Seat Swap and Stripped Screws

[TheDarkKnight]

Replacing the dated Tan interior on my 2000 with the more updated 2001 Grey. Small change but makes a world of difference for the cabin feel IMO.

Taking the interiors of two cars apart is quite the task. I've got most things done. But was hoping for some guidence.

1st - The seats between the two 3rd gens are swappable, but the connectors between the 2001 and 2000 years for the airbag sensors are not, how can I fix this issue? (My electrical knowledge is that of a baby)

2nd - The A-Pilars are held in with screws that all stripped on my first attempt and look to be held in with loctite as well. I tried drilling into the screws and using a screw extractor bit to no avail, couldn't penetrate the screw at all (that's what she said)...might just have a weak drill though. Any suggestions for removing these?

Thanks in advance. This turned from a 5 hour task into a 15 hour task. :redbrick:

 

[StreetCreeper]

Replacing the dated Tan interior on my 2000 with the more updated 2001 Grey. Small change but makes a world of difference for the cabin feel IMO.

Taking the interiors of two cars apart is quite the task. I've got most things done. But was hoping for some guidence.

1st - The seats between the two 3rd gens are swappable, but the connectors between the 2001 and 2000 years for the airbag sensors are not, how can I fix this issue? (My electrical knowledge is that of a baby)

2nd - The A-Pilars are held in with screws that all stripped on my first attempt and look to be held in with loctite as well. I tried drilling into the screws and using a screw extractor bit to no avail, couldn't penetrate the screw at all (that's what she said)...might just have a weak drill though. Any suggestions for removing these?

Thanks in advance. This turned from a 5 hour task into a 15 hour task. :redbrick:

Perhaps an impact screwdriver if the heads aren't too destroyed. If they are, maybe some left handed drill bits (I know you already tried drilling but maybe you can get some purchase on the metal with left handed bits).

 

[A.Wilson013]

The screws on my A-Pillar also stripped out. On the first one I ended up grabbing them with the strongest vice grips I could find, and turned it about 1/10 of a turn at a time for what seemed like hours.

It sucked.

For the second one I used my dremel and cut a line across the top of the screw and used a large flat head screw driver.

Also...

 

[seank]

For the second one I used my dremel and cut a line across the top of the screw and used a large flat head screw driver.

I suggest this with the aforementioned impact screw driver. You can get one at HF along with a small dead blow hammer for like $10. When I was tearing down a 40 year old motorcycle a few years ago this was the only thing that worked, and I was able to finish in less than an hour what I tried unsuccessfully for 6plus hours.

 

[UnderFire]

Already said, but impact driver is the way to go. I went from grey to tan on my interior, different strokes.

 

[zoombyu86]

I bought the HF impact driver for my 40 year old Honda tear-down. One of my best tool purchases ever! even on your stripped screws, I bet if you hold it good and tight and give it a good smack, it'll break loose. Or maybe let the other person hold it for the sake of keeping some fingers.

 

[fourfive]

These extraction pliers have worked pretty well for me.

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