do with the battery disconnect? Should I disassemble and then reassemble the unde seat electrical connection? The top was down while I was working on the seat.
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Post by Buzz » Sat Oct 17, 2015 8:18 pm

To close out my own post, I had the windows down along with the top when I had the problem. I found that when I cycled the windows up and down from the switches on the door, the system worked again. I can only assume the system needed to know the position of the Windows and by cycling them back and forth, it got the data it needed.

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Post by stevebrowne » Sun Apr 10, 2016 4:07 pm

Thanks for this - took out the passenger seat today for a clean underneath (and to help get some moisture out of the car). Worked perfectly. Will do the driver's seat when I get some time.

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Post by Flounders » Fri Aug 05, 2016 8:33 pm

1st post and I know I'm a couple of years late but what a great guide.
Took 20 minutes from start to finish with no hiccups.
Had to remove the seat to fix the back cover.
Thanks for the help!
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How to Remove your Seats...

Post by JoZ4trumpet » Sat Sep 29, 2018 12:15 pm

This is a great guide and I’m about to switch my seats over to black leather heated seats. Is there anyway I can seat the photos or have they disappeared to the the age of the post?

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Post by RROB » Sat Sep 29, 2018 12:57 pm

same here..... please

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Post by longshaw » Thu Dec 26, 2019 10:54 am

Did anyone find the photos?
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Post by firebobby » Thu Dec 26, 2019 2:17 pm

This youtube vid should help if all you want is to is remove the seats.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WdK0EkjsLs&t=13s
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Post by longshaw » Thu Dec 26, 2019 11:31 pm

firebobby wrote: Thu Dec 26, 2019 2:17 pm This youtube vid should help if all you want is to is remove the seats.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WdK0EkjsLs&t=13s
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