Seat foam replacement

[Konstantin Bogach]

Tom,

thank you for your response.
Passanger side seats are not that worn out in my cars. Is it possible to swap
bottoms of the driver and passanger seats?  Or even better,  driver side outer
bolster and passanger side inner bolster?

Konstantin Bogach.

Tom Nas wrote:

> At 10:00 1-7-01 -0400, Konstantin Bogach <kbogach at home.com> wrote:
> >I am probably going to do this job in my 2 cars.  (sigh)  Maybe one.
> >Could you list what parts I need, how many and possible source for it? Thank
> >you in advance.
>
> Hi Konstantin,
>
> All you need is the foam (dealer-only I think), hog ring pliers (dunno
> where to get these, really) and hog rings or a bunch of tie wraps (about 16
> for one seat bottom, IIRC), the heavy-duty kind. Oh, and triple-jointed
> fingers and a large dose of patience helps, too. It probably helps that I
> used to develop my own films and have been practicing inserting the film
> into the developer drum in the dark, as in this job you won't be able to
> see what you're doing 80% of the time. If the seat cover itself is worn
> you're in for a lot of work, it's not easy to separate from the seat frame
> (at least on the seat I looked at).
> Snap the old hog rings off using bolt cutters, use regular pliers to
> tighten the tie wraps and make sure to remove the 'tails' from the tie
> wraps carefully, or they might cut into the upholstery.
>
> Work forward when reassembling, carefully straightening the upholstery as
> you progress. Getting the wired edge of the upholstery back over the foam
> and the seat frame is tough, having something to lever it over is a bonus.
> Some 'fiddling' with the upholstery over the new foam may be required to
> get it to sit properly.
>
> You may find that the passenger seats in your cars don't need doing. They
> certainly don't in mine, both high-mileage.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Tom