There are 5 screws that hold that plastic trim panel in place. They only stick out less than 1/2 an inch beyond the plastic of the trim panel. To get them installed, They have to be lined up with the holes in the seat fram, and the leather and the padding have to be compressed to get the plastic/screw close enough to the frame to screw in. I have spent 3-5 days failing at this task. Does anyone have advice?
I can't get screws to center things in place. I tried centering things with cut coat-hanger, but they won't stay in place, even with silicon sealer. And they pulled out of the silicon sealer before I could get things to line up (the coat-hanger wire is too thin to properly hold things lined up).
Keep in mind that when you sufficiently compress the leather and the cushioning that you can no longer see the back of the plastic, the bottom of the screw, or the frame holes...
I **REALLY** don't want to pull the seat out. And, at this point, I'm not even sure that would really help.
Can someone please offer suggestions -- either on how they've done it themselves, or how they someone else did it?
[EDIT: This is on a 2004 Escalade Platinum, and the driver's seat if not obvious. Thanks again.]
Thanks!
