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Apr 25th, 2021, 11:03 | #1 |
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240 Front seat repair help
Hello all Keelan here, my driver's seat back support foam has split from the frame on the left hand side. I was wondering if anyone knew of a good company to get something like that fixed or where I could buy a new back piece entirely. If any of you have had a similar issue and got it fixed I would appreciate your opinion on the best way to get this sorted.
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Apr 25th, 2021, 11:47 | #2 |
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Hello. All I know re this is, it has been said in the forum that the passenger seat is a straight swap for the driver seat. So in your situation I would thnk about getting a sound condition passenger seat. Either use it or canibalise it.
Good luck and enjoy Stephen .
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Apr 25th, 2021, 15:50 | #3 |
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Thank you for your response, you wouldn't happen to know anywhere that might sell a front seat. even just the upper foam.
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Apr 25th, 2021, 18:24 | #4 |
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If you do a search you should find a detailed repair procedure for the seats:~
Not sure if it was this forum that I took the details from but you should find it. The foam is not that unusual regarding splitting but can repaired and the seats reinforced with a heavy weight cloth such as calico- this is glued into place and does make a real difference. The procedure isn't that difficult just a bit long winded (I used heat resistant spray glue) and rather than the hog rings used small cable ties. Additional webbing is also a worthwhile task. The covers also respond to being washed in warm water & detergent- not a hot wash-do them by hand. One link is here:~ https://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showt...ht=front+seats https://forums.tbforums.com/showthread.php?t=195389 Hope it helps. Bob. Last edited by Bob Meadows; Apr 25th, 2021 at 18:31. |
Apr 25th, 2021, 19:23 | #5 |
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I wonder whether this might help:
The seats are pretty easy to remove and take apart. As Bob suggested above you could probably affect a repair yourself with some foam and fabric. Alan
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Apr 26th, 2021, 15:08 | #6 |
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If you want to take the route of purchasing a seat, and dont mind using facebook, there is a 'volvo 240 owners uk' group that has quite a few things for sale and cars often breaking. You could put a post on there saying you are looking for a good seat, but the condition is always hard to judge like that and one persons good could be another persons bad.
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