Damaged seat?
Racer
Joined: Jan 2012
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From: Collinsville IL
I have "fixed" a few of these. I pull the switch bezel off. Easiest if you pull the seat out to work on but can be done in the car. (Im too old to be bending over) Once off you will see where the clip is broken. There will be a tab with three or four slots. I drill holes in each of those slots then feed zip ties thru the holes. I then reassemble feeding those ties around the rod that the original clip secured to. Pull back the seat cushion and pull zip ties tight. Clip off the extra and reinstall seat. Looks like it never broke. Really a cheap design as they have on most all of those bezels on the Corvette seats over the years. I can do the whole process in less than 45 minutes. Good Luck
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From: Helotes, Texas
I have "fixed" a few of these. I pull the switch bezel off. Easiest if you pull the seat out to work on but can be done in the car. (Im too old to be bending over) Once off you will see where the clip is broken. There will be a tab with three or four slots. I drill holes in each of those slots then feed zip ties thru the holes. I then reassemble feeding those ties around the rod that the original clip secured to. Pull back the seat cushion and pull zip ties tight. Clip off the extra and reinstall seat. Looks like it never broke. Really a cheap design as they have on most all of those bezels on the Corvette seats over the years. I can do the whole process in less than 45 minutes. Good Luck
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I have "fixed" a few of these. I pull the switch bezel off. Easiest if you pull the seat out to work on but can be done in the car. (Im too old to be bending over) Once off you will see where the clip is broken. There will be a tab with three or four slots. I drill holes in each of those slots then feed zip ties thru the holes. I then reassemble feeding those ties around the rod that the original clip secured to. Pull back the seat cushion and pull zip ties tight. Clip off the extra and reinstall seat. Looks like it never broke. Really a cheap design as they have on most all of those bezels on the Corvette seats over the years. I can do the whole process in less than 45 minutes. Good Luck
Le Mans Master
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From: South Dakota
I wish you lived closer to me I would gladly pay you to repair both of mine. I took it to a shop and they reset the plastic but it pulled back right away. I am going to hunt around my area and find someone who has repaired these before and knows how to do it. I might even tackle it myself one of these days since it appears there is not much to lose. Thanks for the advice I will try it.
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Thanks for the tip on the repair. Don’t need it right now, but it just might come in handy some day.
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Yes I have been a member for about 30 years. I live on the east side of Sioux Falls and lived here all of my life. Retired 2 years and fishing, hunting, and Corvettes. I had a 69,87,97,98 a brand new 05, and now a 2014 Corvette.
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This is awesome. I was wondering how to repair my drivers seat. Thank you so much vette400 for the reply and photos to this post!!
Drifting
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From: Maryland, USA
yeah the zip tie technique works fantastic. common issue to fix.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...-seat-mod.html
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...-seat-mod.html
