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Old Feb 26, 2009 | 03:16 PM
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Does anyone know if its possible and not too hard to switch the seat foam from the bottom of the drivers seat with the pass seat?
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Old Feb 26, 2009 | 03:22 PM
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You'd have to take the seat apart and remove the leather. Its really not too hard, just a bit time consuming.

A quick fix that I've seen some people do is to just lay a few plexi glass stripes across the metal bars. This way the foam doesn't sink.
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Old Feb 26, 2009 | 03:37 PM
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Yes the foam is interchangeable. As for covering the wires, I didn't want a solid solution because I wanted to maintain flex. Instead of plexi, I used wire screen mesh and wrapped that and the wires with aluminum tape. So now the wires and mesh are one big flexible plate.
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Yes the foam is interchangeable. As for covering the wires, I didn't want a solid solution because I wanted to maintain flex. Instead of plexi, I used wire screen mesh and wrapped that and the wires with aluminum tape. So now the wires and mesh are one big flexible plate.
Any pics of the process?
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Originally Posted by rocndav
any pics of the process?

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My Driver left wing(the part that comes up by your leg is really flattish??? So I was thinking about switching the foams. The wire slash tape sounds like something I would want to do at the same time.
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Originally Posted by ROCNDAV
Any pics of the process?
Sorry, but I don't have any pics. I did this months ago (I think it was summer) and didn't take pics.
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