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Re: what a SHITTY day for my 87..
Well, intuitive might not be the word I would describe dismantling the upper
part of the seat. Although it is easy to see what has to be removed to
accomplish the job, actually removing some of the things is very hard. The
bent pieces attached to the seat frame on the bottom are easy to bend back.
Then you can lift out the middle portion of the seat cushion. Now you can
see tiny staple-like things that wrap around the spring frame on the inside.
Carefully unbend these. Be very sure not to pull too hard on any one
piece of fabric because you do not want to tear the fabric. As you get to
the top of the inner cushion, there is a rod that goes accross the seat with
more staples attached to it. Remove all these staples too. Remove the side
release handle and trim piece.
Once you are sure you have every last staple released, you can start to
slide the fabric up the frame. Probably the hardest part is removing the
plastic headrest mounts. Pulling the fabric up will give you better access
to the back side of the mounts. This is definitely a two person job. I
used a socket to defeat the fingers on the mount and a screwdriver for
leverage to pull the mount out of the seat. It's hard to describe and hard
to do. Once you have these pieces out, your fabric will be unattached from
the seat.
Now you can simply slip your fabric over your new frame. And as the Bentley
says, assembly is the reverse of disassembly. Getting everything stretched
tight and bending the staples back around the wires is easier with an extra
set of hands.
With the broken frame, you do risk damaging your fabric. So I would suggest
that if you have to drive around before you can fix the driver's seat, you
can switch the upper part of the passenger seat onto the driver's lower
part. Finding untorn fabric for the upper part of the driver's seat is VERY
hard!! Don't tear yours!!!
Bring your seat tomorrow, we'll help you get it apart!
HTH,
Ian Overholt
'88 16v
'78 Pre-S S
----Original Message Follows----
From: David Liu <dyliu@pacbell.net>
To: "Ian Overholt" <ioverholt@hotmail.com>, 104372.1061@compuserve.com,
scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Re: what a SHITTY day for my 87..
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 10:02:11 -0700
i'm going to have a look at it tomorrow morning (i hope the fabric -
leather - doesn't rip!!). is this an intuitive dismantle project?? does the
bentley have any info on it? if it's the metal frame and it's salvagable
(the way i've pictured it in my head) i may just try to bolt the thing
together. more details later.
seeya
dave
At 09:44 AM 7/30/99 -0700, Ian Overholt wrote:
>I looked more closely at your original message and saw that you have
broken
>the upper half. Bummer. You will need to find a driver's side upper from
a
>Scirocco. If your fabric is still good, it can be reused on the new
frame.
>Like I said before, switching the foam & fabric on the upper part of the
>seat is hard! One of the hardest parts was removing the plastic plugs in
>the top where the headrest mounts. I think the method that finally worked
>was jamming a socket on the inside end while pulling up on the top side.
>Talk about overengineering!! That plastic piece just pops in, but it's
not
>intended to come out!
>
>Ian Overholt
>'88 16v (with rebuilt lower driver's seat)
>'78 pre-S S (needs upper fabric on both front seats)
>
>
>----Original Message Follows----
>From: Kathy Teulie <104372.1061@compuserve.com>
>To: "Ian Overholt" <ioverholt@hotmail.com>, scirocco-l@scirocco.org,
>dyliu@pacbell.net
>Subject: Re: what a SHITTY day for my 87..
>Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 12:01:40 -0400
>
>My friend Frank broke his seat frame like you did. You can use
>several upper frames to replace yours. Jetta GLI 2 door A1 and A2's will
>fit.
>If you can, get a Scirocco seat back. You can even use a passenger seat
>back but all the controls will be on the other side. I've replaced upper
>and
>lower seat fabric before. It is best not to try to replace the upper seat
>back
>fabric if you are new to this stuff. Just get a good frame with matching
>fabric.
>The lower frame is Scirocco only! Do not try to put a Golf or Jetta lower
>seat
>frame in your Scirocco. You would need to be about 3 feet tall to
>drive your car with out hitting your head on the roof : O.
>Doug
>
>Message text written by "Ian Overholt"
> >
>That's some bad news. Replacing the door isn't that bad, but if the dent
>looks easy to straighten, it could be worth fixing. I just bought a '78
>with a good dent in the driver's door and I'm going to replace the door.
>
>On the seat issue, is the break in the upper or lower part of the seat?
>The
>lower part is much easier to replace. If your fabric is worn out on the
>lower part, now is the time to change it. All the lower seat foam and
>fabric are the same on the driver and passenger seat, so all you have to
do
>
>is find a junkyard car with a decent passenger seat (much easier than
>finding an intact driver's seat). Then get a driver's seat (fabric/foam
>condition doesn't matter) and put the passenger seat fabric and foam on
the
>
>new driver's seat frame. Does this make sense? I've replaced upper and
>lower seat fabric before. The upper is much harder because there are a
lot
>
>more places where the fabric is attached to the frame and there are pieces
>going back and forth and around things and popping out the plastic pieces
>where the headrests mount is REALLY hard.
>
>You're in the bay area, right? Come to the meet on Saturday. I'll show
>you
>what I'm talking about. :)
>
>Ian Overholt
>'88 16v
>'78 Pre-S S<
>
>
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