Anyone had their cloth driver's seat cushion and seatback repaired?

[Dawg82]

My 2003 LS has the basic cloth seat setup. Driver's seat cushion is gone, especially on the left side. Same for the lumbar and lower back cushion. Will just replacing cushions fix support issues or is more required?

 

[jfoj]

My 2005 Yukon Denali has leather, but a number of years ago I replaced the seat pan and bottom foam. I made a mistake of putting my knee in the drivers seat and reaching into the back seat for something, do not know why I did not just use the rear door? I heard a "pop" and found there are wires that chris cross under the bottom seat foam and a few of the wires broke. So I ordered a new lower seat pan and lower seat foam. Not sure if these are still available?

I believe I pulled the drivers seat and found the seat covers were easy to remove, some fold over portion of the seat cover that has rigid plastic along the edge. Pretty easy, no tools required as I recall. Found that not only were a few of the lower seat pan wires broken, the side of the seat pan was also cracked from sliding over the edge of the seat while getting in and out of the vehicle. I am not a big guy, maybe 185. So swapped seat pan, then after looking at the entire set up, decided I needed something else under the seat foam. I had some sort of carpet scrap laying around, so I cut a piece of the carpet to line the bottom of the seat pan so the load could be distributed over the seat pan wires more evenly.

Put the new seat foam on and pulled the seat cover over the foam, flipped the sides back to lock the seat cover in place and put it all back together. This was probably 10+ years ago I did all of this. Set felt a bit better with additional support under the seat foam, kind of like putting plywood under a mattress for a bed I guess.

See what may still be available, otherwise you may need to find an upholstery shop that has some really high density foam that could build up a cushion and glue it together if layers are needed. It was a pretty straight forward and easy job as I recall.

 

[Fless]

To answer your question -- new seat foam should correct that. Go to www.theseatshop.com and watch their seat foam replacement videos so you know what to expect.

I replaced the seat leather and the seat foam in my '04 with parts from them, and I couldn't be happier. No special tools, no hog rings, but watch out for the sharp metal edges on the seat frame.

 

[Roilux]

My 2003 LS has the basic cloth seat setup. Driver's seat cushion is gone, especially on the left side. Same for the lumbar and lower back cushion. Will just replacing cushions fix support issues or is more required?

When I recovered my seats, in addition to the seat bottom foam, I also replace the seat spring. Click through the photos in the eBay listing for a preview of seat frame components. The only part I did not replace were the coil springs that hold the wire unit in place.

NEW GMC YUKON,SIERRA,TAHOE & SILVERADO SEAT SPRING WIRE UNIT AND PAD PROTECTOR | eBay

DRIVER OR PASSENGERS seat bottom spring wire unit and foam pad protector. These are not factory UNITS. They are built to factory specs with higher quality material. FITS YEARS 2003-2006. PAD PROTECTOR WILL STOP YOUR SPRING WIRE UNIT FROM CUTTING INTO THE FOAM.

www.ebay.com

 

[Fless]

When I recovered my seats, in addition to the seat bottom foam, I also replace the seat spring. Click through the photos in the eBay listing for a preview of seat frame components. The only part I did not replace were the coil springs that hold the wire unit in place.

NEW GMC YUKON,SIERRA,TAHOE & SILVERADO SEAT SPRING WIRE UNIT AND PAD PROTECTOR | eBay

DRIVER OR PASSENGERS seat bottom spring wire unit and foam pad protector. These are not factory UNITS. They are built to factory specs with higher quality material. FITS YEARS 2003-2006. PAD PROTECTOR WILL STOP YOUR SPRING WIRE UNIT FROM CUTTING INTO THE FOAM.

www.ebay.com

Curiously, the eBay links people post LOOK like they'll work but all I get is a page with a single pixel. Not sure if it's my setup or the forum's setup, or what.

 

[Roilux]

Curiously, the eBay links people post LOOK like they'll work but all I get is a page with a single pixel. Not sure if it's my setup or the forum's setup, or what.

Odd. Same here now that I've clicked on it. Trying a shortened link now -

www.ebay.com/itm/255994424430

*Edit - copy & paste and 'copy link' work as intended. Clicking on it brings up the "pixel".

 

[Fless]

Odd. Same here now that I've clicked on it. Trying a shortened link now -

www.ebay.com/itm/255994424430

*Edit - copy & paste and 'copy link' work as intended. Clicking on it brings up the "pixel".

Still not for me. Some chatter on the internet about this happening if using Kaspersky protection, but I don't use that.

 

[Roilux]

Still not for me. Some chatter on the internet about this happening if using Kaspersky protection, but I don't use that.

Are you manually copying the link and pasting into a new window? That works for . Why is does and other actions don't is a mystery.

I misspoke earlier. 'Rght click' to copy link and actually clicking the link both produce a blank eBay page.

 

[Fless]

Are you manually copying the link and pasting into a new window? That works for . Why is does and other actions don't is a mystery.

I misspoke earlier. 'Rght click' to copy link and actually clicking the link both produce a blank eBay page.

Manually copying the link works, thanks; I hadn't tried that. Doing a right click on it and copying it that way doesn't work, so I'll need to manually copy the link right on the screen. It seems to be those eBay links that give me trouble.