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Old Sep 20, 2011 | 04:55 PM
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I'm replacing the seat covers in my Camaro with some nice replacement seat covers that I got from Hawk's Third Gen. I've already pulled the seats out of the car and started pulling the original seat covers off, but I'm stuck on something. How do I remove the plastic lever on the back of the seat that tilts the seat forward? I see a small hole on the side of the plastic piece, but it doesn't look like there is a screw holding the plastic piece on. Figured I'd ask before I broke it.
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Old Sep 20, 2011 | 06:46 PM
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Ok, I figured out that plastic piece doesn't come off. You have to push it through the hole that is cut in the seat cover.
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Old Sep 20, 2011 | 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by CRL 01 SS
Ok, I figured out that plastic piece doesn't come off. You have to push it through the hole that is cut in the seat cover.
OMG No! It just pulls off.
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Old Sep 20, 2011 | 08:21 PM
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OMG No! It just pulls off.
LMAO.... This!

It's really just two strips of plastic that're folded into eachother. Get behind the seat, tilt it forward, reach to to bottom and twist the back piece down.
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Old Sep 20, 2011 | 08:35 PM
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I totally unassembled my seats - so if your covers are anything like mine, you shouldn't be pulling anything through anything...

Post a picture. That will help!
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Thanks for the help. I didn't mess anything up on the passenger's seat doing it my way, but I'll pull it off on the driver's seat. I didn't want to go pulling on it and break the piece. I've had bad luck breaking plastic parts in the past.
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Old Sep 20, 2011 | 09:29 PM
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Scratch that.

Last edited by Rauch; Sep 21, 2011 at 06:08 AM.
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We've all been there. I just broke the mounting holes to my tweeter pods. :eek2 from 6LE.

Anyway, it's not a hard plastic that they used. It's almost like a rubbery plastic, and highly doubtful it'll break. All I had to do was grab the end nearest me, use some force, and twist it clockwise.

Since you have on off, just hold it and look how it connects. You'll understand what I mean. It creates a J-Channel.
What the hell are you talking about? The OP is talking about the plastic piece you lift to tilt the seat forward.
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What the hell are you talking about? The OP is talking about the plastic piece you lift to tilt the seat forward.
Lmao. Oh wow.. I must've been too tired at the moment to comprehend. Sorry about that.
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Lmao. Oh wow.. I must've been too tired at the moment to comprehend. Sorry about that.
Yes I work nights and get like that too. lol
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