Got this done today, total time was about an hour and a half from start to finish. I followed the steps exactly until it got to the part about removing the seat cushion. After i got the first 6 hog rings out I just pull the old element out and slid the new one in. This saved a bunch of time, I definitely would not attempt this without that specialty tool. Not really as hard as it looks, pretty straight forward, and be careful when your taking your seat in and out of the car, i put a nick in my vynil and a scratch in my window. but at least my butt is warm!