As you might discern from other posts on this issue, I had several sleepless nights before I finally did the install. It turned out to be easy to do. It comes with a template to size the seat cut properly, and your seat won't keep tearing outside of the actual purposeful cut you make. It takes a little patience to compress the seat cushion enough to connect the swivel portion to the post poking up through the seat from beneath, but its not a big deal. I was very happy with the Utopia backrest on my stock seat last season. Just do it!