anyone thought of doing this before.......

[st10587]

as the back panels of the back seats were a bit damaged i carpeted them with some of the left over carpet from the stealth shelf

first pop the cover off

Lots of spray glue

Cut a piece of carpet and throw on

trim down

re assemble

The finished pair!

Thoughts??

 

[s10mph]

Thats a neat idea and well done, 10house points. Does the carpet match the existing boot carpet?

 

[st10587]

erm not sure as not put them in yet but they match the stealth shelf and the only carpet in the boot is on the floor so should look good

 

[_AJ_]

I like it alot, very inventive, as these are the kind of things I want to do in my car.. it has got my brain ticking.
Post a picture up when you've got them in the car.

 

[st10587]

will do later! had to order a couple of retaining clips which hold the seat to the centre bracket as i broke them!

 

[st10587]

The rear seats back in

 

[Fl@pper]

that looks rather neat that, fair play

got any left - the lower 1/4 panels would look good done too and finish it off a treat

 

[st10587]

that looks rather neat that, fair play

got any left - the lower 1/4 panels would look good done too and finish it off a treat

way ahead of you there

 

[Fl@pper]

hehehe good on ya

 

[bassfreak]

looks good do they just pop off i just got some camo cloth and doing my shelf camo just gave me and idear to do that

 

[st10587]

looks good do they just pop off i just got some camo cloth and doing my shelf camo just gave me and idear to do that

you will need to remove the seat to do it. to do this there is 2 metal clips it the centre at the bottom of the seats (might be worth getting spares as one of them broke when i took them out) and then there is a catchy thing on the ends of the seat (at the bottom also). once released them tjust lift out. the to remove the seat covers you need to pop off the plastic trims of the seat, then slide a trim removal tool between the seat covor and the metal backing and level the cover off all the way round. strech the cover round the holes for the head rest supports and then you have split them! just use lots of spay glue and stick the carpet/cloth to the metal backing. when you cut it make sure there is enough for the edge to tuck in the lip where the seat cover clips in. to reassemble is easy just do what you did to split them preety much. with the extra thickness of the carpet/cloth you might have to tap the cover on with a small hammer to get it to clip in.

 

[bassfreak]

cheers mate that is alot of help im thinking of doing a camo install so this would look good . so thanks

 

[st10587]

finshed off the boot today so heres how it looks!

 

[Fl@pper]

now that looks perfect - oem style too - nice job

 

[st10587]

thanks fl@pper

 

[Boo]

How easy are they to get the backs off ? My new seats have bent from too much camping stuff on them over the weekend

 

[st10587]

How easy are they to get the backs off ? My new seats have bent from too much camping stuff on them over the weekend

thats not good! shame i had to give the national a miss this time dueto work

its quite easy once you figure out how to remove them.

you will need to remove the seat to do it. to do this there is 2 metal clips it the centre at the bottom of the seats (might be worth getting spares as one of them broke when i took them out) and then there is a catchy thing on the ends of the seat (at the bottom also). once released them tjust lift out. the to remove the seat covers you need to pop off the plastic trims of the seat, then slide a trim removal tool between the seat covor and the metal backing and level the cover off all the way round. strech the cover round the holes for the head rest supports and then you have split them! just use lots of spay glue and stick the carpet/cloth to the metal backing. when you cut it make sure there is enough for the edge to tuck in the lip where the seat cover clips in. to reassemble is easy just do what you did to split them preety much. with the extra thickness of the carpet/cloth you might have to tap the cover on with a small hammer to get it to clip in.

 

[Boo]

I just want to bend them back not cover them. I removed the seats to put the new ones in so thats easy, I can do that - just wasnt sure how the metal backs came off the pads.

 

[st10587]

I just want to bend them back not cover them. I removed the seats to put the new ones in so thats easy, I can do that - just wasnt sure how the metal backs came off the pads.

just a case of using a trim tool to gently pry them up round the edges if that makes sence

 

[s10mph]

finshed off the boot today so heres how it looks!

You now have the best looking Arosa boot on Seatcupra.net. Well done.