We used a tube of silicone adhesive that we bought at the local hardware store to put them into place, once we peeled off the factory inserts. For those of you who do not have the Premium trim level, it's even easier to install because you can just glue them right on with no prep work. The Sport RS seat kit can be performed by a proficient the DIY-er, but if you've never worked your way around a pair of hog ring pliers, it would be smart to have an upholstery expert do the conversion for you.
Once completed, we were rewarded with form-fitting, comfortable, sporty-looking seats that retained all of the amenities we had before, mainly the power seats and heated surfaces, to put our sloppy backsides into.
Speaking of which, the TMI Sport RS seats have another advantage that the factory Recaro seats do not—larger hip and thigh areas that span about 2 inches wider between the side bolsters to help accommodate those of us with a cheeseburger and beer addiction that just won't quit.
Rather than giving you the feeling of being clamped in like the Ford Racing seats, these give you some more wiggle room, making for a more comfortable drive on the street, even for those of us with less-generous proportions. The cushions are also nice and squishy, making your highway cruise really comfortable. From your average GT to a Boss beater, Project BYOB has been taking us down some really awesome learning experiences and we still love the car every time we hit the key.
Now, it's even more of a pleasure to drive as we truly feel like a boss from behind the wheel thanks to TMI's seat and interior upgrades. While you can perform the seat transformation yourself, it is recommended that you have a professional perform the installation. To remove the front seats, undo the two bolts in front with a 13mm socket. At the rear of the seats, remove the nuts with a larger 15mm socket. With the factory buckets removed, Gamino unbolted the backrests from the lower portion with a 15mm socket, after undoing the wiring and connectors.
Starting with the seat base, we were able to undo the various fasteners and the factory leather upholstery was removed and set aside. For vehicles with heated seats like BYOB the heating pad is adhered to the seat cushions from the factory. Carefully remove them by gently pulling up along the strips of glue. More side bolstering means more support in the turns, which is exactly what we are going for.
Note how much more support is in the shoulder area as well, where the taller TMI cushions keep you in your seat significantly better. For head support, the factory steel headrest hoops are needed to make the TMI seat conversion work. Disassemble each headrest by peeling back the cover, cutting the foam apart, and prying the black Styrofoam insert off the hoop.
First up, place the factory headrest hoop into the pocket of the TMI seatback foam. Make note that certain years have different hoop designs, and that TMI will need to know which year car you have to make this fit properly. Next up, lower the new TMI seat foam over the factory seat frame while inserting the headrest hoop back into the holes on top of the seatback.
Push the seat foam down while aligning the side airbag and rear release handle. The upholstery comes with pockets for metal wire reinforcements to slide into. This gives the seat a flat, uniform shape and an attachment point for the hog rings to hold everything together. The trick to installing the upholstery it to turn it inside-out. This allows you to clamp the hog rings into place along the middle of the backrest. After a few tugs, stretches, and pulls, the zipper in back is ready to be pulled down.
This completes the seatbacks. The seat bottoms are next. With the new TMI seat cushion in place, Gamino uses upholstery adhesive to re-attach the seat heating pad, making sure that the temperature sensor faces down, like it did on the stock cushions.
Also starting with the upholstery inside-out, he gets ready to attach the hog rings downward, through the cushions and onto the base itself, to attach the upholstery to the seat. A cool tip that TMI offered to us was to install a small self-tapping screw on the front underside of the seat to make sure that the upholstery stays in place.
While it is a Ford design defect, this is a simple cure. Nine out of ten open-track nutjobs prefer cloth on any given day. This one included. The factory headrests are also recovered, and these are super easy to swap out. We do not ship across borders so you will have no additional brokerage, duty or delivery fees.
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