My OEM parts finally came in. . . I had to replace both the cover and the padding

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after

 

you links suck. they take you right to photobucket... they don't show anything else.

 

how much $$$
i need that for my mazda

 

looks great.

any actual tech to this thread? like, providing part numbers, price, or detailed pictures showing how you did the removal and install?

 

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x2...id be into that. cheaper than buying a new seat

 

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any actual tech to this thread? like, providing part numbers, price, or detailed pictures showing how you did the removal and install? </TD></TR></TABLE>

no crap my dx is in need of something like this asap

 

ha ha yea i know all the seats have the same problem.. sorry I was so vague on the first post... it was right after i did it and i had some s**t 2 do..

as far as the pics.. im new to photobucket.. so if someone can tell me what i did wrong that would be great. i appologize

lets see.. the parts are more expensive than you may think, some people say they find great deals all over but i searched for a few weeks and couldnt find anything..
I bought the parts off of hondapartscheap.com they are 25 or 26% off the dealership price... The back-rest cover and the padding insert shipped came out to just under $230- which is funny because if you were to walk in to the parts dept. the back-rest cover alone would be $240 + tax... u do the math..

as far as the installation goes it was pretty straight-forward...
-i took the seat out of the car.. via the 4 bolts
-take off headrest
-then you lift up the small leather flap on the bottom of the back of the seat where you should find some metal rings (if stock) holding the back-rest cover on.. you can easilly warp those with a pair of pliers
-then the easy part.. pull the seat cover off (removing the springs that hold it to the metal backing as you go)
-you will notice the seat cover is still held on via the head-rest guide which needs to be removed.. there is only a tiny screw holding it on but it is unaccessable from the top so i held the threads with a pair of needle-nose plyers and rotated it out little by little
-Once the guide is out, you can take the old padding off and slip the new one on
-the new seat cover comes inside-out for a reason!!! while inside out, align the hedrest holes and reinstall the guide(this will help keep the seat cover in place)
-then (replacing one set of springs at a time) slowly work the seat cover over the new padding as evenly as you can
- now all that is left is to poke some holes in the leather flaps @ the bottom through wich you can insert zip-ties to keep the seat cover firmly on the seat.

i know this was long.. and i hope it helps some of you...

here is a link for a display of different seat parts you can buy:

http://www.hondapartscheap.com...ch=no

the part #'s i bought were :
cover- 81531-SH0-A01ZA
pad- 81120-SH3-A00AA

there are 2 color choices for the seat cover , blue and gray and the part #'s change accordingly

tell me if i missed something!! thanks guys!!

 

honestly I wouldnt be able to tell you man, ive only been in the game for a little while.... but looking at the diagrams on the website they look pretty different...

post your question though.. someone has an answer for you..

sorry again!!!

 

Here's a site with some tech instructions. Pretty ghetto if you ask me but they still look okay.http://www.fourthgenhatch.net/seatreupholster.html

 

4sho good lookin out!!

 

The cost of DX and STD covers are not that bad. However the cost of an SI cover is pretty high. The foam is cheap though...