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E36 M3 seat removal ..

You wrote:

>a) Is removing the seat fairly straightforward, or are there things to watch
>out for?

 STOP ... 

 BEFORE you remove the seat you MUST disarm the mechanical seat tensioner, 
 or it could fire and 

 1) Be ruined ($$$)
 2) Hurt you!!

 To do this look under the front of the seat and you will see a cable 
 ending in a platic thingie with ears .. this is held into a metal bracket
 with a wire tie .. cut the tie and carefully turn/wiggle the cable enf 
 thingie until it releases from the metal bracket .. this takes the small
 amount of tension off the triggering mechanism ..

 NOW you can UNBOLT and MANHANDLE the seat .. of course after disconnecting
 the seat belt latch switch wires ..

 Hope this helps...

 Jim

 PS: If you think THIS is bad, the convertible (E30) seat tensioners are
     pyrotechnic (read EXPLOSIVE) .. much more fun ;)