Randy, Original is always best... buy whatever horsehair pads and spring frames you need for the front seats and they'll last another 30 years. You'll also be very surprised by how nice the seat feels.
I'm not sure abou the back seat. I would be interesting if the classic center knows if these are going to go back into production at some point? Jaime On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 3:05 PM, Randy Bennell <rbenn...@bennell.ca> wrote: > Anyone here have any ideas on repair of the seat backs on these old cars? > > My 76 300D has issues that need to be dealt with before I destroy the MB > Tex totally. > > The driver's seat bottom was bad when I got it. I did the repair that > others have done - photos etc posted on the web somewhere that I used as an > example. > Basically, I stripped the old pad off and used carpet as an initial cover > on the spring box tied on with nylon pull ties and then some of the white > fibrous stuff from Wal Mart as padding and then stretched the cover back on. > I should have used a bit more of the white stuff as it has softened up a bit > but I was reluctant to over stress the cover when putting it back together. > > I am ok with this repair. It looks fine and has been good for several > summers now. I did not put the pool noodles in the spring box. Did not think > it was needed as yet. Could readily do the passenger side too as it is > starting to go. > > The problem is the back. Again, mainly the driver's seat as it gets the > most use. The bolster on the outer side is about gone and I have a pile of > straw like stuff on the floor behind the seat. > > Rusty has been kind enough to look up these things and advise as to the > cost of the seat back pads. A bit pricey but could be done. > > However, in due course the back seat will need attention too. It is not > used as much but sounds a bit brittle so I cannot ignore it indefinitely. > > The rear seat pads are apparently not available. > > So therein lies the issue. I may need to have some other means of doing the > back seat so, should I do the fronts the same? > > Has anyone come up with a means of repairing the seat backs? Has anyone had > this sort of thing done by an upholstery shop? I sort of assume that a shop > could make up something similar out of good dense foam and shape it a bit to > match the original contours. Might not be anymore expensive than the > horsehair pads. > > I suppose the alternative is to look for newer seats from another MB but I > am reluctant. > > Ideas?? > > Randy > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
