Hey all, Today I noticed that the trim on the rear side of my driver seat is coming loose at the top. It is sagging enough that I can see the top side of a square metal bar going across the top inside. The panel does not appear to be warped. I am asking for suggestions as how to remove this trim panel and effect some sort of repair. I have not tried anything yet for lack of time. I have looked at parts pics but theyre useless. Its a 92 Sovereign, no picnic tables. Thanks!!!

 

Since no one responded, I have to assume that this has Never Happened before and that you are all waiting in wild anticipation for the conclusion. There is a metal trim retainer strip at the top inside of the seat trim panel. This strip had broken loose and allowed the trim panel to sag. The trim panel is held on by this strip and 2 trim screws 2/3 of the way down on the sides along with 2 larger screws which seem to be at the ends of the seat back pivot. I should have removed the seat from the car but did not, and was able to remove just the mount bolts and shift the seat to the rear to access these screws. I also had to remove the lumbar adjuster knob and its trim ring on the inboard side as they were gripping on the trim panel.

the lower side of the seat. trim screw goes in the tin clip and the trim ring and gold colored screw go in the lower pivot area, both sides.

The inside of the trim panel and its retainer strip. You can see where it had been glued and "crimped" to the panel. The top edge of the metal strip slides behind the bottom edge of the upper seat trim when installed.

I ground the "crimps" off of the metal strip since they were now in my way. I thought of using JBWeld, but decided on the Gorilla glue since it claims it will adhere to almost anything.

after clamping the retainer to the trim panel i added small dabs of glue to the back side of the strip to help the glue do its thing.
The panel is resting comfortably on my workbench till tomorrow afternoon. More after that.

 

I got the panel reinstalled - still without removing the seat from the car. That's one of those grey areas where I'm too lazy to wrestle the seat out, but the extra work created from it probably makes up for energy saved. It seems to be holding together, and looks like it was never broken. There is a trim ring mounted behind the lumbar knob which was broken into 3 pieces. I had to glue it back together and install it gently so as not to break it again.

trim panel reinstalled. as good as it can be after 30 years....