Driver/Front Passenger Backrest Heating Element -Z7- / -Z9-, Removing And Installing, Standard Seat

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PROCEDURE

-- Separate the backrest cover and cushion. Refer to BACKREST COVER AND CUSHION, SEPARATING .

Fabric Cover:

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-- Cut the wire -3- directly from the old heating element -2-.

NOTE:

The old seat heating element remains on the padding -1- and the new seat heating element is bonded over it.

Leather Cover:

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-- Cut the wire -3- directly from the old heating element -2-.

NOTE:

The old seat heating element remains on the padding -1- and the new seat heating element is bonded over it.

Continued steps for all Cover Versions:

-- Align the new heating element on the cushion.

-- Peel the protective film off the heating element. Be careful not to damage the heating element.

-- Bond heating elements so that they align with the old heating elements and are free of wrinkles.

Further installation is the reverse order of removal.