Mark 97 Cutlass Coupe Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 Hey guys, I don't know if this has ever been discussed before (I'm a newbe) but I made what I thought was a great discovery the other day at the junkyard. My 97 Cutlass coupe has black leather seats. The leather is still very nice, but the foam pad under the driver seat is worn, and besides being uncomfortable after a few hours, I don't want to ruin the leather. I was looking for a replacement foam seat pad at the jy, of course no luck. I got to looking at the passenger seat, and unlike most cars, I thought that they are the same, not mirror images of each other like most cars. I stopped at the dealer today, and I was right-oem part is no longer available, but gm shows both seat back and bottoms left and right with the same part number. Obviously 95% of cars have much less wear on the pass seat than the drivers, so I found a cherry pass seat, took the foam, and looks like I am good to go. I'm guessing the same is true for GP's as well, but I did not check that out with the dealer. Hope this helps!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 Good to know, Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyfloyd Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 another thing I have seen done is that the bottom is usually just a wire mesh holding the foaw and over time the mesh digs into the foam. Some people have put fabric, paper or cardboard over this and used the original foam and it has helped restore the comfort of the seats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy K Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 I have known and described what to do to fix this. In the CS seat, the bottom and top foam is identical in both coupe and sedan buckets. I often use passenger side foam in the driver's seat and cut some j/y car rug out to lay on the springs under the foam of the bottom of the seat (I have used hard thin plastic too, when available) The upholstery is nearly identical with both seats, the exceptions being where the holes on the outer bolster are, and the seat release in coupes. To switch them, I have cut new holes in the seat in the appropriate location and sewn close the old holes with upholstery thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockfangd Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 I have done this also before. AQ9s really suck to repair though.. I find them very complicating to disassemble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alec_b Posted June 24, 2011 Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 I need to do this on my monte... there's nothing left of the seat bottom. Too bad I didn't snag the great grey leather AQ9's that I had in my regal... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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