Rear seat base

[biomed32uk]

I have a saggy base on my rear seat (the car not me !).

The vinyl has all been replaced a few years ago, not by me. It feels like the horsehair or whatever it is inside is all just giving up, which I suppose is not entirely unreasonable after 50 odd years. No one sits in the back these days other than the dog, the back seats his.

I am reckoning that a piece of inch thick upholstery foam on top of whatever is there would do the job and sort it out, but wondering what other solutions are to this.

Can I strip the cover off the rear seat without destroying it as well?, that may decide what I do or not as the case may be.

[Declan_Burns]

Biomed,
An easy job to do. The photo below shows my seat base cover which came from Newton Commercial. Add some low density foam to fill in the voids and just string it up. The dog will love it!
Regards
Declan

[Nickol]

Declan, do you mean pack the voids between the springs with foam? Seems like a good idea - the back seat on mine has all rusted springs and many broken ones - but at €600 or so for new is perhaps too extreme.

[Declan_Burns]

Nickol,
If it is that bad you could replace the whole lot with foam. There are plenty of online shops offering foam or go to a local upholsterer.
That is what I did when I re-padded my MG TD seat. They will cut it with a band saw or you can cut it yourself with a sharp bread knife.
Be careful of the foam density. I would recommend about 45° shore-no more. I would also recommend using some soft cotton or similar for the layer under the cover.
Here's the sequence when I did the MG.
Regards
Declan

[biomed32uk]

Thanks for the information, I will lift the base out and have a proper look.

Looks like I can get the cover off without destroying it, it really does not feel much of anything in the base providing any padding.

Need to ensure that the dog is comfy !.