More work on the broken down seats in my 2001. When I installed the heated seats, I noticed that half of the "springs" in the driver seat bottom were broken.
This image is from eBay, but darned if I could find one that was currently for sale. The wires between the white plastic rods in the above pic are what was broken in my seat, leading to a feeling like I was sitting on a bucket as my fat @ss tried to push down between the metal sides of the frame. Finally gave up and bought 100 feet of "100#" wire at Home Depot and replaced the broken wires with that. While I had it all apart, I wove more strands in between the existing locations, kind of a wire-basket weave situation. Put it all back together and man, what a difference! I still wouldn't do a long road trip in it, but no more butt-pinch! Next time I get the seat out, I'll get some pics and maybe do a writeup on the process.
This image is from eBay, but darned if I could find one that was currently for sale. The wires between the white plastic rods in the above pic are what was broken in my seat, leading to a feeling like I was sitting on a bucket as my fat @ss tried to push down between the metal sides of the frame. Finally gave up and bought 100 feet of "100#" wire at Home Depot and replaced the broken wires with that. While I had it all apart, I wove more strands in between the existing locations, kind of a wire-basket weave situation. Put it all back together and man, what a difference! I still wouldn't do a long road trip in it, but no more butt-pinch! Next time I get the seat out, I'll get some pics and maybe do a writeup on the process.