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Old Nov 5, 2008 | 09:17 PM
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Hi, I would love some advice on how to redo the foam fill inside my drivers seat and also the bolts/clips that adjust the backrest are broken, I purchased the replacement parts and also a new plate, can I do this myself or do I need to take it somewhere? Thanks!
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Old Nov 5, 2008 | 09:38 PM
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You can get all the parts you need to do what you want to do from our vendors. I highly recommend Wilcox.

Using the parts, and technical assistance from both this forum and Wilcox himself, it's a snap to do the work.

The seat foam and covers would be the harder of the tasks but many have done them before and a quick search will bring up a few threads where guys have outlined what they did to their seats.
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Old Nov 5, 2008 | 09:54 PM
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As long as you can weld you can likely repair anything that may have gone wrong with your seats. I bought my foam and covers from Dr. Rebuild a few years ago, just followed the little instruction sheet that came with them, and they came out better than I had ever really imagined. As DB said, Willcox is also a great vendor and they also provide good tech support for the forum. As long as you're possessed of reasonable intelligence you should have no real trouble with the job.
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thanks for the info, I'll definitely follow up.
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What plate? Pace car or ordinary seats?
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The floor plate that holds the bottom of the seat to the floor, I was told that I could use longer screws to hold it up higher or something like that., regular seats not pace, can I replace for the 79 seats?
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This plate will strengthen the bottom frame and prevent cracking. Willcox has it as #41646.






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