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Lightweight rear seat covers and padding > < Removing and installing cover and padding for rear seat backrest (5-seater)
Removing and installing cover and padding for rear seat bench (5-seater)
Removing and installing cover and padding for rear seat bench (5-seater)
Special tools and workshop equipment required
   
t  Upholstery stapler -V.A.G 1634/-
Removing cover and padding
  W00-0484
  Note
Rear seat backrest is not to be tilted further backwards when removed than when fitted so as not to damage trim for fittings.
1 - Piping
2 - Surround piping
3 - Retainers (2x)
4 - Cover
t  Removing
–  Remove rear seat → Chapter.
–  Release rear seat backrest → Chapter.
–  Use flat screwdriver to prise out piping -1-.
–  Use flat screwdriver to prise out piping -2- all round.
–  Disengage cover from retainers -3- (2x).
–  Detach cover and padding -4-.
t  Installing
–  Install cover and padding -4- in reverse order of removal.

Detaching cover from padding
   
1 - Cover
t  Removing
–  Unfasten staples -2- from padding -3-.
–  Pinch off staples -4- and detach cover -1-.
t  Installing
–  Use upholstery stapler -V.A.G 1634/- to fit new staples.
–  To facilitate installation, push back longitudinal rods as far as first transverse rod.
–  When fitting, staple transverse rods first and then longitudinal rods.
2 - Staples
q   Commercially available as specified by stapler manufacturer.
q   Only use upholstery stapler.
3 - Padding
4 - Staples

   

Lightweight rear seat covers and padding > < Removing and installing cover and padding for rear seat backrest (5-seater)