TJ seat foam

ChasUGC said:
In my case, seat foam wasn't a issue. It was fairly cheap. It cost me about $120 to replace all my bad foam. It was mostly on the drivers seat and a little on the rear seat. The higher cost was to replace the material, which I went with leather. Replacing all the seats with two tone leather, including installation cost me about $1100. That is much less than the cost of a good lift. I was extremely happy with the results. The matching steering wheel was about $300. Five years ago it was only $200, but I waited until I found the proper upholstery shop to do the seats too. I eventually did my seat belt material too in white. I covered them in stain repellant. My interior is real nice now. I need to update the pictures to reflect.
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I can't get over this how could your seat be so bad lmao
 
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Kevo1966 said:
Summit Racing has made the lower seat foams for our TJ Jeeps. 97-02 and 03-06 LH and RH along with a high quality seat bushing kit to replace the broken ones.
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Appreciate the post. Been living with the driver side seat slumped for a few years with the intent to fix it. This will make it much easier.
 
I ordered both sides and the seat frame bushings yesterday when I saw them on sale. Now I need to find some new seat covers. I was looking at Bartacts but would prefer replacement upholstery.
 
ChasUGC said:
I think the problem is that by the time the foam starts ripping, the seat material is gone too, since it is just fabric and vinyl. So, you will have to replace the seat material as well as the foam. It is definitely cheaper if you install everything yourself. Here is an updated picture of my interior with the white seat belts that I took at work. I haven't detailed it recently. I also installed 255 color LED interior lights, because I was bored with the strictly white ones. They are really bright at night. As you can see, I've done a lot of work on my interior.

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The mods look great!! Any problem keeping the white steering wheel cover clean?
 
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RC Willy said:
The mods look great!! Any problem keeping the white steering wheel cover clean?
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None actually. I think I've wiped it maybe once in a month. It is silicone and although it took a bit of time getting use to it, it stays really clean, and hasn't even started to yellow yet.
 
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red02tj said:
Did you disassemble the seats or were the top/bottoms already apart?
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I disassembled the seats… I found it was easier to do the bottom with the back off… The hardest part of the job to me was stretching the seat back over the new foam and attaching those stupid plastic strips… I took the seats out last night, took the backs off and stripped the seat portion… I knew FedEx was coming today and wanted to just be able to put them back together…
 
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It’s not that difficult, the 2nd time… for me, the the first time was figuring out how they came apart and the easiest way to put them back together… I got a cheap set of hog ring pliers from Amazon… don’t worry about the rings, the ones that the seats come with are better… on the back corner, you will find a zipper and the end will be tucked inside the seat, pull the zipper and out and attach a zip tie to the zipper part to help you pull it down. Your favorite penetrating oil may be needed… there are 2 13mm bolts on the lever side of the seat back and 1 hex bolt on the opposing side, remove them and remove the back from the seat bottom…. At this point you have just the seat bottom on front of you…. Flip the seat bottom upside down and you will find the upholstery is connected to the seat frame by two plastic strips… I used to screwdriver to get them started off the frame and then it’s just a matter of peeling the cover off the pad… You should find 6 hog ring staples holding the fabric to the pad, cut the rings, and you should find two or three holding the pad to the frame in the back, cut them… At this point, you should be able to remove the pad from the seat frame… Put back together in reverse order and you’re done!.. Well worth the effort, I didn’t realize how bad mine were until I put the new ones on, I sit probably 2 inches higher than I did, I’m not leaning toward the door and I don’t feel like I’m bottoming out when I hit a bump…

* easiest way I found to hook the two plastic strips back to the frame was too grab a handful of material below the strip and pul over the frame….
 
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FWIW I did not remove my seat back or remove the zipper. Snip the old rings, the foam will pull out. Slide the new foam in and just tuck/pull the upholstery to align the new hog rings and then give it a tug to hook upholstery under the seat
 
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red02tj said:
FWIW I did not remove my seat back or remove the zipper. Snip the old rings, the foam will pull out. Slide the new foam in and just tuck/pull the upholstery to align the new hog rings and then give it a tug to hook upholstery under the seat
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They only reason you would unzip the zipper was if you were going to take the back off… the zipper part covers the bolts that hold the back onto the bottom… I tried it your way first, but it was top-heavy and kept falling over… Lol
 
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