Front seat cover guide

[67westy]

Has anyone done a guide on how to remove/refit the front seat covers. I was going to just pull them apart but will probably make a better job of it with a guide

 

[mister]

Hi
I haven't seen a comprehensive guide anywhere before. But when I did mine a few years ago, I just carefully removed the originals and took a few photos. There are some quite savage sharp tags of metal on the backs that you need to watch out for, as they can tear seat covers and skin!
The tags need bending back carefully to get the covers off, then bending back to hold the new covers on.
Also it helped when re-fitting the cover to warm them up so they are more subtle (mine were vinyl TMI ones), it was winter so I put mine on the radiator, I think in California they just leave them in the sun! I have heard of a tumble dryer been used too.... It was quite a wrestle to get them on, and to get the corners to look good.
I was recommended the foam pads by the reseller when I bought them, but with hindsight I would go for the coir ones, for comfort and best shape, the foam is a bit soft.
Hope this helps!

 

[67westy]

Big help thanks I found a guide on JK forums along with buying a PDF of KYBA 2. Hopefully the combination will give me enough info

 

[thejinx]

I used the JK guide very good. Worked a treat

 

[neilswheels]

The base Horse hair pads aren't currently available for early bays, apparently the factory in China went bust. I've just done mine and had to find good second hand bases in the end.
I also used TMI covers, they're o.k, but on the drivers base I had to replace the string with wire as per OEM to get it to fit right. I also seperated my bases and backs, which made it a lot easier.

 

[67westy]

Hmmm I have the hair bases on order from heritage and they said they are arriving end of this month. Interesting to see if that's the case!

Was base and back easy to separate? Cheers for the tips