How do I remove and re-stuff my back seat bottom?t

Starless · 06-13-2011, 05:37 AM

Well, i was vacuuming my car when i got to the back seat. As I vacuumed the seat cushion the vac pick the seat right up. Underneath was what I imagine used to be some sort of padding. It now looked like black hay. Anyway I want to remove the seat, re-stuff it and put it back. So first, what holds the seat in place? It looks like it was just glued down. And second what do you recommend I use as new stuffing/padding?
Thanks again, this site is the reason I can afford to keep this car!
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Jerome74911S · 06-13-2011, 02:44 PM

The stuff that looks like black hay is probably rubberized horse hair. It gets real crumbly with time. I need to re-stuff mine too, but have not decided what to use, so I'm subscribing to this thread to see what people say.

66DC · 66DC's Garage

I thought it was coconut fiber?

Paul Crowther · 06-13-2011, 03:03 PM

Mine is corn flakes. Someone told me it could be Frosted Flakes, tho.

Jerome74911S · 06-13-2011, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by 66DC

I thought it was coconut fiber?

You could be right, but horse hair was common as stuffing material in furniture and cars. Kinda more German, too.

Winter · 06-13-2011, 03:53 PM

mine were the same. Found some nice condition ones (which were also cheap) here in the classifieds and haven't looked back. . . .

jnewman · 06-13-2011, 04:02 PM

the op asked how to re-attach the seat. I would like to know if anyone has an answer to this also as I did the same thing - pulled up on the seat bottom and it came off in my hand! It doesn't seem like it can be easily glued back to that weird straw stuff.

KNS · 06-13-2011, 04:24 PM

Wrap the old upholstery around some modern foam intended for the purpose. Glue (which is all that Porsche used) will hold much better to the new foam.

Jerome74911S · 06-13-2011, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by jnewman

the op asked how to re-attach the seat. I would like to know if anyone has an answer to this also as I did the same thing - pulled up on the seat bottom and it came off in my hand! It doesn't seem like it can be easily glued back to that weird straw stuff.

I intend to use 3-M general purpose adhesive. I will be reinstalling all my carpeting along with the seat cushions in question and I think it should not be a hassle.

Starless · 03:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Winter

mine were the same. Found some nice condition ones (which were also cheap) here in the classifieds and haven't looked back. . . .

So, did you just glue the seats to the bottom? What kind of glue did you use? As for the stuffing I was thinking of buying some foam material, cutting it to size and just wrapping the seat around it. I see no reason to glue the foam to the seat itself. The other problem is the other seat is firmly glued (?) in place, i would like to remove that one and stuff it with foam also. I'm just afraid I'll mess it up by trying to pull it off.
Any ideas? Someone must have done this.

Winter · 06-14-2011, 05:12 AM

The ones I bought were from a later model, so had the foam. Pull your other one off, it will come right up, maybe leaving some horsehair behind. If you are going to restuff them yourself, you'll need to source the correct foam (something for automotive use) and shape/cut accordingly.

I used a 3M glue that has been recommended by the guys who redo their interiors here. If I remember correctly it was called "High Strength 90". There are a variety of types of 3M spray on glues available, and you may want to double check by searching the interior redo threads here. As I had a "new to me" interior carpet set, also from the classifieds, I'd been reading those threads.

Once you are ready to reattach your rear seat cushions, either with your redone ones or something else, be sure to clean the area very well prior to gluing. Also watch out for overspray on the surrounding carpet. the 3M 90 is sticky stuff!

This is a really simple job, I was happy to get my interior cleaned up. Looks a lot better!

Good luck!

megerian · megerian's Garage

Mine are just kinda floating free back there, not glued down to anything. Funny, it never really bothered me.

Justin@Athens · Justin@Athens's Garage

I glued carpet to the bottom of mine when I put a new carpet kit in. I then used 3m spary adhesive to glue them into the car. I don't know why I did this, it just seemed like an ok thing to do.

Starless · 06-14-2011, 10:11 AM

Tom, thanks for the info, i didn't want to just yank them out i have a blue interior and have a feeling finding matching seats would have been a pain.
Megerian, it bugs the hell out of me just knowing one is loose! If they were both just floating around back there I'd lose sleep. I guess i'm just anal about little things.

megerian · megerian's Garage

I am too (normally), hmm, maybe I'll start worrying about this :-)

Cooper911SC · 06-14-2011, 11:27 AM

If you want to make them removable use Velcro on the back of the cushion and the floor of the car.

This is how the 996 and later rears are done. You can then lift them out once in awhile and vacuum under there.

Classic · 06-14-2011, 10:03 PM

The stuffing is Coir which is a coconut based fibre.

nineball · 06-15-2011, 03:25 PM

don't use the 3M 90 or 77, use the foam fast 74. neither 90 or 77 is rated above 90-100F temps and will fail. i used 74 on my interior re-do and ran out with one door pocket left so i tried the 77. it started peeling off within a day or two.

Amazon.com: Super 74 Foam Fast Adhesive (Size: 24 Oz.) By 3m Marine Trades: Sports & Outdoors

comes in orange or clear, each is the same. it also has a 3 point spray top to adjust the width of spray.

Starless · 06-16-2011, 07:05 AM

So many options, you Pelicans are simply the best. Thanks to all.
Cooper, good idea. I'll have to think this out.
Again thanks

Winter · 06-16-2011, 11:29 AM

Nineball, thanks for correcting me. I had some 90 in the garage, and thought that was what I might have used, but I looked again and also saw can of 74, which I must have used for my carpet install based upon another thread (which I bookmarked, and should have referred to prior to my response earlier in this thread).

it seems like everyone else has done it, so why not me... (interior)

Excellent work, by the way.