Seat Padding

[72barracuda]

I have new vinyl upholstery on the way and wondering if everyone is replacing padding and if so what are you using? I am assuming I will just receive the vinyl and it will have to be fitted over the padding. Have not removed old material yet. I will start with back seat.

 

[Ronbo73]

I am in the same boat, not sure about my front seat padding. I assume that the padding will need to be replaced but not sure if anyone makes the padding for my 73 Barracuda. I'm interested in what others have to say.

 

[S Vicious]

I am in the same boat, not sure about my front seat padding. I assume that the padding will need to be replaced but not sure if anyone makes the padding for my 73 Barracuda. I'm interested in what others have to say.

Legendary Auto Interiors makes replacement (Buns) and padding as well as Classic industries.

 

[72barracuda]

Thanks. I found a video for a Charger. Looks like a bit of work. I will check around locally and see what some will charge for this. If too much then I will give it a try.

 

[pschlosser]

when you disassemble the old seats, you will be able to inspect and see how bad the existing foam is. once it collapses, enough of the foam wears down or seat frame breaks through, the new covers will not look or feel as good. if you're not driving the car, now, you can begin teardown and inspecting even before the new covers arrive. The shape of the foam is pretty specialized.

One main point to replacing the seat covers is to make the interior look and feel nice. But if we skimp on the foam, and it looks lumpy or feels flimsy when sitting, we undermine our own efforts. So if the foam is coming apart, frames poking through, and not easily "patched" with local sources of foam, the reproduction stuff is the way to go.

We are blessed to have access to decent replacements from Legendary and the like until supplies/demand run out.

 

[Bushtroop]

I have new vinyl upholstery on the way and wondering if everyone is replacing padding and if so what are you using? I am assuming I will just receive the vinyl and it will have to be fitted over the padding. Have not removed old material yet. I will start with back seat.

I have just finished reskinning my bucket seats. I had never done anything like that before. I am not certain if your questions are limited to the padding and you are an old hand at the reupholstery. A tutorial On Y** Tube titled - 1973 Barracuda/Challenger bucket seat restoration Helped me immensely. Someone had worked on them before and I found they had used foam indoor carpet padding. I had owned the car a number of years and the seats had seemed normal. I added padding from Clas**c Indus*****. Only the center panels on the recommendation of the video. I replaced the wires that provide support with 4' long 1/8" steel rod from the DIY big box store. There were many instances of difficulty bringing the wires that needed a hog ring close enough to capture both sides at the same time. If that became the case, I used zip ties to draw them close together, applied the hog ring, and then cut the zip tie out. On the seat back, it is nearly turned inside out. It will not pull down to snug the fit up. You have to get the very top placed and I used baby powder as I unrolled the seat cover down, tugging all the while. For me, the biggest challenge was to insert the wires once the cover was down and hook it at the top, deep under the cover. Once I overcame my reluctance to shove my are all the way under there, things got easy.