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 To remove the front seats is pretty easy; just 4 Torx headed bolts hold them in. The bolts can be removed using standard sockets, but I chose to nip to the local Machine Mart and bought a full set of Torx headed sockets for about £15.00. These also fit all sorts of other bolts in the car so a good investment!
-Once all 4 bolts are removed, tilt the seat backwards and being careful with the slide lock, unclip the front seat wiring loom. Then there is a separate yellow plug connection for the pre-tensioner. Having done this, get into the back of the car and carefully unclip the seatbelts height adjustment wire which clips under the seat. (This is the wire which retracts and alters the height of the seatbelts when the seat moves forwards and backwards.
+  *Once all 4 bolts are removed, tilt the seat backwards and being careful with the slide lock, unclip the front seat wiring loom.
-Fitting the replacement seats is just a reverse order job, just remember to put everything back including the little clip for the height wire!
+  *Then there is a separate yellow plug connection for the pre-tensioner.
-Next, remove the door panel which surround the seat switch. On the facelift, the internal plastic behind the door handle is a separate piece which clips out to expose another screw! Using a trim remover or a wide flat blade, remove the wooden trim piece from the door. Start at the fromnt and gently prise it out of its fixings; being careful not to bend them. Once removed it will reveal a series of Torx screws (TX20 I think). Remove these and the one behind the door handle and the entire cover complete with the switch and the tweeter speaker will come away. The seat switch module can then be unclipped from the cover assembly.
+  *Having done this, get into the back of the car and carefully unclip the seatbelts height adjustment wire which clips under the seat. (This is the wire which retracts and alters the height of the seatbelts when the seat moves forwards and backwards.
-This cover is now basically scrap! You now have to go to the MB dealers and get them to order replacements with the extra cutouts for the heater switches which are these:
+  *Fitting the replacement seats is just a reverse order job, just remember to put everything back including the little clip for the height wire!
+  *Next, remove the door panel which surround the seat switch. On the facelift, the internal plastic behind the door handle is a separate piece which clips out to expose another screw!
+  *Using a trim remover or a wide flat blade, remove the wooden trim piece from the door.
+  *Start at the fromnt and gently prise it out of its fixings; being careful not to bend them.
+  *Once removed it will reveal a series of Torx screws (TX20 I think).
+  *Remove these and the one behind the door handle and the entire cover complete with the switch and the tweeter speaker will come away. The seat switch module can then be unclipped from the cover assembly.
+  *This cover is now basically scrap!
+  *You now have to go to the MB dealers and get them to order replacements with the extra cutouts for the heater switches which are these:
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 The switches shown are for heated ventilated seats but the cutout hole is the same! These are some spare ones I have ready for when I find some vented seats! The seat switch in your panel will be able to take this extra heater switch as it just clips onto the contacts shown here
-Once you have installed the heater switch and obtained the two new panels from MB Or you may be lucky and get the whole interior in one go and seeing as the two panels alone will cost around £160.00 the thought of paying £400 for a complete interior is not too bad after all!
+  * Once you have installed the heater switch and obtained the two new panels from MB Or you may be lucky and get the whole interior in one go and seeing as the two panels alone will cost around £160.00 the thought of paying £400 for a complete interior is not too bad after all!
 Replacement of the door cover assembly is the reverse of above and does not require any more wiring to be connected, just reconnect everything you disconnected from the rear of the switch in the same position!