How easy to swap standard seats?

1. xpeterpx Regular Poster Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 420

   #1 22nd February 2013, 17:44

   My misses car -99 T plate seats have deteriorated over the years and I'd like to change them rather than covering them with seat covers.
   Need to know what the degree of difficulty is in just swapping them over to a better set of standard seats all round
   
   Anything to look out for etc..
   
   Cheers
2. user_10801 Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Jul 2006 Somewhere nicer than you Posts: 32356 S2 Exige 240S, CLS63 AMG, Freelander

   #2 22nd February 2013, 17:50

   It's one of the easiest things to do. You will need a torx, i forget which size. Each front seat has 4 torx bolts. Remove those and they will come out. There is likely to be a wire connected under the seat as well for the seatbelt pretensioner so that will need to be unplugged before you remove the seat.
3. xpeterpx Regular Poster Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 420

   #3 22nd February 2013, 17:53

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Viper It's one of the easiest things to do. You will need a torx, i forget which size. Each front seat has 4 torx bolts. Remove those and they will come out. There is likely to be a wire connected under the seat as well for the seatbelt pretensioner so that will need to be unplugged before you remove the seat.

   Seems easy enough ..half a days work?
   
   Also dont think theres an airbag connector to worry about too anyone confirm and what about the rear bench?
4. user_20080 Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2007 smurfland. Posts: 17346 Ex saxo owner.

   #4 22nd February 2013, 18:03

   T40 torx bit mate.
5. user_11460 Super Moderator Joined: Aug 2006 Staffs Posts: 3778 207 HDi GT

   #5 22nd February 2013, 18:03

   T40 torx
   
   Edit: got beaten to it
6. user_10801 Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Jul 2006 Somewhere nicer than you Posts: 32356 S2 Exige 240S, CLS63 AMG, Freelander

   #6 22nd February 2013, 18:18

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by xpeterpx Seems easy enough ..half a days work? Also dont think theres an airbag connector to worry about too anyone confirm and what about the rear bench?

   Not even half a day if you don't have any problems.
   
   You won't have an airbag connector on yours but there will be a brown pretensioner wire. It unclips under the seat.
   
   The rear seats are just as easy. There are some bolts that hold the back rest t the side of the car. Undo those and you're all done. The seat pads will just lift off.
7. xpeterpx Regular Poster Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 420

   #7 22nd February 2013, 18:20

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Viper Not even half a day if you don't have any problems. You won't have an airbag connector on yours but there will be a brown pretensioner wire. It unclips under the seat. The rear seats are just as easy. There are some bolts that hold the back rest t the side of the car. Undo those and you're all done. The seat pads will just lift off.

   Thanks a lot really appreciate it
8. blackie_2k5 Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Oct 2008 Birtley Posts: 22253 VTR Turbo, 106 xsi track slag, Transit recovery, B

   #8 22nd February 2013, 21:19

   take you less then an hour mate, if youve done it before its a 15 min job

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9. user_32315 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Mar 2009 Uppingham, Rutland Posts: 9569 mk1 JP4'd VTR, '16 Fabia Monte Carlo

   #9 24th February 2013, 15:48

   was gonna say takes me about 10 min to remove front and rear seats, it is 12 bolts and 2 connectors in total to remove all the seats, good time to give the inside a good clean
10. xpeterpx Regular Poster Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 420

    #10 24th February 2013, 20:18

    Sorry to drag this up again but just had a thought...would vtr/s seats fit directly into our 1999 standard?
    
    Cheers again
11. tonytiger Infrequent Poster Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 106 2002 Saxo VTR 1993 Corrado VR6

    #11 24th February 2013, 20:25

    As far as I know they will. I had vts seats in my diesel - I'm fairly sure the seats are interchangeable between all models and phases.
12. xpeterpx Regular Poster Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 420

    #12 24th February 2013, 20:43

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by tonytiger As far as I know they will. I had vts seats in my diesel - I'm fairly sure the seats are interchangeable between all models and phases.

    Thanks for the fast reply
13. monka Established Member Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1368

    #13 24th February 2013, 21:33

    yes all seats are interchangable.
    
    should be noted though, that if you have a non-split rear bench (one peice) you will need 2 10mm bolts, and 2 brackets and 10mm nuts if fitting a split bench
    
    the only exception is very early (2 stud front suspension mount early) 106's, where it is just the rears that dont fit, although they can be made to fit using the innards of the standard seat.

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14. stocker2 Newbie Joined: Apr 2008 Essex Posts: 10 Citreon Saxo VTR Silver Blue (2002)

    #14 27th February 2013, 00:35

    If you remove the seats, does the airbag light come on? I want to swap mine out because they are quite bad but I don't want that light to come on and me fail MOT.
15. Scottp Administrator Joined: Dec 2002 Glasgow United Kingdom (Scotland) Posts: 26097 Chelski Traktor

    #15 27th February 2013, 19:33

    They shouldn't as you will be refitting seats and plugging the pretensioner back in