Seat cover cleaning

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SAEED_KIZZY
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Kizashi front seat is comfortable and good quality, in my opinion, my car uses fabric type which is good in the hot sun and cold situation but there is a small problem with it, cleaning fabric cover seat is a pain in the rear bot :( .
I tried various products from carpet cleaning shampoos to Sonax spray cleaner none of them worked as I thought.
So I decided to disassemble the front car seat and remove the seat cover and then clean it.
My car seat is a non-powered type that makes it simpler to work with.
First I removed the car seat by 4 (8mm) bolts and also disconnect connectors.
The disassembling seat is not hard but putting back everything is more challenging so it is better to take photos in every step.
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the seat cover is attached to crushing with metal ring goal is to widen the gap between those rings to remove the seat cover I used screwdriver and plier to do that and also use those rings after.
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after removing covers washing makes so easy and effective. and the put all back together. It takes a whole day for me but worth it :D
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old tech
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Did you just throw them in the washing machine or dry clean maybe ? This would have been a good time to turn the driver seat into power. If you lived near by , Id of given you one. Those hog rings are a bit nasty to work with and reuse. Ive had to do this myself. If you have to do a lot of this though, There is a hog ring pliers and 100 ring kit available for $17 on ebay.
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SAEED_KIZZY
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old tech wrote:Did you just throw them in the washing machine or dry clean maybe ? This would have been a good time to turn the driver seat into power. If you lived near by , Id of given you one. Those hog rings are a bit nasty to work with and reuse. Ive had to do this myself. If you have to do a lot of this though, There is a hog ring pliers and 100 ring kit available for $17 on ebay.
no dry clean after removing them from cushion put all in hot water and hand wash them like the old fashion carpet cleaning :)
about hog rings, I reused all of them because I didn't cut them with a plier and screwdriver can be done.
unfortunately, I am not in the US. I am not a fan of the power seat but I think I can not use a OE power seat in my car because there is no wiring for it.
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OMG excellent work! Those seats look brand new!
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SAEED_KIZZY
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after 4 years driver's seat got dirty and this time I bought an OE hog ring PN: 09387-19001 (thanks to old tech) so I removed all of it and with a special plier I reinstalled them.
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Obama_is_hot6
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am i seeing that correctly? heated cloth seats?
YUUUURT
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SAEED_KIZZY
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Obama_is_hot6 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 10:08 pm am i seeing that correctly? heated cloth seats?
Yes
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SAEED_KIZZY wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 11:48 pm
Obama_is_hot6 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 10:08 pm am i seeing that correctly? heated cloth seats?
Yes
oh cool i had no idea that was a thing, i thought only the leather seats were able to be heated
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SAEED_KIZZY
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Obama_is_hot6 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 1:54 am oh cool i had no idea that was a thing, i thought only the leather seats were able to be heated
an important part of the heated seat are buttons on the AC panel other than that everything is plug-and-play and maybe you can also switch the seat cover front fabric to leather and vice versa but I have not tested that.
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