[V8] Sport Seat Repair

[Buchholz, Steven]

... it is molded foam.  The part isn't that expensive from the dealer
IME.  I know what you're talking about with TFA ... it is difficult to
make sense of the seat area, but there are separate slides for the
Barcolounger and sport seat bottoms ... when you find the one for the
sport seat the part number for the foam insert is clearly called out.
>From my experience the failure mode is that the rail inside the seat
that holds the bolster in place breaks through the foam.  It is
difficult to explain without seeing.  The factory part has a thin layer
of a fibrous sheet which is obviously intended to spread the load better
throughout the part, but eventually the seat frame breaks through this.
Whenever I have to go in to do this again I think I'll see if I can't
get a bit more robust support in there.  It might even help to use a
thin layer of foam sheet on the rail to spread things out a bit more.  

Steve B
San Jose, CA (USA)
> 
> Coleman, David wrote:
> > About a year ago there was some discussion about replacement seat
> > padding.
> >
> > I plan to have mine recovered locally.
> 
> Is it padding or foam? If it's just padding, I'd think the
> upholstery shop should be able to source something.
> 
> If it's the foam, I still think the upholstery shop should
> be able to help you out. Having watched too much of Boyd
> Coddington's American Hot Rod, I've seen his upholstery guy
> take foam, use an electric carving knife to rough shape it,
> then sand it down with a small palm sander.  I'd think any
> good upholstery shop should be able to do the same, so you
> wouldn't necessarily need the OEM foam. All it takes is
> money. :)
>