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My FRPP Recaro's just came in...
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<blockquote data-quote="Tob" data-source="post: 12981934" data-attributes="member: 83412"><p>I think the best tricks are those that come from experience but I'll do my best to share what I learned in this endeavor. To recap:</p><p></p><p>- All I wanted was to purchase a pair of leather Recaro seats from Ford Racing. To date, they won't.</p><p></p><p>- I purchased a pair of the 'B' seats that FRPP has since discontinued. They currently only carry the 'C' seats which are a bit more expensive.</p><p></p><p>- I picked up a complete set of take-off 2013 GT500 leather seat skins from Dean at Rehagen Racing that will hopefully allow me to get what I simply wanted to buy in the first place - a leather Recaro seat.</p><p></p><p>- Because it was so easy, I also swapped bases between my stock 2009 GT500 seats and the FRPP Recaro's. This gave me the power track, and by swapping in the lumbar mechanism from the stock seats, the Recaro seats would then have power lumbar as well.</p><p></p><p>To begin, I started with the driver side first. I like to tackle the most difficult portion of an install first and then finish with the easy part. The driver side is definitely more involved than the passenger side.</p><p></p><p>I had already removed the seats from the vehicle. I laid them on some carpet in my basement and did most of the work on my hands and knees. Here you can see the lumbar and track switches as well as the seatback release...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]453754[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>As mentioned, they all come off well enough.</p><p></p><p>The seatback release lever came first. There is no way to pull it off from the face.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]453755[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>You have to go underneath the plastic cover to remove the retaining clip. I used a cotter pin removal tool (a dental style pick or small screw driver may suffice as well).</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]453756[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]453757[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I then removed the small phillips head screw from the rear of the plastic cover.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]453758[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]453759[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Next was the multi-function seat track switch. You can gently pry it off by applying pressure equally from two sides. A pair of flat blade screw drivers or trim removal tools work well here.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]453760[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]453761[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Since the power lumbar button isn't placed over the side plastic cover you can leave it alone for now. Moving to the rear of the side plastic cover...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]453762[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>There is a large white push pin that anchors the rear of the cover to the seat frame. A long, skinny flat blade screw driver inserted can ease its removal while also pulling the rear of the cover away from the seat frame.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]453763[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>At about the middle of the cover, there is a large plastic tab that snaps into the seat frame as well.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]453764[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The plastic tab slips into a steel 'V' retainer which locks into the seat base.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]453765[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]453766[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]453767[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Same type of retaining mechanism at the front of the cover, only a little smaller.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]453768[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]453769[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Release the seat skin bottom clips, unplug the remaining harness to the multi-function switch as well as the lumbar switch, and you have successfully removed the side cover/switches/etc.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]453770[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]453771[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>You can see the rear push pin as well as the respective hole it comes in.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]453772[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>These are the plastic retainers that are woven onto the edges of the seat bottom skin that simply slip off of the 'bar' that normally keeps them taut...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]453773[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Similar to the structure underneath our dashboards, corrosion always seems to find a way...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]453774[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The rear of the seat bottom skin is held in place by a long clip, similar to the sides, that is simply pried or slipped off of its respective bar.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]453775[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The gray harness connectors are for the power lumbar mounted on the factory seat. Unplug it.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]453776[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The underside.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]453777[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>In order to separate the seat back from the seat bottom, you have to remove the yellow side air bag connector from where it currently terminates.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]453778[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]453779[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The front of the skin is retained by a long plastic clip that slides onto a flat portion of sheetmetal. It pries off easy enough...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]453780[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I then flipped the seat over to the other side.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]453781[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tob, post: 12981934, member: 83412"] I think the best tricks are those that come from experience but I'll do my best to share what I learned in this endeavor. To recap: - All I wanted was to purchase a pair of leather Recaro seats from Ford Racing. To date, they won't. - I purchased a pair of the 'B' seats that FRPP has since discontinued. They currently only carry the 'C' seats which are a bit more expensive. - I picked up a complete set of take-off 2013 GT500 leather seat skins from Dean at Rehagen Racing that will hopefully allow me to get what I simply wanted to buy in the first place - a leather Recaro seat. - Because it was so easy, I also swapped bases between my stock 2009 GT500 seats and the FRPP Recaro's. This gave me the power track, and by swapping in the lumbar mechanism from the stock seats, the Recaro seats would then have power lumbar as well. To begin, I started with the driver side first. I like to tackle the most difficult portion of an install first and then finish with the easy part. The driver side is definitely more involved than the passenger side. I had already removed the seats from the vehicle. I laid them on some carpet in my basement and did most of the work on my hands and knees. Here you can see the lumbar and track switches as well as the seatback release... [ATTACH=full]453754[/ATTACH] As mentioned, they all come off well enough. The seatback release lever came first. There is no way to pull it off from the face. [ATTACH=full]453755[/ATTACH] You have to go underneath the plastic cover to remove the retaining clip. I used a cotter pin removal tool (a dental style pick or small screw driver may suffice as well). [ATTACH=full]453756[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]453757[/ATTACH] I then removed the small phillips head screw from the rear of the plastic cover. [ATTACH=full]453758[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]453759[/ATTACH] Next was the multi-function seat track switch. You can gently pry it off by applying pressure equally from two sides. A pair of flat blade screw drivers or trim removal tools work well here. [ATTACH=full]453760[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]453761[/ATTACH] Since the power lumbar button isn't placed over the side plastic cover you can leave it alone for now. Moving to the rear of the side plastic cover... [ATTACH=full]453762[/ATTACH] There is a large white push pin that anchors the rear of the cover to the seat frame. A long, skinny flat blade screw driver inserted can ease its removal while also pulling the rear of the cover away from the seat frame. [ATTACH=full]453763[/ATTACH] At about the middle of the cover, there is a large plastic tab that snaps into the seat frame as well. [ATTACH=full]453764[/ATTACH] The plastic tab slips into a steel 'V' retainer which locks into the seat base. [ATTACH=full]453765[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]453766[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]453767[/ATTACH] Same type of retaining mechanism at the front of the cover, only a little smaller. [ATTACH=full]453768[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]453769[/ATTACH] Release the seat skin bottom clips, unplug the remaining harness to the multi-function switch as well as the lumbar switch, and you have successfully removed the side cover/switches/etc. [ATTACH=full]453770[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]453771[/ATTACH] You can see the rear push pin as well as the respective hole it comes in. [ATTACH=full]453772[/ATTACH] These are the plastic retainers that are woven onto the edges of the seat bottom skin that simply slip off of the 'bar' that normally keeps them taut... [ATTACH=full]453773[/ATTACH] Similar to the structure underneath our dashboards, corrosion always seems to find a way... [ATTACH=full]453774[/ATTACH] The rear of the seat bottom skin is held in place by a long clip, similar to the sides, that is simply pried or slipped off of its respective bar. [ATTACH=full]453775[/ATTACH] The gray harness connectors are for the power lumbar mounted on the factory seat. Unplug it. [ATTACH=full]453776[/ATTACH] The underside. [ATTACH=full]453777[/ATTACH] In order to separate the seat back from the seat bottom, you have to remove the yellow side air bag connector from where it currently terminates. [ATTACH=full]453778[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]453779[/ATTACH] The front of the skin is retained by a long plastic clip that slides onto a flat portion of sheetmetal. It pries off easy enough... [ATTACH=full]453780[/ATTACH] I then flipped the seat over to the other side. [ATTACH=full]453781[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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