how to remove the cowl from the rear of Fiat front seats?

[two]

I want to remove the rear panel surrounding the base of one of my front seats.
It looks like it (just) clips on, but I cannot persuade it to unclip.
I'm sure I've done it before but cannot remember how and I'm sure brute force is not the answer.
Can anyone provide a clue?
Images are off the web as I also couldn't persuade my phone to send them to my laptop.

 

[Carolyn and Kev]

Hi there. The front just pulls down and lifts out. The rear bit has two plastic bits on the top (as in the 2nd picture) that you prise up and it too lifts out of the plastic clamps at the base. The sides are screwed in place

Kev

 

[sonar]

Pulled down from the top then unhook the bottom the hardest part is pulling to top out.
after that it’s easy.

put back in the same way bottom in first then puts the top in.

I need a new one for the rear of a seat but been unable to get one at a reasonable price.
for a 2003 van.

 

[two]

I tried prizing two tabs up at the top near the sides but maybe not far enough. I'll have another go...

(i've seen the price of them, so don't want to break one or have it rattling afterwards!)

 

[pagey]

mine are held on with 2 screws at the top

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[two]

Well, folks, thanks a million.
I just needed more confidence that I was doing the right thing.
It required a lot more leverage than I had expected but now I have more space to working in (and am €2 richer)!
I don't think these things are assembled with any consideration for taking them apart again.

 

[bobandjanie]

Well, folks, thanks a million.
I just needed more confidence that I was doing the right thing.
It required a lot more leverage than I had expected but now I have more space to working in (and am €2 richer)!
I don't think these things are assembled with any consideration for taking them apart again.

They do get easier once you have taken them off a few times, our inverter is behind ours. Bob.

 

[two]

They do get easier once you have taken them off a few times, our inverter is behind ours. Bob.

That's good to know.
I suppose that's when the two screws come in handy!

 

[BouncyBoatFolk]

Binned mine they cracked trying to get them off in the cold. So I made some metal vented plates sprayed black. These are held in place either with rare earth magnets or self drilling self tapping screws, and thus come off easily when required. The screwed on one has the inverter attached to it. This adaptation also gives a bit more heel room when the seats are reversed.
Mike.

 

[cyberyacht]

There catch on mine broke and wouldn't stay closed. I repaired it with copious amounts of Araldite and now take more care when prising open.

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[62272]

I cracked mine a few weeks back removing them to replace the hab battery.

After much YouTubing I learnt how to repair by placing an aluminium mesh strip (bought from Halfords) and placing it across the split on the reverse side, then heating gently with a soldering iron, which sunk it into the plastic forming a solid repair. The fine crack is virtually unnoticeable unless you examine it closely.