Seat foam disintegrating

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catboy

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Hi All

Noticed that when jumping in and out of the car the seat foam seems to be disintegrating and comes through the brushed nylon and goes everywhere.

Is this common and is it fixable?.
 
It is common. Unfortunately fixing it while not expensive, involves quite a bit of work. You'll need to cut and shape some new foam. I had a comprehensive thread about taking the seat apart and I did a partial replacement.

The downside is, you'll not get the original "feel" of the seat. It's constructed of latex foam with a series of holes moulded into it. The thinking behind this is to keep the foam "firm" enough while allowing a controlled amount of "give" to accommodate the shape of the passenger. It also means the original shape is retained and the foam doesn't compress so much over time (clever thinking in the P6 extends even further than is obvious).

Maybe this can be done with different densities. The chances of finding a good, original replacement are also fairly slim but might be worth a shot.

But yes it's not so difficult to do.
 
It is possible to remove the seat cover and cover the existing Dunlopillo foam squab in a thin sheet of Dacron or similar (use upholstery glue to affix Dacron to Dunlopillo). This will stop the dried Dunlopillo from migrating as well as plumping up a saggy seat.

Pop the cover back on, retension and bingo.
 
Lee, when we were working on your car I kept thinking how comfortable and plump the seats were compared to most, hinting that they'd been re-done fairly recently?
Perhaps they used the wrong grade of foam just prior to it being laid up for all those years?
Jim
 
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