Seat Cushion

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robin collis

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Can anyone suggest an upholstery shop in the Surrey UK area who can fit s new set cushion to my 3500S (1971)
Cushion is starting to sag with 'crumbs' of Dunlopillow under the seat, which suggest to me that the cushion is past its best.
I am not really confident about dong this my self, but I could deliver car or seat to someone who could do this. Seat is box-pleat leather and in good condition..
 
I did it myself. The results were way too hard and I sit too high. This is one area an expert can possible help. The dulopillow is actually very dense but has holes molded into it and sinks down quite a bit when sat on. A durable solution to this with solid foam I think is tricky.
 
jp928 said:
I had a dealer 'redo' my seat once, and they badly overstuffed the cushion and I had them redo it.
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I think it's difficult to emulate the original. If you use soft enough foam it sags and compresses very quickly and doesn't hold the shape. The stiffness and density of the original is pretty durable, the molded shape allows it it compress as it does but return to the intended form. I'm sure an upholstery expert can explain it better. Shame there are no original moulds or copies taken from a good example.
 
I can remember back in the day it was expensive and hard to get upholsterers to do them, it was easier and cheaper to get secondhand seats. I was told there was a reluctance from upholsterers to tackle Rover P6 and P5 seats because they were difficult to get right mainly because of the Dunlopillow base, there being no realistic alternative that would give a satisfactory product.
 
colnerov said:
I can remember back in the day it was expensive and hard to get upholsterers to do them, it was easier and cheaper to get secondhand seats. I was told there was a reluctance from upholsterers to tackle Rover P6 and P5 seats because they were difficult to get right mainly because of the Dunlopillow base, there being no realistic alternative that would give a satisfactory product.
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I think the answer is to swap a good one from the passenger side.....
 
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