There's a 10mm bolt underneath the center of the front of the seat. Take this out. Then move the seat forward and remove the two plastic trim peices from the tracks behind the seat.
Move the seat all the way back out of the tracks. Tilt the seat up and disconnect any wiring harnesses there may be. Lift seat up and out of car. -josh --- Adam Frank <[email protected]> wrote: > ok then, heres a good one for you. > How do i remove the front seats? :) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "DocWyte" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 1:09 PM > Subject: [A2-16v] The adventures of DocWyte and > Molly the wonder dog... > > > > As I gazed around my house and enjoyed the > beautiful > > weather, I decided to take my faithful companion, > > Molly the wonder dog (yellow lab) and work on > Project > > GLI. > > > > Project GLI ('90 GLI 2l 16v) was cursed from the > > factory with the door mounted passive restraint > seat > > belts. Months ago I'd pillaged several older > jettas > > to get the needed parts to convert to "normal" 3 > point > > seatbelts. They'd been sitting on my workbench > every > > since. > > > > Step one: Drag all parts out from the basement > > workbench. Drop bag and watch in dismay as bolts > and > > washers fall on gravel driveway. Molly the wonder > dog > > spies a chipmunk and happily chases it. I start > > picking up parts. > > > > Step two: Bring all needed tools up from > basement, > > including Bentley manual. You DO have a Bentley > > manual, right? > > > > Step three: Dry fit all parts, seeing how they > fit > > together and making sure I have all the needed > > hardware. I can't stress this enough, if you > can't > > figure out how things fit outside of the car, good > > luck once you're inside the car!! Also, do > yourself a > > favor and get at least twice as many of the bolts > as > > you really need. You'll understand later in this > > story why... > > > > Step four: Remove front seats. Email me if you > don't > > know how... Molly the wonderdog promptly plunks > > herself down on the seats, getting doghair > everywhere. > > Ugh... > > > > Step five: Remove black plastic trim around edge > of > > carpet, be careful prying up the trim, the plastic > > tabs get very brittle with age. That'll reveal > two > > phillips head screws that hold the lower B pillar > trim > > on. > > > > Step six: Remove B pillar trim parts. Look at > the > > top of the B pillar and see what kind of threaded > > holes you have up there. Some cars will only have > one > > threaded hole to accept a 17mm bolt (for fixed > point > > shoulder belt), others will have two threaded > holes. > > This is to hold the adjustable shoulder portion of > the > > "normal" belt system. Luckily I'd pillaged both > from > > the junkyard, otherwise I'd have been SOL. > > > > Step seven: Evict Molly the wonderdog from front > > seats. She looks at you mournfully until she sees > the > > squirrel on the other side of the yard, chase > > ensues... Remove old lapbelt etc from front seats > and > > replace with "normal" belt anchor. > > > > Step Eight: Mount inertial reel onto tabs on car. > > > Try to thread 17mm bolt into place by feel. Drop > bolt > > down into recess of car. Spout out choice 4 > letter > > words. Notice neighbor walking small children in > > street. Blame Molly the wonder dog. Get magnet > on a > > stick and manage to fish bolt out and get it in > place. > > Torque to 29 ft lbs. Mount up lower B pillar > trim. > > > > Step Nine: Do the same on the passenger side of > car. > > Once again drop 17mm bolt into recess of car. > Spout > > more 4 letter words. Look guiltily around for > small > > children. See none. Remember next door neighbor > runs > > a day care center from her house. Blame Molly the > > wonder dog again. Try to fish bolt out with > magnet on > > a stick. Can't find it, feel it etc. Get extra > bolt > > from bag (see what I mean?) mount up reel. > Realize > > car will have permenant rattle down there now. > > Sigh... Molly is now rolling around yard with all > > paws in the air... > > > > Step Ten: Mount up adjustable shoulder point. It > > uses two 6mm allen head bolts. Have I mentioned > how > > much I hate allen head bolts? Struggle to mount > upper > > B pillar trim. Have to do it three times before > > everything is right. Mount up upper and lower > belt > > anchors, torque to 29 ft lbs. Passenger side goes > > more smoothly. > > > > Step Eleven: Reinstall seats, don't forget to > hook up > > harness for power recaros if so equipped. > > > > Step Twelve: Time to remove old door mounted > hookups. > > The drivers side has a ground interupt circuit > that > > kept you from starting car without belt hooked up. > > > > > Step Twelve a: Remove two 5mm allen head bolts > from > > drivers side. Pull out seat belt hook up. Clip > two > > brown wires and wire them together. Voila, gorund > > interupt circuit gone. > > > > Step Twelve b: Attempt to remove passenger side > allen > > head bolts. Get the upper one out no sweat, lower > one > > strips out. Can't pound in next larger size allen > > head socket. More choice 4 letter words. Molly > gazes > > at me mournfully... > > > > Step Thirteen: Grab drill and drill out offending > > allen head bolt. Use prybar and pop off bracket. > > Smile triumphantly at Molly, who's more interested > in > > licking, uh, certain anatomical areas... Turn > away... > > > > Step Fourteen: Pull off brackets from front of B > > pillar. Three phillips head screws, welded into > > place. Have to use hammer to persuade them to > come > > out. Replace with plugs found in junkyard. > > > > Step Fifteen: Say small prayer and attempt to > start > > car. Vrooommmm!! Success! Molly the wonder dog > wags > > her tail and barks in approval as she jumps into > the > > back seat to go for a ride... > > > > Not too bad of a job, should only take 2 hours or > so, > > taking your time. One wrench on the 5 wrench > scale. > > > > Beer and a good dog increase chances of success... > > > > -josh > > > > > > > > > > ===== > > Josh Wyte > > Momentum Motorsports > === message truncated === ===== Josh Wyte Momentum Motorsports 508-833-3024 After 5 pm EST __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! News - Today's headlines http://news.yahoo.com
