On 3/9/06, Sunil Hari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm wanting to install seatcovers on my 300D, but I can't figure out how > to > take off the seatback to take off the armrest assembly to get the cover > on. > That was how I did it on my W123 300D, but this one, I can't figure it > out. > I unscrewed the seat back panel (2 screws), but couldn't pry off the back > - > the MB-Tex would just pull along with it.
If it's like an '87, the Tex on the side panels wraps around the back and is held under tension in a little "gutter" at the edge of the panel. To get it loose you have to put something like a kitchen knife or broad-bladed screwdriver into the channel at the lower side and pry out the edge. Push in on the back panel (towards the front of the car) while prying to relieve the tension on the side panel. Once you get it started it will "unzip" all the way up easily. It's easier to do the outer sides first. (Although I don't think I've ever had the back panels all the way off now that I think about it. I had to get in there to fix the usual broken 124 headrest issue, but I had plenty of room to work just undoing the outer edge of each back panel and swinging it out of the way.) Alex Chamberlain '87 300D Turbo '93 Isuzu Trooper
