Everytime I push the seat back into place, it becomes unclipped whenever I sit on the seat. I was going to remove the seat back to take a look at the clips. When I watched a YouTube video, the fella just messed around the top bit with a screwdriver, cursing at the top clips until it was forced off. There has to be a better way than this surely. 

8 hours ago, greggles said:

Everytime I push the seat back into place, it becomes unclipped whenever I sit on the seat. I was going to remove the seat back to take a look at the clips. When I watched a YouTube video, the fella just messed around the top bit with a screwdriver, cursing at the top clips until it was forced off. There has to be a better way than this surely. 

Hi yes use a proper nylon trim remover the clips do require some action.

Steve

Hi Steve, is a nylon trim remover, a remover made of nylon for removing trim, or a remover designed for removing nylon trim?

Forgive my ignorance but I just don't know. 

Greg

Edited August 11, 2025Aug 11 by greggles

5 hours ago, greggles said:

Hi Steve, is a nylon trim remover, a remover made of nylon for removing trim, or a remover designed for removing nylon trim?

Forgive my ignorance but I just don't know. 

Greg

Hi trim removal kit made of high density nylon, loads of them on eBay just dont buy the really cheap set cos they bend to much, you will also find replacement clips on eBay.

Steve.

Hi Steve, after some more research, I believe the reason why the seat back becomes lose is because the lower fixed lumbar support collapses and has to be replaced. These are the part numbers I found on Audi sport net.

Part numbers:
Lumbar support: 8E0-881-891
Seat repair kit: 8E0-898-035

Apparently, the lumbar support is about £50 and the seat repair which is all the clips is about £10. If I'm honest, I was looking for a cheap fix without having to remove anything, but this fix just got bigger and more involved. I will save up for a professional trimmer to overhaul the drivers seat because the side bolster is also getting tatty.