I'm 50% done. Have the first cover installed on the passenger seat in our 2014 T4R. It went without a glitch, however my hat is off to those of you who can install a set of these in 20 minutes. That said, moving on to the power seat on the driver side.... I would like to hear first hand experiences with installation/routing of the side-to-side strap under the seat. I'm concerned both with the lack of access to route the strap under the side trim piece with the seat controls as well as potential interference with the seat travel (especially up and down). Any advice? If I run into too much difficulty, I may just tuck the side to side strap out of the way and rely on the two front-to-back straps to hold the cover in place. Thanks!!
Need advice - Wet Okole installation
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Ducmonsta
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Unbolt the seat. It's 4 14mm bolts and one wiring harness to unhook. It will make installation so much easier. You'll wonder why you didn't do it with the passenger seat.
These fit really nice without any such measures. It is really just the routing and connecting of the straps under the seat bottom that are a bit of a challenge.
Thanks for the suggestion. My main reluctance to trying this is that there is an air bag involved. I'm still interested in hearing if there is a viable routing of the side-to-side strap under the driver power seat.
jrandom
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Some peoples sense of the project time around here seem a little skewed to me. Some guy was spouting twenty minutes for a set of sliders too. Maybe, sure, I guess so.
This worked for me, grab a thin not to wide bamboo (or softer plastic) spatula with a rounded nose and simply (and gently of course) tuck the straps in. You have to be careful, if you pry out a little with the spatula you can see the wiring harness for the seat controls behind the plastic, make sure the strap goes closest to the seat. Then come in from the back and grab the straps.
I wouldn't imagine unbolting the seat would be bad either, as long as you unplug the 2(or 3?) wiring harnesses.
This worked for me, grab a thin not to wide bamboo (or softer plastic) spatula with a rounded nose and simply (and gently of course) tuck the straps in. You have to be careful, if you pry out a little with the spatula you can see the wiring harness for the seat controls behind the plastic, make sure the strap goes closest to the seat. Then come in from the back and grab the straps.
I wouldn't imagine unbolting the seat would be bad either, as long as you unplug the 2(or 3?) wiring harnesses.
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Ducmonsta
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Don't be concerned with the airbag. It takes a lot to discharge one. Slide the seat all the way forward, unplug the wires (it's one plug in my 2011), and start unbolting. I actually unbolted my seat first and then leaned the seat on the steering wheel and then unplugged the harness. In actuality, it was @g8rb8-12sr5
1traildriver
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You can squeeze the buckle and strap down between the power seat trim and the seat cushion. Then you can reach under from the rear passenger area and pull it through. You need to be careful, don't just yank the strap through as you could rip the strap from the cover. So use one hand to keep pushing the cover down along the trim. It will take several minutes to get it all pushed into place and smoothed out, but it can be done without taking the seat out. (wow, my truck is pretty damn dirty!)
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jrandom
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Where your fingers is and around that whole edge is exactly where I tuck it with a spatula
Thats what trim tools are for right?
Okay, job complete. If I was 50% younger and 30% smaller, this job would have been much easier. The routing on the side of the seat by the power seat controls wasn't too bad. There is an electrical "can" motor mounted on the inner side of the seat frame on that side. There is no going around it, so I opted to route the strap up an over the rail and the motor. The motor is mounted pretty firmly, and the electrical connections are on the bottom. I didn't pull that strap very tight, so hopefully will be fine. Everything else seemed pretty straight forward. Thanks again for the inputs!
