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Old May 25, 2015 | 10:57 AM
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Can heating up the bolster (side of drivers seat) with a steamer shrink the material tight again or will it only stain the material. I believe the only leather part is he center areas. Anybody tried it?
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There are seat kits to fix this problem. One vendor here sells a heavy duty foam replacement for $69 and another sells a kit with jute and extra foam to add to your seat. Do a search, lots of info.
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I've replaced the foam with heavy duty foam and that's when the wrinkles appeared.
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Can heating up the bolster (side of drivers seat) with a steamer shrink the material tight again or will it only stain the material. I believe the only leather part is he center areas. Anybody tried it?
Using a blow dryer or heat gun is a better solution for getting the leather to stretch/shrink.
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Let us know how that works out.
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Did you also fix the problem of the wires cutting into the seat bottom foam?
If not, here's an easy fix for that, which might help the other part too.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...t-fix-mod.html
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