Changing Clio 172 Seats - Advice Required Please!

[ScottishScott]

Hello,
I have just bought a 172 and both the drivers and passengers seats are worn (sport, half leather seats). I have sources and bought good condition front seats from a guy on here who had taken them out to turn his car into a track car. The seats had been sitting in his loft for years.
Is changing the seats over a job I could do myself or is it better to take then to a garage? What tools would I need and is it hard to connect the wired to link up the airbag wires? Could I keep the existing runners in and then just connect the new seats to those?
This is a common problem, so others must have done the swap, any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

 

[Budgie]

It's an easy job mate.

4 nuts per seat, from under the car. Deep 13mm socket required.

There's a little rubber cap keeping the muck off the outer two bolts. Then the inner 2 are through a hole in the exhaust heatsheild.

Wiring is simple enough..

 

[ScottishScott]

Is there a way of doing it without going under the car? Keeping the runners from my existing seats then just attaching the new ones to that, or is it all one unit? I haven't done anything like this before, so would need to get tools etc. I am new to this, but trying to save costs by attempting the swap myself.

 

[Budgie]

It's possible from the inside, but twice as fiddly TBH.

You at least need a jack, axle stands and a socket set to swap the seats.

Find a local member on here and chuck them £20 TBH. Where you based?

 

[ScottishScott]

At the moment, South London

 

[Budgie]

@Kelv is near Gatwick.

I'm in Chertsey.

I'll swap a set of fronts for £20 one evening if you bring ti over...

 

[ScottishScott]

Hello @Budgie ,

Thanks for the offer, I may indeed take you up on that in the next couple of weeks, when I am not as busy!

@Kelv - Gatwick is closer to me than Chertsey.

 

[Budgie]

Or @midge is from round that way..

 

[midge]

Cheers Budgie, i don't work on other people's cars though! To much hassle if theres a thread stripped/cut wires e.t.c + I've got enough of my own s**t i can't be bothered to do!

 

[ScottishScott]

@Budgie i will let you know when I can come past, probs september!

 

[BGEarles]

Job worth doing your self, i'm no mechanic and i changed mine for the same reason as you, 30 minute job... But if you don't have the tools ect pay someone to do them [emoji4]