993 Rear Seat Removal / Replacement
Finally got around to removing the Midnight Blue rear seats and replacing with black. I had to be patient to find black leather as most 993's rear seat are not leather :hand:
Not a hard job to do at all, just warm in there so be prepared to sweat a little.
The hardest bit is removing one large industrial sized screw on each backrest. You will probably need an impact driver to get it started but once turned a little removes easily as the threads should be greased....
I used a Sealey Professional Impact Driver kit which has a suitable large flat headed bit to use.....
Next drop the seat backs down.
Remove the two lower back cover screws to allow easier removing / replacing the rear seat fabric tail later....
There are now two hidden screws on each seatback which secure the carpet in place.......
outside....
and you can see the two inner ones where they indent the carpet...
Once these screws are removed you can slide the carpet on the back of the seatrest from under the back cover......
This will reveal an elasticated strip which is secured in place with another screw. Be careful as you remove this as the elastic will spring back with a bit of force once the screw is loose...
You can now remove the seat backs by sliding out the outside edge and away from the centre which is held by a pin on the backrest at the inner pivot point......
Here is the inner pivot point hole. The pin on the seat back simply eases out of the hole as you remove so you need to ease to the outside as you pull away...
nb you may pull away a cover from the outer screw point, make sure this is put back in place...
The lower seat bases are simply held on with glue. The problem is its the thickest glue you are ever likely to encounter :dont know:
I removed by simply tugging a bit at a time and using a stanley knife to cut through, inch by inch. It was a warm day though, any colder you may need to use a heat gun to make the glue elastic enough to pull away and cut....
Replacement is simply the reversal.
So I have now got front and rear black seats to finish off my better balanced two tone interior.....