How to Remove Rear Seat Upholstery?

[JLandry]

Hey gang,

My 2014 Laramie 3500 crew cab dually has folding split rear seats. I need to replace the LED footwell light wiring harness inside one of the seats, which I believe requires me to remove the upholstery on that seat.

Does anyone know how to remove the seat bottom upholstery?

Do I need to unbolt and remove the seat from the truck to do it?

The upholstery appears to be a simple envelope with an opening at the rear. When I flip up the seat to gain (partial) access the rear of it, I see some sort of long metal or hard plastic clip running the width of the seat possibly holding the upholstery closed. There’s no obvious way to remove the clip.

Thanks in advance,

John L.

 

[SnoKing]

I would remove the seat for a better inspection. BTW, how have you been John, have not seen very many post by you in the last couple years.

 

[sag2]

John, the plastic clip does hold the seat cover on the seat frame. Think of your fingers curled up in a "hook", that is what the plastic is shaped like. The hook needs to be pulled back and off the seat frame. If you guys are down south where it's warm it might be easier than if you are home in the cold.
By the way, your donation got some good use last semester. We were finally able to bring in a few customer vehicles again.

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[JLandry]

sag2,

Thanks for the pic. That really helped me to understand what I was dealing with. It was difficult, but I managed to get an inch or two of those plastic strips unhooked from each other using a flat blade screwdriver and needle nose pliers, then I was able to pull them apart like a zipper for a couple of feet. This was on the wider split seat (passenger side) still installed in the truck. I had it flipped up of course for access to the plastic strips. With those plastic strips apart, I was then able to reach up inside the seat to withdraw the old wiring harness and install the new one. Closing the strips was a matter of progressively squeezing them back together. Turned out to be a relatively simply project.

I'm thrilled that old DRBIII is doing some good at its new home.

Hi SnoKing,

Good to see you still on here after all these years.

John L.