Whoa awesome! Did you document the process?
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I did not document what I did. There was someone here on SS that did this and had explain what they did with if I remember XC60 seat skins. With this in mind, I have a 2005 V70 T5M66 that I did not like the cloth and leather interior. So I bought a copart 2006 V70 2.5T just for the interior to swap out. I did this but saw that the P3 seat skins could be done so I really like the look of these seat.
I bought 2 P3 S60 T5 front seat and decided to give it a shot. The seat frames are almost identical and work great for switching out the foam and skins. Passenger seat was no modifications at all. The driver seat just need a little foam trimmed on the top back side to fit in the frame. The heating pads plug in the same and no need to change. No need to separate the seat bottom skin from the foam.
The seat back skin will have to be separated from the foam. Cut the hog rings with side cutters one at a time from the bottom up, front side and back side. Oh, removed the lumbar adjuster first. As you work your way up cutting the hog rings you are turning the seat skin inside out. Once all the hog rings are cut the seat skin comes off.
The seat back foam have a few hog rings on the back side that need cut also. This will free up the seat back foam. Do this to both the donor seat and the seat to be reskinned. I got a set of hog ring pliers on Amazon and ordered extra hog rings (100 or 200 count bag if I remember but extras are needed). I worked from the top hog ringing in reverse order until I got to the bottom with all the hog rings in place. Plugged in the heater and reattached seat skin at the seam. Put the head rest in, slipped on the seat bottom and it was good to go. Looks great. Reinstalled the seat and it works as it should.
I am never going to see one of this upholstery people again. It was cheaper to get a whole seat and do this on my own than any upholstery shop could fix a leather seat. It takes a little time but it is not hard. Hope this helps you understand. If I can do it anyone can do this if you can pull a seat out if the car.