Snydersmuncher93
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Just thought I’d share my decision to turn a pair of front seats into a new drivers seat.
For those out there with sad bolsters.
Tools required:
Sewing machine.
Sharp Bread knife. (Foam cutting)
Couple of Torx tools.
Spray glue.
I’ve taken a few pictures along the journey which I’ll post in order. But roughly the process was……..
1) Buy a much better passenger seat from @2work (thanks).
2) Dismantling the 2 front seats I had.
3) After a bit of bolster stuffing I Used the seat base from the passenger side as a base for the drivers side, (next time I might try and reshape the foam to fill the scooped out bit now on the right hand side of the drivers side, and maybe scoop out the side that fits against the gearshift, but it fits fine as is)
The seat base to use on the now drivers side was rebuilt with new top of bolstering from the unworn inside edge of the old driver side glued in place of the outside edge of the old passenger side.
4) Unstitch the undamaged bolster from the drivers side seat, and the airbag side one from the passenger one.
4.5)re stitch the 2 parts.
5) machine wash on gentle wash covers whilst off.
6) Make a foam back for the drivers seat by cutting out the bit for the air bag. And filling the old hole for the airbag with a section from the old driver side foam.
7) Reassemble back foam. (Cutting out hole for airbag).
8) reassemble seat.
Before………
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For those out there with sad bolsters.
Tools required:
Sewing machine.
Sharp Bread knife. (Foam cutting)
Couple of Torx tools.
Spray glue.
I’ve taken a few pictures along the journey which I’ll post in order. But roughly the process was……..
1) Buy a much better passenger seat from @2work (thanks).
2) Dismantling the 2 front seats I had.
3) After a bit of bolster stuffing I Used the seat base from the passenger side as a base for the drivers side, (next time I might try and reshape the foam to fill the scooped out bit now on the right hand side of the drivers side, and maybe scoop out the side that fits against the gearshift, but it fits fine as is)
The seat base to use on the now drivers side was rebuilt with new top of bolstering from the unworn inside edge of the old driver side glued in place of the outside edge of the old passenger side.
4) Unstitch the undamaged bolster from the drivers side seat, and the airbag side one from the passenger one.
4.5)re stitch the 2 parts.
5) machine wash on gentle wash covers whilst off.
6) Make a foam back for the drivers seat by cutting out the bit for the air bag. And filling the old hole for the airbag with a section from the old driver side foam.
7) Reassemble back foam. (Cutting out hole for airbag).
8) reassemble seat.
Before………
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