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Georges ML350
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| DIS-ASSEMBLING FRONT SEATS TO ML350
Hi all.
I am currently in the process of installing an LCD monitor to the two front head rests.
I will be running the cable through one of the support tubes for the headrest, to keep the cable out of view.
Now comes the hard part.
I need to be able to run the cable "through the seat", and need somehow to pull them apart.
I started to pull out the edges of the plastic frame to the back of the front seats, but I am unsure if they just clip
on, or there is some fastner that I cant see. I backed off, just in case I break something!!
Can someone please tell me if they just clip on, and even if they do come off, will it enable access to the insides
of the front seats.
Thanks in advance.
Cheers,
George.
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pleubner
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: Basel, Switzerland
Vehicle(s): ML270CDI Brabus-W163,SL55 AMG-R230,ML320 CDI-W164
| RE: DIS-ASSEMBLING FRONT SEATS TO ML350
Great George,
That's exactly on my list olf to-do's.... step by step pics please!!!! 
PS: C-ROD's headrests should be arriving any day now! ....
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pleubner
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: Basel, Switzerland
Vehicle(s): ML270CDI Brabus-W163,SL55 AMG-R230,ML320 CDI-W164
| RE: DIS-ASSEMBLING FRONT SEATS TO ML350
Goerge,
Just to get you started , .... here is the WIS for Trim removal.
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 Seat - Front - Cushion covering - Remove&Install.pdf (59KB - 1 downloads)
Seat - Front - Frame Trim - Remove&Install.pdf (37KB - 2 downloads)
Seat - Front - Remove&Install.pdf (73KB - 0 downloads)
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rudeney
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| RE: DIS-ASSEMBLING FRONT SEATS TO ML350
Georges ML350 - 5/9/2006 7:19 AM Hi all. I am currently in the process of installing an LCD monitor to the two front head rests. I will be running the cable through one of the support tubes for the headrest, to keep the cable out of view.
Are these OEM headrests? If so, the supports are not hollow tubes – they are solid steel. You’ll need to change them out with a hollow version if you want to run wires through them.
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bigcatny
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| Re: DIS-ASSEMBLING FRONT SEATS TO ML350
won't swapping out solid steel for hollow tubes of the same diameter compromise the safety of the headrest. Just seems logical. |
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JimB
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| RE: DIS-ASSEMBLING FRONT SEATS TO ML350
I agree bigcat, safety is a must
just do what I did, pass the cable through back and tie it down to head rest. |
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JimB
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| RE: DIS-ASSEMBLING FRONT SEATS TO ML350
I agree bigcat, safety is a must
just do what I did, pass the cable through back and tie it down to head rest.
shoot i tried to attach a pics but my pics are more than 100kb 
just check this link:
http://www.pbase.com/pikniss/ml320
Edited by JimB 5/9/2006 5:57 PM
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Georges ML350
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| RE: DIS-ASSEMBLING FRONT SEATS TO ML350
pleubner - 5/9/2006 9:23 AM
Great George,
That's exactly on my list olf to-do's.... step by step pics please!!!!
PS: C-ROD's headrests should be arriving any day now! ....
Hi Peter.
No worries at all with the pics.
I am still in the planning phase, and will definately post step by step pics
one i get underway.
PS the links that you provided do not seem to work.
I am unsure if the problem is at my end.
Cheers,
George.
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Georges ML350
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| RE: DIS-ASSEMBLING FRONT SEATS TO ML350
rudeney - 5/9/2006 2:49 PM
Georges ML350 - 5/9/2006 7:19 AM Hi all. I am currently in the process of installing an LCD monitor to the two front head rests. I will be running the cable through one of the support tubes for the headrest, to keep the cable out of view.
Are these OEM headrests? If so, the supports are not hollow tubes – they are solid steel. You’ll need to change them out with a hollow version if you want to run wires through them.
Hi Rodney.
Yes, you are absolutely correct, and I should have spoken about the support tubes in my original post.
I managed to secure a set of headrests from a wreck, which was the exact colour as mine. I did not want to cut up my originals.
Here in South Austaralia, there are not many late model ML's being wrecked so I consider myself very fortunate.
Anyway, my thought was to change the support without the position notches to a thick walled hollow tube, and then have it chrome plated.
However I am unsure if this will compromise safety, as kindly noted by others. To my way of thinking it should be strong enough, but I will need to check up.
Should this fail, I can simply run the video cable along the outside of the tube, and fasten it by some means.
I will let you know how I get on with all of this.
Cheers,
George.
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pleubner
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: Basel, Switzerland
Vehicle(s): ML270CDI Brabus-W163,SL55 AMG-R230,ML320 CDI-W164
| RE: DIS-ASSEMBLING FRONT SEATS TO ML350
I aggree! Don't work for me either ... must have got lost in the forum move to anothe server....
The are also in the WIS thread at the top of this forum!...
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pleubner
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: Basel, Switzerland
Vehicle(s): ML270CDI Brabus-W163,SL55 AMG-R230,ML320 CDI-W164
| RE: DIS-ASSEMBLING FRONT SEATS TO ML350
Oh.... In fact nothing I ever posted is downloadable .... this is a bug in the forum software , or a problem with the move to a new server!!!!
PLEASE FIX IT ADMINISTRATOR!
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Georges ML350
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| RE: DIS-ASSEMBLING FRONT SEATS TO ML350
pleubner - 5/13/2006 12:25 PM
I aggree! Don't work for me either ... must have got lost in the forum move to anothe server....
The are also in the WIS thread at the top of this forum!...
Hi Peter.
Thanks for the direction. I found what I needed in the info that you posted in your thread "Front Seat Covering Replacement"
I note that the back cover is secured by fasteners / assembly 48-49-50.
This is exactly what I was after, as I was unsure if there was anything else holding them on.
Cheers mate.
Regards,
George
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pleubner
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: Basel, Switzerland
Vehicle(s): ML270CDI Brabus-W163,SL55 AMG-R230,ML320 CDI-W164
| RE: DIS-ASSEMBLING FRONT SEATS TO ML350
Wonder if they are still non accessible !
Attachments
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Seat - Front - Remove&Install.pdf (73KB - 24 downloads)
Seat - Front - Frame Trim - Remove&Install.pdf (37KB - 13 downloads)
Seat - Front - Cushion covering - Remove&Install.pdf (59KB - 11 downloads)
Seat - Front - Backrest - Remove&Install.pdf (245KB - 10 downloads)
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Georges ML350
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| RE: DIS-ASSEMBLING FRONT SEATS TO ML350
pleubner - 5/14/2006 6:01 PM
Wonder if they are still non accessible !
Hi Peter.
These links work fine
Cheers,
George.
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Georges ML350
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| Re: DIS-ASSEMBLING FRONT SEATS TO ML350
bigcatny - 5/9/2006 5:38 PM
won't swapping out solid steel for hollow tubes of the same diameter compromise the safety of the headrest. Just seems logical.
Hi Philip
Fair comment on the safety aspect.
This is what I was able to find out today.
I saw here in a local car A/V store, some after market headrests, which had the screen already installed. Very simmilar to what is on offer on ebay.
I checked the supports, and one was solid (the one with the position notches), and the other was a fairly thick walled hollow
tube (grade of steel ????) which had the cables passed through.
I asked the salesman about the saftey / compliance, and he showed me the brochure which stated ADR Compliance No-------
ADR stands for Australian Design Rules.
So to my way of thinking, a hollow tube looks like it will be OK.
Agreed, there is more to it than this, as obviously the tensile strength of the steel used is unknown to me, and the fixing system within the headrest.
Regards,
George.
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