Ever since buying the car in October last year, the drivers seat has really bugged me, and let the car down. It's a common fault for the bolsters to wear and give way due to the size of them on these seats.
The seat when I bought the car:


and from 2 months ago (you can see it's got a lot worse)

The area where your bum goes as well was collapsing, as you can see from the previous owners **** print in the first set of pictures.
So, I finally bought a new foam base from Vauxhall, and was originally going to have it fitted and re-trimmed by Classic Car Services, but thought I'd have a go at fitting it myself, because I can live with a crease in the leather, just not massive folds in it.
I ordered the base a week ago today, and was expecting it to take a couple of week, but it was delivered last Friday (must be cause it's a Recaro part, and not a GM one!)


So after a 12 hour day shift last Sunday, I set about sorting it. I couldn't find any information about taking the seats apart, so just set about it and took my time.
The seat removed from the car

First thing was to undo the screw holding the plastic cover on behind the seat belt fastener


Onto the other side

Unclip the outer plastic cover, to reveal the screw

Pop off the back adjuster

and using a flat blade screw driver, remove the outer cover of the height adjuster to reveal two more screws

There is also another screw on the underside of the large plastic cover

All the plastic trim removed

Then, you can start to pull over the piping that is holding the seat to the frame


Also, on the rear of the seat, unclip the guide holding the rear of the seat cover on

Now, you can slide the base out from under the back of the seat. The front lifts up, and the rear will just pull out


Now for the bit that REALLY ****** me off. It wasn't the foam that was collapsing, it was the lining of the leather that had come away, and folded over on itself!


This is originally stitched in, and glued on. The glue had come away, and it had ripped away from the stitching. I also didn't have any fabric glue. So, after 10 minutes trying to think where I could get some from at 11pm on a Sunday night, I just decided to pull it all out.
I put the cover back on the foam, and the creases have gone, and the bolster is nice and smooth again.
Putting the seat back together is the exact reverse of taking it apart. The old foam was still is pretty good condition, but I've used the new one anyway, and will keep the old one as a spare in the loft.
The seat back together with the offending bit of cloth

The nice smooth bolster

Finished

I've driven the car again for the first time tonight since fitting it back in, and it's so much better now.
The seat when I bought the car:


and from 2 months ago (you can see it's got a lot worse)

The area where your bum goes as well was collapsing, as you can see from the previous owners **** print in the first set of pictures.
So, I finally bought a new foam base from Vauxhall, and was originally going to have it fitted and re-trimmed by Classic Car Services, but thought I'd have a go at fitting it myself, because I can live with a crease in the leather, just not massive folds in it.
I ordered the base a week ago today, and was expecting it to take a couple of week, but it was delivered last Friday (must be cause it's a Recaro part, and not a GM one!)


So after a 12 hour day shift last Sunday, I set about sorting it. I couldn't find any information about taking the seats apart, so just set about it and took my time.
The seat removed from the car

First thing was to undo the screw holding the plastic cover on behind the seat belt fastener


Onto the other side

Unclip the outer plastic cover, to reveal the screw

Pop off the back adjuster

and using a flat blade screw driver, remove the outer cover of the height adjuster to reveal two more screws

There is also another screw on the underside of the large plastic cover

All the plastic trim removed

Then, you can start to pull over the piping that is holding the seat to the frame


Also, on the rear of the seat, unclip the guide holding the rear of the seat cover on

Now, you can slide the base out from under the back of the seat. The front lifts up, and the rear will just pull out


Now for the bit that REALLY ****** me off. It wasn't the foam that was collapsing, it was the lining of the leather that had come away, and folded over on itself!


This is originally stitched in, and glued on. The glue had come away, and it had ripped away from the stitching. I also didn't have any fabric glue. So, after 10 minutes trying to think where I could get some from at 11pm on a Sunday night, I just decided to pull it all out.
I put the cover back on the foam, and the creases have gone, and the bolster is nice and smooth again.
Putting the seat back together is the exact reverse of taking it apart. The old foam was still is pretty good condition, but I've used the new one anyway, and will keep the old one as a spare in the loft.
The seat back together with the offending bit of cloth

The nice smooth bolster

Finished

I've driven the car again for the first time tonight since fitting it back in, and it's so much better now.
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