Seat Guide Bracket Gap After Reupholstery - Left/Right Brackets Swapped

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Problem

After having the seats reupholstered, the seat guide brackets (plastic trim pieces along the seat back) would not fit flush and had a visible gap when reinstalled.

Visible gap between seat guide bracket and seat after reupholsterySeat guide brackets appear to not fit correctlyBrackets sit flush on the opposite side but not on their labeled side

Root Cause

The upholstery shop swapped the left-hand and right-hand seat guide brackets when they removed them during the reupholstery process. The brackets are side-specific (marked with Japanese characters or -LH/-RH on cast-in part numbers) and installing them on the wrong side creates a gap.

Confidence

Moderate confidence — Original poster confirmed this resolved the issue

View Original Thread →Posted November 2021 on SupraForums.com